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Wheel Spacer Install w/ OEM sized tires (image intense)
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big daddys house
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She looks mean now sir!Installed 2" hub centric wheel spacers on my Ram today. I'm still a bit off from my pre-Dorian injury, so I recruited my wild redhead. She reluctantly agreed after promising her a bit of the 'ol in-out in-out later this evening.
All spacers torqued and thread-locked as instructed. Tires are OEM size Kumho's.
I'm liking the stance and the look. Really brings out a certain beefiness to my Ram.
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RoadRamblerNJ
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Your reason to do this is what?
No snarkiness intended but what did you accomplish, other than making the track 4" wider? Is it all for looks or does having a wider track provide some other benefit. You're still running the same wheels & tires. It seems to me you have changed the load on the wheel bearings, possibly causing premature failure.
Again, I'm NOT trying to be a wise guy but I learned years ago you shouldn't try to out-engineer the engineers. I'm just playing Devil's advocate here, trying to learn.
No snarkiness intended but what did you accomplish, other than making the track 4" wider? Is it all for looks or does having a wider track provide some other benefit. You're still running the same wheels & tires. It seems to me you have changed the load on the wheel bearings, possibly causing premature failure.
Again, I'm NOT trying to be a wise guy but I learned years ago you shouldn't try to out-engineer the engineers. I'm just playing Devil's advocate here, trying to learn.
sheets7777
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Curious myself, why not just swap rim's with a backspace that would give you the offset you want. Then you wouldn't have an extra piece in there to cause issues later. Let me be clear I think it looks 100% better, I've just never heard great things about spacers.
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I agree here.
I see more car washes in the future now too. Most don’t think about all the mud and road grime going on the side of the truck. Even a little puddle is going to mess up a fresh wash.
Jbp19classic
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Looks good!
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While I’m a believer that it’s your truck do what you want, I’m not a fan of tires protruding past the fender and hanging out. It just takes away the clean look to me.
Jbp19classic
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Now this is the truth! I like the looks of wheels that stick out a little, but they definitely throw stuff down the side of the vehicle.
Jbp19classic
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It is getting a little out of hand. Strut spacers come in a close second, lol!Wheel spacers threads lately seem to be turning into oil discussion threadslol. It looks good.
Whitd5
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After all of these comments...I think I’m going to start a thread about how stock my truck is.
NOT!!!
Not everyone buys a truck to make sure it doesn’t get dirty and I stopped getting a hard on about the life of my wheel bearings when I gave up that extra 100 miles per tank I drove in something I liked a lot less.
90% of you will trade in your trucks before those wheel bearings even get broken in anyways lol.
Ok I think I’m done... I hope you feel like more of a bad-a in your truck now and I hope you enjoy in-out in-out with your woman... which I’m still not sure if that means getting a burger or playing in the back seat. Maybe the wider stance will keep the truck from rocking so much
NOT!!!
Not everyone buys a truck to make sure it doesn’t get dirty and I stopped getting a hard on about the life of my wheel bearings when I gave up that extra 100 miles per tank I drove in something I liked a lot less.
90% of you will trade in your trucks before those wheel bearings even get broken in anyways lol.
Ok I think I’m done... I hope you feel like more of a bad-a in your truck now and I hope you enjoy in-out in-out with your woman... which I’m still not sure if that means getting a burger or playing in the back seat. Maybe the wider stance will keep the truck from rocking so much
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Wheel spacers threads lately seem to be turning into oil discussion threads
So true.
It would seem there are more people hating on a members upgrade than liking it.
To the naysayers that don't like someone's upgrade, I say, **** off. Keep your 'snarky' and 'wiseguy' comments to yourselves. They are not welcome. If you can't say anything positive, then say nothing at all.
Soon, members will be bashing each other over paint choices, factory options, tire pressures, blinker use, water pH, BBQ sauces, boxers or briefs, and who knows what else.
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Truck looks great like that, I have allways thought the wheels were tucked to far under the truck and think putting the sidewall flush with the outside of the fender is a good look.
The wheels I ended up buying put my wheels farther out then I really wanted but I wanted these wheels..lol
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