Cheap vs Expensive wheel spacers

I've been looking at wheel spacers with intent to add a bit of "stance" to my truck (no, not that ridiculous over-cambered "stance" that ricers like to use, LOL). I'm thinking 2" is a good number, enough to noticeably push the wheels out, but not so much that it's going to thrash the hub bearings in a couple months.

I've been looking at BORA spacers, and they look like pretty nice units with a good reputation. It's gonna cost around $300 for a set of 4, which isn't cheap, but isn't ridiculous either considering the supposed quality.

Now, one can sort out a comparable set of no-name spacers for around $50 on eBay. Quite the price difference.

My gut says, "don't buy the cheapies, ya idiot, you're gonna regret it!" And me, personally, I tend to abide by "you get what you pay for," hence, I'm far more leaning towards the BORA spacers.

BUT, with that much of a price difference, I just can't help but wonder about the quality between the two units. From my experience, one can expect a two-fold price difference to yield a significant difference in quality, but this here's a SIX-fold difference in price.

I'm sure the BORA's are gonna be the way to go, but just for the sake of satisfying my morbid curiosity (that, and it's cold, raining and crappy outside, so it makes for a good time to study such things, LOL), I'm just curious to hear the opinions of anyone here who has had experience with one or the other, or both.

You're putting a lot of added stress on everything.That's the main reason I wouldn't cheap out.You want good metal in those spacers.

Oh and get ready to get good at doing ball joints and wheel brgs.

Go with good ones and remove wheels and re torque after 100 miles and every tire rotation
It does put more load on bearings and ball joints

It’s probably a good a idea to do hub-centric if you have the choice.

They are hub centric

Thanks for the input, guys.

My current rims are not hub-centric, but I'm planning to swap on my 17" third-gen rims later this year along with a fresh set of 285/70/17 Duratracs. Those rims are hub-centric.

I won,t use spacers. period> Look for a set of Pace truck, or SS/T wheels. I have 4 sets of them here. They are 17/ by 9 and made by American Racing.

Not a spacer fan, but cheap may be just as good as expensive depending on the type. Unfortunately without checking them out side by side it's hard to know for sure. If it was me I'd get new wheels instead of spacers. The factory 17 x 8 wheels are around a +40 offset and a 2" spacer will set them like a -24, which is a very wide stance and will effect front end wear. I'd look for a set of 0 or -6 in a 17x8 to get the stance it sounds like you seek. This link doesn't tell you what fits, but does give you factory wheel offsets and a conversion table to work off https://performancelifts.com/wheel-back-space-information.html

Get the Bora. Spacers are perfectly fine but they're not something to cheap out on. Re-torque is essential. Some swear by red loctite as well. Either way they need re-torqued.

The cheap are 99% of the time made of interior metal and that is a huge problem.

As for stress, wider more offset wheels or larger tires do the same damn thing. I wouldn't worry about it much

That's not somewhere you want to scrimp on. Go with the Boras. I've had them for 4 years now for my winter OEM Sport wheels to give me a better stance and they've been flawless.

Thanks for the additional input. Only real thing I'm tossing about is 1" or 2". Reckon I'll bolt on one of the 17's, see what the look is and go from there.

How often do spacers typically need retorqued? I imagine that'll depend on overall driving conditions and different manufacturers probably have different intervals.

Cheap Ebay:

Sorry forgot to add, The second are a good set from Supreme Suspension.