crappy factory wheel offset

[moose1]

well i knew it was going too good. i read and read and then read some more. I came up with a battle plan and started buying parts. I thought about adapters but said screw it to save a couple bucks and bought 1.5" spacers to use factory wheels. turns out my factory wheels have 50mm offset and what i really need is 3" spacers. needless to say i will now be buying wheels, tires and rethinking adapters. suspension is great, wish i would have measured first. anyway i found a good web site for offset calculating.


http://www.willtheyfit.com/

[bartonmd]

What size tires are you talking about running?

[moose1]

looking at running in the 32" range. 275/65/18 but now i'm going to do some soul searching and weigh the cost to benefit equation. really by the time i factor the cost savings on 17" tires the wheels seem more reasonable. should have just planned on wheels and gone with adapters.

[KE7WOX]

That somehow doesn't sound right to me, the difference between 1.5" and 3" is almost 40mm.

Are you using the stock 18" wheels or something aftermarket?

[bartonmd]

I don't think your math is right. I'm running 31.8" tall tires (265/70-17) with no trimming or rubbing, with 1.5" spacers and stock wheels. Others have run 285's (33" tires) on stock wheels with 1.5" or 1.25" spacers, without much trimming.

Mike

[Trail X]

Yeah, I have 285 wide 33 in tires on stock wheels and a 1.5" spacers. That setup is fine for you.

[moose1]

sorry about the 3" comment i was just venting. i measured my wheels{18x8) at 7-1/8 back space give or take for crappy eyes and tape measure. with the 1.5 spacer i am still looking at a 12mm offset. right now it sits with 245/60/18 the ball joint is up 1.5" and over 1/4". on a brighter note, as long as i stay at the 30" range i can go like a foot wide.

[Whitelightening]

Mine run a little rough with wheel spacers....it smoothed out without them.

[HARDTRAILZ]

Did you have them properly torqued? Were they cheap ebay ones or something proven? Did you remove the lil clips so that sat flush? Were they hub centric?

[bilit66]

I assume you were running the factory 18x8 with a 50 mm offset and a 1.5" inspacer. This should be enough offset to run a 32x11. Ball joint clearance should be close but clear. What did you end up doing?

[KingBird]

I'm running that exact size STT Pros and I only needed the 1.5" spacers with stock wheels.

EDIT: I just noticed that you've got 18s. Sorry.