2 inch Billet wheel spacers for a 2024 Ford F-250 Lariat Tremor 7.3 gas pickup truck.

[Fozzy]

I love how people cry about spacers but will run a negative offset wheel made in China and a huge tire. 2" spacer on a stock wheel is like running a -11 offset. Quality spacers properly maintained are fine. Watch how tuff spacers and studs are when Whistling Diesel uses them.

 

[Fozzy]

What people on the forum think you are doing as soon as you say the word wheel spacer

 

[Modman]

It's not all subjective with wheel spacers. Depends on your risk tolerance.

I say have at it if you understand the risks

Agree @McE ! The mechanics don't really change as far as the truck is concerned. Relative to spacers, I have always said that there are two factors to success vs. buying new wheels.
1) Buy a quality product
2) Treat it as a maintenance item that gets checked on a regular schedule

 

[TellurideTremor]

My experience with brand name spacers. My use case and how i use my truck didn't really work with spacer strategy with stock wheels (which was my original POV)

Others have used them just fine.

 

[Fozzy]

1 moron, 8 spacers, 44" Boggers on a TRX and they survived, fenders didn't. And we can't get one to work?

 

[Stevenru720]

Do yourself a favor and just get a set of wheels with the proper offset. Just my two cents. It's not worth the risk, your spacers are going to be bolted to your original studs, then your tires and all of the trucks load is going to be transferred to that spacer and not the hub designed to carry the load. Just understand mechanically what you are doing, and that your wife and kids are going to be riding down the road with the wheels secured to a piece of metal which is probably not engineered for the application, loads etc. But to each his own. If you do get the spacers and end up loosing one and crashing, absolutely post pictures here, we want to know. All kidding aside, everyone is saying NO because we generally care as humans.....

 

[Fozzy]

Do yourself a favor and just get a set of wheels with the proper offset. Just my two cents. It's not worth the risk, your spacers are going to be bolted to your original studs, then your tires and all of the trucks load is going to be transferred to that spacer and not the hub designed to carry the load. Just understand mechanically what you are doing, and that your wife and kids are going to be riding down the road with the wheels secured to a piece of metal which is probably not engineered for the application, loads etc. But to each his own. If you do get the spacers and end up loosing one and crashing, absolutely post pictures here, we want to know. All kidding aside, everyone is saying NO because we generally care as humans.....

And how is this different than a negative offset wheel other than an extra set of lugs to maintain? Make me "understand mechanically".

 

[McE]

And how is this different than a negative offset wheel other than an extra set of lugs to maintain? Make me "understand mechanically".

Spacers change the load path through the wheel studs/bolts, introducing bending stress on the studs instead of just tensile stress. This can cause the studs to fatigue over time and eventually fail. Metal fatigue is a very real concern. Something tells me @TellurideTremor can attest to this.

 

[Fozzy]

Spacers change the load path through the wheel studs/bolts, introducing bending stress on the studs instead of just tensile stress. This can cause the studs to fatigue over time and eventually fail. Metal fatigue is a very real concern. Something tells me @TellurideTremor can attest to this.

and a negative off set doesn't do this, how? hub centric? Did you know most wheels with a flat face design they just move the mounting surface in or out to make a positive or negative offset wheel? It sucks Telluraide broke a spacer, but WD and SP177 have used up to 4' of spacers and they hold. One offs are just that. These new spacers are not like the old days of 16.5 wheels. The guys wants to use a good spacer and it's fine if he's aware of the maintenance of using them. Just like bead locks, you don't set them up once and forget about them. All the forum engineers should do a project farm like test or watch the abuse YouTubers put them through. I don't know how many street trucks with -55 x14 wheels with spacers fail, it's usually the wheel that ends up breaking or the wheel bearings failing.

 

[McE]

and a negative off set doesn't do this, how? hub centric? Did you know most wheels with a flat face design they just move the mounting surface in or out to make a positive or negative offset wheel? It sucks Telluraide broke a spacer, but WD and SP177 have used up to 4' of spacers and they hold. One offs are just that. These new spacers are not like the old days of 16.5 wheels. The guys wants to use a good spacer and it's fine if he's aware of the maintenance of using them. Just like bead locks, you don't set them up once and forget about them. All the forum engineers should do a project farm like test or watch the abuse YouTubers put them through. I don't know how many street trucks with -55 x14 wheels with spacers fail, it's usually the wheel that ends up breaking or the wheel bearings failing.

Like I said, have at it if you understand the risks

 

[RedZilla]

Plenty of documentation of failures on line, along with explanations of why and mechanical effects/dynamics of adding spacers. I’ll pass on the wheel spacers on a heavy duty truck.

Just did a simple Google search and this is what I found. Click the link and then the images tab:

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Examples:

 

[Fozzy]

Plenty of documentation of failures on line, along with explanations of why and mechanical effects/dynamics of adding spacers. I’ll pass on the wheel spacers on a heavy duty truck.

Just did a simple Google search and this is what I found. Click the link and then the images tab:

Google Search

Google Search

Examples:
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Sums ups what I have been saying.

 

[McE]

Your first picture is associated with this article. Did you even read it?

Sums ups what I have been saying.

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Metal fatigue is the elephant in the room here. The stresses on the lug studs are different with spacers no matter which way you skin the cat. If/when the lug studs start to yield, and with spacers they can start to yield over time even with proper torque applied, you will have very little time to catch and address it before complete failure. It doesn't always present itself in a way that is easily detectable like vibrations. Who is actually pulling the wheels to properly check both sets of studs on a regular basis? I'm willing to bet most do not, and certainly not enough to catch it in time.

I don't think anyone is saying it won't work. It's just inherently risky, even when installed correctly. There is a reason the reputable tire shops won't touch them. Again, go for it if you understand the risks. As a kid, I would have done it without thinking twice. Today, with my family in the truck and about 7" taller than stock on 38s, not a chance in hell. Everyone's risk tolerance is different.

 

[Modman]

Who is actually pulling the wheels to properly check both sets of studs on a regular basis? I'm willing to bet most do not, and certainly not enough to catch it in time.

Yes, this was my second point. I personally wouldn't run them since I don't want to inspect and maintain them. Honestly, I don't even know what the appropriate frequency would be... Unfortunately, most will fall into the "install and forget" category which is guaranteed not the correct answer.

 

[Blade420Play⚔️]

Metal fatigue is the elephant in the room here. The stresses on the lug studs are different with spacers no matter which way you skin the cat. If/when the lug studs start to yield, and with spacers they can start to yield over time even with proper torque applied, you will have very little time to catch and address it before complete failure. It doesn't always present itself in a way that is easily detectable like vibrations. Who is actually pulling the wheels to properly check both sets of studs on a regular basis? I'm willing to bet most do not, and certainly not enough to catch it in time.

I don't think anyone is saying it won't work. It's just inherently risky, even when installed correctly. There is a reason the reputable tire shops won't touch them. Again, go for it if you understand the risks. As a kid, I would have done it without thinking twice. Today, with my family in the truck and about 7" taller than stock on 38s, not a chance in hell. Everyone's risk tolerance is different.

Lol, when we were kids my friends would have little rims offset waaaay out from under the car and they would use u bolts to compress the springs to lower them cheaply. Mostly on little Honda's/Nissan. My one friend lost a few rims while driving

 

[Lunch Box 🥩🍔]

It's clear op is hell bent on doing it his way. I gotta worry about if my old ass is gonna be able to get out of bed in the morning.

 

[Lunch Box 🥩🍔]

Why would you ever need 2 inch spacers?

Who would not want 2 more inches of "poke", ladies ?

 

[McE]

Who would not want 2 more inches of "poke", ladies ?

Double the poke, double the fun.

 

[McE]

Just to clarify, that was a short joke...I'm not THAT wild

 

[Alpoba]

Not surprised by where this thread went. People will do all sorts of stupid shit for a 2 inches of beefy...er"/muscle look…