Wheel spacers

[BugginOut]

Now that the lift is in place, it's standing a little skinny.
Thought about doing some spacers. Recommended brand and size for the tahoe? Brands to stay away from?

thx.

 

[iamdub]

With any spacer, I'd strongly advise you get hub-centric ones. It seems that BORA is one of the higher recommended brands. I have no personal experience with them or any other brands other than the ones I had. I ran these for about a year with no issues at all, and I drive aggressively: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GQECY16/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They've gone up $10 since then. My brother has had them on his Sierra for about a year now. He drives like an ass, tows a trailer to the camp, etc. and hasn't had any issues, either.

For the aesthetics, I'd recommend you get 1/2" wider ones for the rear than you get for the front. Also, with the 1.5" ones, you may need to trim the excess, unthreaded tips off the lug studs. It will depend on how the mounting surface of your wheels are made. Wider spacers may minimize or eliminate this necessity.

 

[Rocket Man]

Supreme Suspension makes good quality hub-centric spacers as well, a bit less expensive than Bora iirc.

 

[05Single]

With any spacer, I'd strongly advise you get hub-centric ones. It seems that BORA is one of the higher recommended brands. I have no personal experience with them or any other brands other than the ones I had. I ran these for about a year with no issues at all, and I drive aggressively: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GQECY16/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

They've gone up $10 since then. My brother has had them on his Sierra for about a year now. He drives like an ass, tows a trailer to the camp, etc. and hasn't had any issues, either.

For the aesthetics, I'd recommend you get 1/2" wider ones for the rear than you get for the front. Also, with the 1.5" ones, you may need to trim the excess, unthreaded tips off the lug studs. It will depend on how the mounting surface of your wheels are made. Wider spacers may minimize or eliminate this necessity.

Would that have a negative effect on the awd or 4wd? I know wider or taller/shorter tires are harder on the drivetrain. Curious if spacers would do the same.

 

[Rocket Man]

Would that have a negative effect on the awd or 4wd? I know wider or taller/shorter tires are harder on the drivetrain. Curious if spacers would do the same.

What kind of negative effect are you thinking of? I ran 305/30/26’s on my AWD Denali for a couple years with no issues. I don’t see any problem with using spacers either.

 

[Chert_Detective]

I always enjoyed Motorsport-Tech any time I needed spacers or adapters. A little pricey compared to other brands. But they are custom made to order to any dimensions, bolt pattern change, etc and made in the USA.

 

[BugginOut]

I ordered some hubcentrics. Thanks all.

 

[BourbonNcigars]

This forum never ceases to amaze me. Go to a Jeep forum and ask about wheel spacers and see if you get some helpful and polite replies like those above. You'll get many who adhere to the typical forum dogma of telling you spacers are an asinine idea and they'll explode less than a mile after you drive off and kill you and everyone in a 100 mile radius with shrapnel.

Here, you get helpful info.

 

[05Single]

What kind of negative effect are you thinking of? I ran 305/30/26’s on my AWD Denali for a couple years with no issues. I don’t see any problem with using spacers either.

The width between all the tires need to match. If your front stance width is different from your rear if could be ******* the drivetrain. Obviously 2wd don’t apply

 

[05Single]

This forum never ceases to amaze me. Go to a Jeep forum and ask about wheel spacers and see if you get some helpful and polite replies like those above. You'll get many who adhere to the typical forum dogma of telling you spacers are an asinine idea and they'll explode less than a mile after you drive off and kill you and everyone in a 100 mile radius with shrapnel.

Here, you get helpful info.

We talk and act like adults here . Weird concept to most people on the web