There are several reasons people fit wheel spacers :
- To increase stability if you are lifting your truck
- So you can fit larger sized tyres to your vehicle
- To improve performance and grip of the wheel
- By widening the stance it creates greater stability when steering around corners
Wheel spacers come in various thickness from about 5mm to 60mm and more (at RoughTrax we only stock 30mm spacers). Most of them tend to be made of Aluminium as it is strong and light weight.
What size do you need?
The quickest way to determine what size you need it to add the same amount of washers to each studs, fit the tyre and then measure the final thickness. That way you can check that there is enough clearance for the wheel caliper and that your tyre doesn’t hit any external body parts such as the wheel arches.
Fitting Tips:
- Never ever use Air guns when fitting spacers to hub or wheel to spacer as you could pull through the spacer using excessive torque.
- Always ensure wheels and spacers are torqued to original vehicle wheel specification.
- Always check that you have sufficient threads holding the spacer to the hub and that the stud is protruding through the nut - if in doubt we can supply extended wheel studs which can be measured with the spacer fitted and then cut to size (always best to cut one first then test before cutting all of them).
Please note that the extended studs are only available if you have purchased the wheel spacers from us, they are not sold separately. - Once fitted please make sure that all wheel components are torqued correctly and that every part is secure.
- When fitting any wheel always check torques after a few miles.
RoughTrax Stock 30mm Thick, 12mm x 1.5mm Thread, Aluminium Wheel Spacers
Our wheel spacers are machined from one solid piece of billet aluminium. They can be fitted using your existing studs or we can supply extended studs with them if required.