How bad are wheel spacers?

[getblown5.9]

Say you run wheel spacers to set your tires out, how hard is it gonna be on the front end? is that too much added stress to axle joints, ball joints, and wheel bearings, are does it not add that much leverage to it? Im just thinking that I love the way the truck sits with 2" spacers on it, makes it look low and wide, but I dont want to run them if they cause other stuff to break, or if they are the weak link themself...

 

[z79outlaw]

Depends on how much offset, there is on your wheels to begin with. Its going to be alot harder on the front end than it was in stock trim. But its not like your only going to get a few miles out of your bearings, or have a wheel fall off or somthing. But I agree the look is worth the hassle.

 

[getblown5.9]

My truck gets driven about 50 miles a year on the street now. maybe it might see 100 after i have an adjustable timing gear to turn it down for street trim.

i already run 4.5" BS on 16x10 rims that puts a few inches of tire past the fender. this is a bad angle but it has about 4" of tread past the fender now

the spacers would be 2". i got the spacers for free, so its not like im spending big money to try this. i just dont wanna end up after my first run with a big pile of broke parts.

 

[getblown5.9]

I also may find that it looks too wide if i put them up front, and ill only run them on the rear.

 

[BullfrogJohnson]

Most organizations don't allow spacers up front unless its accompanied by a front dually wheel. I would think spacers on the front would be really hard on the front end.

 

[Dead Reckoning]

why dont you just go wit an offset wheel

 

[getblown5.9]

simple, spacers were free, wheels cost money

 

[Dead Reckoning]

and so do hookers

 

[DarrenKrueger]

Dan painter used to do it all the time i never seen him have any problems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-pb4VpuBIw

 

[Mega Hooker]

I've done it for years on dailly drivers and my pull truck. It does add more stress to ball joints, wheel bearings etc. but nothing will break. On my dailly driver it didn't seem to wear much faster than normal had to do new frontend parts at about 100k. and that was with 35x12.5s

 

[MegaCabRam]

Is it really even worth doing though?
I tried one today look pretty mean I just feel like it would be to hard on stuff, iv got 3" spacers