Well I finally got the spacers I ordered. Went with BORA 2" aluminium hub centric. I don't want to start a spacer material war. I feel confident with this product. They have been in business a long time and just started making steel products, so they have many sets of aluminum out there. Made in the US and they back their product.

Before:


No spacers: (RailRoad service truck!)


Today:


I was very surprised the 275x65-20" dont rub up front more. I still have stock sagging springs (22.5" center of hub to fender). One side barely rubs the fender liner. After the mod where you pull the liner back, all should be clear.

I love the way the EX looks with the wheel and tire combo. The tires are about 50% and I may go with a 275-60-20 BFG KO2 AT when the time comes. That will be about an inch smaller diameter. Speedo is currently showing about 4mph to slow at 55. Does anyone know if AE can adjust the speedo on a 2000 since it still has old style odometer?

 

Can you show where the rubbing occurs?

I have the same tire size as you, that the previous owner installed, but I'm tired of the rubbing when parking and I'm considering the same spacer.

 

Before the spacers they rubbed the front leaf just before full lock. After the spacer install the right front side rubs in the back of the fender well. Just a small spot, quite minor actually. Some people just pull the liner back with zip ties, bailing wire or a spring.

 

What rims do you have? His spacers were to correctly align his late model rims to the proper location due to the difference in back spacing from earlier leaf sprung truck rims.
Where are you getting your rubbing? If it's just the inner fender plastic liner then you can pull it back with a cable tie to give it the little bit of extra needed clearance. If you are rubbing on the spring at full lock then either a narrower tire, steering stops or spacers (if you have the late model back spacing) will stop that rub.

 

Thanks. I have the Moto metal wheel, not sure what the offset and other specs are. I am rubbing the radius arm near full lock, but it looks like I will rub the front lower valance if I put on the spacer. I'd consider a different tire, but my tires still have about 90% tread life left.

 

i have bora spacers on my titan 2" at that for 50k miles with plenty of offroading and never a problem...use locktite on the retaining nuts.

 

Looks good!

 

I was looking for KO2's in 275/60/r20 but in that size only come with a D load rating. Is it ok to run D load rated tires on the Excursion ?

 

That would depend on how you use your EX. If it only sees daily driver duty with no towing or only very light loads then D tires should be fine, if it tows heavy or sees other heavy loads then E tires would be a better choice.
With my EX's heavy towing usage the rear axle gets loaded to over 6400lbs at times so for that kind of load I use only E load range tires.

 

Thanks for the answer.