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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 02:28 PM
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Wheel spacers

Well the new 35's fill up my fender wells pretty good now, but I'm putting fender flares on soon and want to make sure they still stay even or farther out than the side of the flares. I was thinking about wheel spacers. Any thoughts or know where to find em or price?
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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wheel spacers are hard on your wheel bearings. i dont recomend them
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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Check Ebay... there was a guy Fred something, ex race car builder that
sells them. Try searching wheel spacer or wheel adapter.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2009 | 09:29 PM
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Ok i figured they would be rough on the axle but i wasnt for sure. Thanks guys
 
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 02:12 AM
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Ok i figured they would be rough on the axle but i wasnt for sure. Thanks guys
post some pics of your truck.. it looks bad ***..
 
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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Here are a few pics. Theres some more pics in a post from a couple days ago. Just got done fixin it up this weekend.

 
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Old Mar 5, 2009 | 11:34 PM
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Here are a few pics. Theres some more pics in a post from a couple days ago. Just got done fixin it up this weekend.

thats looks real good...do you have a leaf lift or did you block it up??
 
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 01:09 PM
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The front end has the 6" lift leafs and the back end just uses 5" blocks. I woulda gone with leafs all around but I got a heck of a deal on this kit and I couldnt pass it up.
 
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Originally Posted by c00nhunterjoe
wheel spacers are hard on your wheel bearings. i dont recomend them
I agree. Anytime you move a wheel out, or in, from the factory location, you move the stress point on the axle/spindle and bearings. If you never load it down, it probably won't be an issue.
 
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The front end has the 6" lift leafs and the back end just uses 5" blocks. I woulda gone with leafs all around but I got a heck of a deal on this kit and I couldnt pass it up.
nice. awsome truck
 
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 04:58 PM
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nice. awsome truck
Thanks it was a alot of work but worth it. Its gettin some smoked lights all the way around, a visor, and fender flares here within a week or two. Should turn out pretty sweet
 
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