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.5" wheel spacers

JBeckman

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Has anyone installed .5" wheel spacers yet? If so, did you need longer studs?

Going to install the BDS 4" lift here in a week or so. Minimum backspace required is 5". My factory rebel wheels are 5.25". So I wanted to add .5" to give me a lil extra room.

Thanks in advance.
 

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Has anyone installed .5" wheel spacers yet? If so, did you need longer studs?

Going to install the BDS 4" lift here in a week or so. Minimum backspace required is 5". My factory rebel wheels are 5.25". So I wanted to add .5" to give me a lil extra room.

Thanks in advance.
Did you ever figure this out? I’m trying to do the same
 

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Did you ever figure this out? I’m trying to do the same

I spoke with Bora abt having spacers made and if I was to need longer studs. They said "as long as I can get a minimum of 8 full turns, with wheel on, of the lug nut that I would be good.

However at the moment I installed a set of hubcentric 1.5" spacers I had. Kinda like the look of it at the moment. 20191104_122305.jpg
 

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I spoke with Bora abt having spacers made and if I was to need longer studs. They said "as long as I can get a minimum of 8 full turns, with wheel on, of the lug nut that I would be good.

However at the moment I installed a set of hubcentric 1.5" spacers I had. Kinda like the look of it at the moment. View attachment 40446
Did you have to do any trimming? Idk if rebel wheels have a different offset but the 2” ones I had rubbed a lot
 

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Did you have to do any trimming? Idk if rebel wheels have a different offset but the 2” ones I had rubbed a lot
I didnt have to do any trimming. I did heat up a couple spots of the inner fenderwell. Then mold in. I used the same spacers on the readylift 3.5" and they rubbed hard. However using spacers on the now installed BDS 4", no issues at all. Even the rub I did have, is very minimal.
 

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Anyone else install .5 spacers? I recently installed 295/60/20s on my stock Laramie wheels and the tires are really close to the UCA. Just want a little breathing room without switching the wheels out or going with thicker spacers.
 

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Anyone else install .5 spacers? I recently installed 295/60/20s on my stock Laramie wheels and the tires are really close to the UCA. Just want a little breathing room without switching the wheels out or going with thicker spacers.
I’m tried .5” but it’s real close on how many threads I could get the lugs turned onto. I went with .25” spacers on 12.5” wide tires and it took me off just enough
 

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I’m tried .5” but it’s real close on how many threads I could get the lugs turned onto. I went with .25” spacers on 12.5” wide tires and it took me off just enough
Ok, thank you. I'll do the 1/4" ones like you recommend from your experience.
 

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Ok, thank you. I'll do the 1/4" ones like you recommend from your experience.
you can't do .5'' spacers on these trucks because you only have .75' of usable threads leaving you .25' or 1/4' of threads to hold your wheel on- wouldn't be safe
 

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