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Wheel Spacers

saylor said:
you dont lube the threads when doing torque as it changes the friction and your torque wont be really what it says you can overdo it easier
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Lots of people all over use Loctite on spacers.

Are you saying not to use Loctite? Or actual like grease lube cause who would do that.
 
So I've test fitted the KSP 1.5" spacers and the BW pocket flares. Since my lift has brought the front in 1/2 tracking is the same front to back. So rear flare to tire on back it's about 1 1/4 and and front is about 3/4 of an inch. So if I go with 2.5" spacer on back I'll get the tire with 1/4 of flush of flare. The front is 3/4 front FF to tire so if I go with 2" spacer on front I'll be 1/4 front flush on the front. So the same for both front and back. So that's all fine and well, they will look great as they will be pretty much flush which is what I want. I don't want poke.

The issue here is how close my tire is on the front when turning. If you look at the pictures the front is pretty much well next to touching and that is worth the 1.5" spacers. I'm concerned that the 2" will hit, and it's the metal tab that holds the fender liner so it's not even like I can heat up the liner. How are others not hitting with 2" spacers, will the 2" spacer push it out more and put it closer or further?

I've posted the drivers side too, which didn't have a spacer (and mudflap still installed) and I'm a good distance away. Now the only think is, I never drove around and left the passenger side settle after having it lifted in the air. Driver side never left in the air. So maybe it won't be as bad once it settles?

The good thing is the flares fitment went good so off to the painter's. Now I've got go debate spacers, I wanted to order 2" front but I'm a little concerned now.

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First 2 pictures are passenger side with spacer (jacked up for tire removal)
2nd pi²cture is driver side no spacer (was just jacked
3rd picture 1.5 spacers front and back for your pleasure.
4th ans beyond with flares for your viewing pleasure.


Thoughts?

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So just measured the driver vs passenger front. My truck is 1" higher on passenger side (side that was jacked up) then the driver side which was not jacked up.

So the 1" higher is probably making a huge difference in how close it is to my fender wall
 
Well I've decided I will order the 2" front and 2.5" rear from BORA.

Upon more investigations of the bracket. If I get any rubbing I am just going to bend that bracket upwards, it's almost 1/2" wide which is a bunch of space gained. All that bracket does is hold the fender liner back and the Bushwackers don't go that far. So I'm not concerned about bending it back if I need too.

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19BlueStreakSport said:
Well I've decided I will order the 2" front and 2.5" rear from BORA.

Upon more investigations of the bracket. If I get any rubbing I am just going to bend that bracket upwards, it's almost 1/2" wide which is a bunch of space gained. All that bracket does is hold the fender liner back and the Bushwackers don't go that far. So I'm not concerned about bending it back if I need too.

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I just cut mine off and also that pointed part of the pinch seam painted it & big tie wrap then a heat gun
 

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Gandalfgrey said:
I just cut mine off and also that pointed part of the pinch seam painted it & big tie wrap then a heat gun
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Did you need to cut the corner off the pinch seam? Didn't seem like that part was close to rubbing? Maybe once I get a 2" wheel spacer I might need to but it seems like it's far away from where the tire radius is.

What did you paint it with? I have touch up paint but I am wondering if that will prevent rusting without a primer. That is why I was debating about bending the tab off that way I wouldn't have to paint as long as the paint doesn't crack. Then if I ever want it back I can bend it back (probably would never do run into this though).

But yea I was going to do the same, bend it (or cut) and then heat gun and zip-tie to the hole.

Also out of curiosity what did you use to cut with? A hack saw?
 
19BlueStreakSport said:
Did you need to cut the corner off the pinch seam? Didn't seem like that part was close to rubbing? Maybe once I get a 2" wheel spacer I might need to but it seems like it's far away from where the tire radius is.

What did you paint it with? I have touch up paint but I am wondering if that will prevent rusting without a primer. That is why I was debating about bending the tab off that way I wouldn't have to paint as long as the paint doesn't crack. Then if I ever want it back I can bend it back (probably would never do run into this though).

But yea I was going to do the same, bend it (or cut) and then heat gun and zip-tie to the hole.

Also out of curiosity what did you use to cut with? A hack saw?
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I didn’t have to cut that corner of the pinch seam but just did it anyway, i used a dremmel rt hand cut off saw it’s kind of small & easy to cut with, then a 4” grinder to smooth out the sharp edges, then chassis black paint i have air suspension so i wanted it as flat as possible because entry/exit mode
 

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Has anyone used spacers with a 2” level and 35s on stock wheels?

I have 2” wheel spacers on my leveled ORP, using 33” Duratracs on Rebel 18” wheels. Interested in bumping up to a 34 or 35” tire, and thinking the 2” wheel spacers may cause me some issues.
 
Eltaco said:
Has anyone used spacers with a 2” level and 35s on stock wheels?

I have 2” wheel spacers on my leveled ORP, using 33” Duratracs on Rebel 18” wheels. Interested in bumping up to a 34 or 35” tire, and thinking the 2” wheel spacers may cause me some issues.
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Full thread about modding wheel well for bigger tires/wheel spacers : https://5thgenrams.com/community/th...wells-for-larger-tires-negative-offsets.1797/


Just a little information that I can provide. I've got 3.5" lift on front (2" Mopar with the added ORP springs)

- I put 1.5" wheel spacers on for testing purposes, I have 35" Nitto Ridge Grapplers on 20" rims. After I set the truck down and did some clearance checks my wheels were really close to the fender liner. Now with that being said, I never let the suspension settle (by driving around) so the side with the spacer was 1" higher. So not sure how that will change things.

- I have 2" wheel spacers ordered for the front (and 2.5" for the back), so because it was tight I looked into what I could do to make them fit if they rub with the 2" spacer. There is a bracket that holds the fender liner down. There have been multiple members here that have cut or bent that bracket, I would advise cutting it because you can touch up the exposed metal with paint. Bending the bracket will make the paint crack and I think that is far worst. It's not really a bracket that will be missed, and you can just zip-tie the liner back. The bracket is 1/2" wide so that should be more then enough space to prevent rubbing.

- Look up a few post you'll see what I mean... https://5thgenrams.com/community/threads/wheel-spacers.5478/post-432230 (bracket) and a member who cut https://5thgenrams.com/community/threads/wheel-spacers.5478/post-432497 .
 
I have having trouble verifying part numbers for the clips for the box spats and rear open spats (basically both spats at the back)... I think I have the correct numbers (some were listed on this site) but when I look the numbers up I get either A) pictures that don't match what I am looking for or B) there are no pictures at all.

If it wasn't for this stupid COVID (and Ontario's newly implemented "stay-at-home-order") it makes doing this difficult. Normally I'd just walk into the dealer and have them show me the parts on there parts catalog to verify it. This will teach me to not rip things off, most of them broke, but then again I wasn't planning on reinstalling them once my flares are installed but I decided to cut them to meet up with the flares and reinstall the modified part.

Can anyone verify if the part numbers of the pictures posted.. (I'll post the part numbers I THINK they are)

68499019AA - There are 2 of these, 1 each side (this part is the front box spat, the clip is the one closest to the rear doors)

I've also got 6506293AA but these are described as push pins, such as the fender liner "trees"
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68499020AA (there are 8 of these between all 4 rear spats)
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