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2" rear wheel spacers installed on a K2500 Sub.

steelydan

steelydan

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Ever since I bought my Suburban I have wanted to space the rear wheels to match the front. I like the look now...
 

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I like it, and I think it looks much more natural with the fender flares.

I've never used spacers before, and I have a couple of questions:
Are they hard to install?
Are there any negative impacts to driving?
If you used them on the front wheels, would it require alignment?
 
I tryed to find hubcentric version from big auction side, but couldn't find, does anybody know where they are available?
 
chi2 said:
I like it, and I think it looks much more natural with the fender flares.

I've never used spacers before, and I have a couple of questions:
Are they hard to install?
Are there any negative impacts to driving?
If you used them on the front wheels, would it require alignment?
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More stability, easy to install. If you can install a wheel, then you can install these. don't use them on the front - that would defeat the purpose. they're intended to fis the offset from front to rear on K2500HD and K3500HD (SRW) trucks.
 
I've not ever noticed an offset on any half tons I've had in this body style. The 8 lugger 4wd trucks are significantly noticable.
 
All i know is that the front tires stick out way more than the front, it is really noticeable with the 285/50R18's on it.
 
I installed them on my Suburban. They look better, seem to be a little more solid in the rear end and best of all, no-one comes to me anymore to tell me there is something wrong with the tracking of my truck. They are supposed to be harder on the rear bearings but I've had no problems so far... I like 'em!!
 
I'm contemplating getting a set when I do a restoration on my truck. It seems they'd cause more stress on axles and wheelbolts, though. I do drive some rough terrain faster than I should(Ahh the wonders of Saskatchewan highways!) so I'm afraid of having trouble shortly down the road.
 
They'll affect bearings and wheel studs because you're introducing 2" more length into it and increasing the moment arm. I guess the way I look at it is that there's a certain safety factor given in these designs anyhow. If I look at it from a technical side, when comparing to the factory wheels and looking at the offset of the factory wheels compared to the offset of my aftermarket wheels, I'm probably really close to the same reaction when comparing the center of the tire currrently to the location of the center of the tire from the factory.

No, they're not hub-centric, but I've never had an aftermarket wheel that was. They have all been centered on the lugs.
 
Do to the floating axle it would be pretty hard to make them "hub centric" doesn't look like there is enough room.
 
Factory steel wheels on these are centered about the hub, but with the spacer, the hub really doesn't protrude. Sometimes it even takes a good kick to get the thing to release.
 
Just hauled 48 cubic feet of sawcut concrete slab on my trailer. 7200lbs + weight of trailer. Tows much better with spacers installed....Less dicey in the corners.
 
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