wheel spacers ?
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Wheel spacers, anyone?
For those of you who don't know. wheel spacers are a cool, albeit nearly useless accessory for any car, truck, and SUV. It's use case is almost entirely aesthetic in nature. With other uses being things like making up for the offset you miscalculated on your supra.
That being said, in dropped some moolah on a set of 1.25" spacers from Titan Wheel Accessories. (Yes they actually have them for the first gen. thanks titan, for thinking of us)
Why would I buy something I covet as useless? Well, like I said... They're cool. And will make up the offset from the rims I took of a Santa Fe V6 I used to thrash around the dirt circuits in Minnesota. So they're gonna stay on until I can afford actual wheels, or a lift kit, or... Something. Not sure.
Without further ado. Here it is in all it's uh, glory.
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^ not on, lame
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^installed, instant 50 horsepower
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^initial unwrapping an inspection, the coating was good. no scratches, dings or dents. The lugs and bolts are well fit and heavily plated it seems.
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^ the fit around the hub is immaculate, it's almost like they even took the rust into consideration. These are hub centric as you may have noticed, 60.1mm
OUTTAKE:
installation was a bit annoying when starting out. The lug wells were exactly the diameter of the socket I was using, which was annoying because it would get stuck and torque values would be inaccurate. Found a 19mm socket with a smaller OD and everything was a breeze afterwards.
After fitting all four, I was pleased to see I picked the right size. The tires line exactly up to the edge of the fender, no farther. I know alot of people like to stick em out a bit farther, but in the hanging nutsack of Canada we proudly call Minnesota, we can't do that. Not that it stops those ram owners.
Off the jacks, I ventured to drive it up 22 for 10 miles and back thereabouts. Everything was dandy. No vibration, no cachunkin'. Stiff as a board. Perfect. Handles just as well as without, though it does feel notably different. Good different, though.
Only con I can think of is that even before the installation, my tires which are 2 inches too tall were grinding into my wiper fluid tank, and now it's worse. But that's not it's fault, it's mine. And I'm replacing and relocating the resivoir and pumps to where the battery is anyway, and the battery is going in the right side tool box. So I can connect camping equipment to in from the hatch.
Other than that, just the rear studs are a might bit shorter than optimal. I'll be avoiding pot holes and driving like a maniac until it gains my trust or until I re-stud the rear.
I give these a tentative seal of approval and a solid 8.5/10
No real reason I can't give it a 9 or 10, but this is the score it gets. Because whether or not they're good, there's always going to be better ones that have a reservation at the table of tens.
Hope some poor soul who likes to read found this a helpful and slightly humorous review. Peace.
That being said, in dropped some moolah on a set of 1.25" spacers from Titan Wheel Accessories. (Yes they actually have them for the first gen. thanks titan, for thinking of us)
Why would I buy something I covet as useless? Well, like I said... They're cool. And will make up the offset from the rims I took of a Santa Fe V6 I used to thrash around the dirt circuits in Minnesota. So they're gonna stay on until I can afford actual wheels, or a lift kit, or... Something. Not sure.
Without further ado. Here it is in all it's uh, glory.
^ not on, lame
^installed, instant 50 horsepower
^initial unwrapping an inspection, the coating was good. no scratches, dings or dents. The lugs and bolts are well fit and heavily plated it seems.
^ the fit around the hub is immaculate, it's almost like they even took the rust into consideration. These are hub centric as you may have noticed, 60.1mm
OUTTAKE:
installation was a bit annoying when starting out. The lug wells were exactly the diameter of the socket I was using, which was annoying because it would get stuck and torque values would be inaccurate. Found a 19mm socket with a smaller OD and everything was a breeze afterwards.
After fitting all four, I was pleased to see I picked the right size. The tires line exactly up to the edge of the fender, no farther. I know alot of people like to stick em out a bit farther, but in the hanging nutsack of Canada we proudly call Minnesota, we can't do that. Not that it stops those ram owners.
Off the jacks, I ventured to drive it up 22 for 10 miles and back thereabouts. Everything was dandy. No vibration, no cachunkin'. Stiff as a board. Perfect. Handles just as well as without, though it does feel notably different. Good different, though.
Only con I can think of is that even before the installation, my tires which are 2 inches too tall were grinding into my wiper fluid tank, and now it's worse. But that's not it's fault, it's mine. And I'm replacing and relocating the resivoir and pumps to where the battery is anyway, and the battery is going in the right side tool box. So I can connect camping equipment to in from the hatch.
Other than that, just the rear studs are a might bit shorter than optimal. I'll be avoiding pot holes and driving like a maniac until it gains my trust or until I re-stud the rear.
I give these a tentative seal of approval and a solid 8.5/10
No real reason I can't give it a 9 or 10, but this is the score it gets. Because whether or not they're good, there's always going to be better ones that have a reservation at the table of tens.
Hope some poor soul who likes to read found this a helpful and slightly humorous review. Peace.
