2" wheel spacer and 35's questions

[t-man]

I plan on running 35's, with a 2-2.5" body lift. The actual tires I am going to use measure 11.4" wide at the widest point. Now I found a steal of a deal on some newer Tundra TRD rims, for $150, but of course they are 5 lug. I did find a wheel spacer/adapter that converts from the 6 lug T4R to the 5 lug Tundra, Wheel Adapter 6550-5550Q Wheel Adapters but it is 2" thick. Am I kicking my own ass here? Any suggestions, issues or whatever anyone can think of besides wheel bearing abuse?? I'm not scared to trim, and I don't care if they stick out some, normal where I live. Just want some advice if anyone knows. Thanks everyone!

 

[birdmann]

spacers are really hard on equipment. I wouldn't run a spacer that big either. It puts a lot of stress on your wheel bearings.

 

[t-man]

I also found out Tundra rims are high offset vs the medium offset of the 4Runner. So this would mean not quite so much offset once put on if I am not mistaken. Please correct me if wrong!

 

[birdmann]

I would say get wheels that fit. Kinda of silly to make your wheels a weak point.

 

[kevinpt]

5 lug rims on a 6 lug runner?

 

[t-man]

I would say get wheels that fit. Kinda of silly to make your wheels a weak point.

I understand what you are saying, but why would they be any weaker? I am already going to put a spacer on the existing 4Runner rims, so why does it make it any worse to put the spacer/adapter and run the Tundra rims? Seems the same to me. The spacer is 2" but the greater offset, less offset??, of the Tundra rims makes it equal to a 1.5 from what I have been able to find.

5 lug rims on a 6 lug runner?

For $150, why not?? Plus I sold the tires that came on those rims to my mom so she can put them on her FJ for $200, so I made $50 already. She offered me the money to help with spacers, I didn't make the price! lol. As stated above, already have to use a wheel spacer so why would this be any worse?
I'm not a retard or a noob that know's nothing. Also not trying to say that is what you guys are calling me, just trying have valid reasoning and argument. If a chevy/ford/dodge can handle it, why couldn't a Toyota? I have owned all, and see much better workmanship in general on my Toyota's. Yes this will be rougher on the wheel bearings, I accept that, but running lifts and bigger tires is harder on equipment no matter what you do. All part of the fun in my opinion.

 

[HokieRunner]

I understand what you are saying, but why would they be any weaker? I am already going to put a spacer on the existing 4Runner rims, so why does it make it any worse to put the spacer/adapter and run the Tundra rims? Seems the same to me. The spacer is 2" but the greater offset, less offset??, of the Tundra rims makes it equal to a 1.5 from what I have been able to find.



For $150, why not?? Plus I sold the tires that came on those rims to my mom so she can put them on her FJ for $200, so I made $50 already. She offered me the money to help with spacers, I didn't make the price! lol. As stated above, already have to use a wheel spacer so why would this be any worse?
I'm not a retard or a noob that know's nothing. Also not trying to say that is what you guys are calling me, just trying have valid reasoning and argument. If a chevy/ford/dodge can handle it, why couldn't a Toyota? I have owned all, and see much better workmanship in general on my Toyota's. Yes this will be rougher on the wheel bearings, I accept that, but running lifts and bigger tires is harder on equipment no matter what you do. All part of the fun in my opinion.

I'll preface my opinion by saying that I ran 1.25" wheel spacers for over a year with no issues but I eventually swapped out for properly back spaced wheels. I never had a problem but I was the only person who ever touched and torqued the lugs and adapters.

What you are proposing is not a good idea for several reasons.

These adapters appear to be 2 piece and you are not only introducing more stress to the wheel bearing and lugs but also adding another 10 or so potential failure points PER wheel.

So you're basically TRIPLING the connection points.
(6 OEM studs and you're adding the bolts to connect the 2 piece adapters AND then the 5 studs for the wheel on the 2nd adapter part).

Those spacers would run you $260 for the 4 corners and you already dropped $150 on the wheels. IMO, sell the wheels and you'll have 400 bucks to buy properly backspaced, 6 lug, hubcentric wheels.

 

[hearno]

Those spacers would run you $260 for the 4 corners and you already dropped $150 on the wheels. IMO, sell the wheels and you'll have 400 bucks to buy properly backspaced, 6 lug, hubcentric wheels.

That is good advice. You can find a set of new rims shipped for less than $600 easily and there are plenty of options.

 

[t-man]

I'll preface my opinion by saying that I ran 1.25" wheel spacers for over a year with no issues but I eventually swapped out for properly back spaced wheels. I never had a problem but I was the only person who ever touched and torqued the lugs and adapters.

What you are proposing is not a good idea for several reasons.

These adapters appear to be 2 piece and you are not only introducing more stress to the wheel bearing and lugs but also adding another 10 or so potential failure points PER wheel.

So you're basically TRIPLING the connection points.
(6 OEM studs and you're adding the bolts to connect the 2 piece adapters AND then the 5 studs for the wheel on the 2nd adapter part).

Those spacers would run you $260 for the 4 corners and you already dropped $150 on the wheels. IMO, sell the wheels and you'll have 400 bucks to buy properly backspaced, 6 lug, hubcentric wheels.

That is good advice, and am taking it seriously. I hadn't thought of all the extra bolts on those adapters yet either. I really like those TRD wheels, and they match my truck color! But I know I can find some nice rims too. What backspacing is everyone running for 12" wide tires with stock UCA's? I have a rain day today, so going to do some research.

 

[kevinpt]

That is good advice, and am taking it seriously. I hadn't thought of all the extra bolts on those adapters yet either. I really like those TRD wheels, and they match my truck color! But I know I can find some nice rims too. What backspacing is everyone running for 12" wide tires with stock UCA's? I have a rain day today, so going to do some research.

you could always sell these rims and buy the 6 lug version

 

[t-man]

That is good advice. You can find a set of new rims shipped for less than $600 easily and there are plenty of options.

you could always sell these rims and buy the 6 lug version

Ya, only problem is actually selling them. lol, not many local to me wanting them, and stEalBay wants 10% of the profit. I will probably do that for lack of better options, just hate too.
I think I am just going to post them for sale and see what happens in a week.

 

[poncharello]

Craigslist is your friend too

 

[Dylan]

How are you going to mount those on 6 lug?

 

[t-man]

How are you going to mount those on 6 lug?

I provided a link for the wheel spacer/adapter that makes them fit.

 

[Dylan]

I provided a link for the wheel spacer/adapter that makes them fit.

Ahh, didn't know those existed...but seems doable. I've seem some Tundra rims on craigs locally, albeit in the $1,000 dollar range with tires. I'm interested in seeing how this turns out for you.

 

[t-man]

Ahh, didn't know those existed...but seems doable. I've seem some Tundra rims on craigs locally, albeit in the $1,000 dollar range with tires. I'm interested in seeing how this turns out for you.

I do a lot of road driving, but like to hit trails as much as my schedule will allow. I don't rock climb, but do get some big ledges and holes up here too flex a little on. I would take every precaution to clean and prepare the mounting surfaces, but as stated there are a lot of bolts which potentially can cause more issues. TRD rims are expensive, but people like them. Just dunno what to do yet... Ugh

 

[birdmann]

A wise man once said, if you don't know what to do, do nothing. because your next move may be a mistake. That being said. My poor opinion of these style adapters still stands. I have seen, first hand, catastrophic failure of wheel adapters. Out on the trail, where an unnamed person experienced an adapter failure. You would think removing it to limp home would solve it. Nope. Without the added clearance of the adapter the wheel/tire combo didn't fit. The only spacers I would trust is spidertrax. they are hub centric and very well made. Toyota intended these vehicles to run hub centric wheels. why try to re-engineer what already works so flawlessly? especially for looks. my .02

 

[t-man]

A wise man once said, if you don't know what to do, do nothing. because your next move may be a mistake. That being said. My poor opinion of these style adapters still stands. I have seen, first hand, catastrophic failure of wheel adapters. Out on the trail, where an unnamed person experienced an adapter failure. You would think removing it to limp home would solve it. Nope. Without the added clearance of the adapter the wheel/tire combo didn't fit. The only spacers I would trust is spidertrax. they are hub centric and very well made. Toyota intended these vehicles to run hub centric wheels. why try to re-engineer what already works so flawlessly? especially for looks. my .02

I was going to get hub centric for my stock rims before I found these. Unfortunately they don't make the conversion spacer hub centric. I have listed these on Ebay to see if I can sell them and get some rims with the right backspacing, but not looking good so far... Time will tell.