Best option, Wheel spacers/less offset wheels

[Nelsonmd]

So I bought some Tacoma wheels that I later found have 30mm offset, versus the (I believe) 15mm backspacing of the stock 5 spoke 4runner SR5 wheel.

My questions is, should I keep these wheels and get wheel spacers, run them as is (perhaps using a smaller/skinnier tire), or sell them and get different wheels with less offset.

I am hesitant to sell them because I am not sure how much I will get for them.

My plan is to have 1 set off off-road/winter wheels/tires, and a highway set, so if the skinnier tires are the highway ones, maybe that won't make much difference, and eliminate any ribbing issues? I want to get many many miles out of this 4runner, so if the spacers stress the hubs worse, then I may not want to go that route.

 

[jpontius]

Actually, I'm fairly positive that 30mm is also the stock 4runner offset.

Also just FYI, "offset" and "backspacing" are slightly different measurements: Offset is the distance between the wheel center and the mounting surface, whereas backspacing is the distance between the back of the wheel and the mounting surface. Easily confused, but definitely different.

Could somebody else verify the offset on stock 4runner wheels? I'm about 90% sure on that one.

If you're looking for a wider stance yet, wheel spacers are a decent and inexpensive solution. i wouldn't go much past an equivalent zero offset, though (about 1.25" wheel spacers). Once you get out much further than that, you start to introduce significantly higher forces on wheel bearings and ball joints, so they can wear much faster.

 

[Nelsonmd]

Actually, I'm fairly positive that 30mm is also the stock 4runner offset.

Also just FYI, "offset" and "backspacing" are slightly different measurements: Offset is the distance between the wheel center and the mounting surface, whereas backspacing is the distance between the back of the wheel and the mounting surface. Easily confused, but definitely different.

Could somebody else verify the offset on stock 4runner wheels? I'm about 90% sure on that one.

If you're looking for a wider stance yet, wheel spacers are a decent and inexpensive solution. i wouldn't go much past an equivalent zero offset, though (about 1.25" wheel spacers). Once you get out much further than that, you start to introduce significantly higher forces on wheel bearings and ball joints, so they can wear much faster.

Yeah, I didn't mean to write backspacing, I meant offset.

Anyway, From the research I have found, 4runner stock backspacing is 4.5", and tacoma's are 5" (at least for the years in questions here). I am open to correction there if someone has a better source. I am going to try to measure it myself at some point here.