Spacer Lift Offroading

[ecufishbowl]

I'm currently running the Daystar 2.5/1.5 spacer lift with 255/75R17's and wanting to do some trail riding this weekend at Uwharrie. Should I be very concerned about off-roading with a spacer lift on easy-moderate trails at low speeds? I know they are not ideal for serious off-roading, but should I be super worried about anything breaking due to the spacers? Just paid to replace my brake line and my wife will kill me if I break something else within a week haha

 

[cloudrunner]

You should be fine on mild trails.

 

[dagen]

I'm currently running the Daystar 2.5/1.5 spacer lift with 255/75R17's and wanting to do some trail riding this weekend at Uwharrie. Should I be very concerned about off-roading with a spacer lift on easy-moderate trails at low speeds? I know they are not ideal for serious off-roading, but should I be super worried about anything breaking due to the spacers? Just paid to replace my brake line and my wife will kill me if I break something else within a week haha

I ran the same setup for almost a year and had no problem running trails out in the desert. You should be all good. I was actually pretty surprised at how well the spacer lift worked out on the trails. Enjoy the trip.

 

[Runn4est]

I'm currently running the Daystar 2.5/1.5 spacer lift with 255/75R17's and wanting to do some trail riding this weekend at Uwharrie. Should I be very concerned about off-roading with a spacer lift on easy-moderate trails at low speeds? I know they are not ideal for serious off-roading, but should I be super worried about anything breaking due to the spacers? Just paid to replace my brake line and my wife will kill me if I break something else within a week haha

I have spacers on my 5th gen, and have had no issues with it. Obviously, you don't get the added travel of a real lift, but it still gets you the extra clearance. I just did stuff like this last weekend with the get together in VA:

 

[BlackWorksInc]

As mentioned above, you don't get any real travel or performance from a spacer; just clearance. It should be fine for occasional off-roading and mild trails, it won't be as comfortable a ride or balanced as a proper lift. But I recommend spacers as a "budget starter kit" for people who are iffy on whether or not they wanna off-road and don't want to spend money on a proper lift just yet.

We all start somewhere :3