spacers...are they worth the time and effort?

T4Rscott

T4Rscott

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Hi all,

Recently a friend of mine gave me some 1" aluminum spacers for the front of my 99 T4R. I also remembered that I had a pair of Daystar 1.5" poly spacers for a Dodge Ram that I had in the rear of my 02 Trooper. Are the spacers really worth the time to install? I know I liked the look of my Trooper lifted (almost 2") but the T4R sits higher at the fenders anyway. I did some crude measuring and I think the Dodge spacers would fit with a little massaging. I am looking into making spacers out of "correct deck" or "trex decking" like I did for my 02 Trooper.

Any input would be great.

Scott
 
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Without looking into the mechanical properties of synthetic decking, I'm going to recommend that you NOT trust a home-fab. plastic wheel spacer.
 
PitbullRescuer said:
I'm assuming the OP is referring to coil spacers and not wheel spacers. Am I correct in that assumption?
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Oh dear God I hope so...

I say don't bother with the spacers. It sounds like you are happy with your stock setup, and the spacers aren't going to make it function better, but may hurt it a bit.

Yeah, and don't use trex to make your own spacers. That's a terrible idea. Trex material is designed for a completely different function and really, really is not a good material for a coil spacer. Your other one may technically be working, but you should take it off, cause that's a bad idea...

Not trying to be super negative, but that really is a bad choice for spacer material.
 
if you want the spacers you need. I have some toytec 2.5s sitting in my office that I never used. I found some adjustable bilsteins new for 150 no shipping at a local shop so I HAD to ditch the spacer idea. 100 bucks and they are yours.
 
If I go with 1" in the front, what should I put in the back? I have also head that the thick plastic cutting board material work well for a trim spacer.
 
Using Cutting board material is just as bad as the hockey puck lift mod - don't do it. I think spacers are a total waste, if you want a little lift do it right the first time and get some LC & Tundra coils. Everyone that has spacers will eventually get rid of them.
 
MAD 69 said:
Using Cutting board material is just as bad as the hockey puck lift mod - don't do it. I think spacers are a total waste, if you want a little lift do it right the first time and get some LC & Tundra coils. Everyone that has spacers will eventually get rid of them.
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Whats wrong with a hockey puck body lift, the truck will rot away long before the hockey puck would break or rot..


Back to the original subject, I have a daystar 1.5" spacer kit. Im happy with it, was only 136$ . Gives a mild lift thats noticeable but not crazy.
And as far as install time it would take just as long to change out the springs IMO. You still need to remove the spring either way unless they sell some adaports that dont reqrquire removing the top mount bolts?
Doing the fronts was a pain for me..
 
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sl0annuggets said:
if you want the spacers you need. I have some toytec 2.5s sitting in my office that I never used. I found some adjustable bilsteins new for 150 no shipping at a local shop so I HAD to ditch the spacer idea. 100 bucks and they are yours.
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I've got daystar 2.5's, I give them to you for $99 :banana:

Got 1" fronts too.

Yeah, spacers are bad. They should only be used on dedicated mall crawlers. And seriously guys, what is with the wanting to make your own trim packers and spacers. They just aren't expensive enough to warrant it, and you end up using inappropriate materials. That has been the cause of many many engineering failures in history, and lots of deaths and injuries. In this modern age when we understand material science so well, there is no excuse for using the wrong material.
 
"Whats wrong with a hockey puck body lift, the truck will rot away long before the hockey puck would break or rot.."

Hockey pucks will get soft in the summer heat, they won't last neither would chopping board material. I would rather do without these so called "mods" than do it the Ghetto way - homebrew fab should be avoided with important mechanical functions on the truck.
 
I have a set of 99 TALL rear coils I'll sell you cheap. Maybe use them and a small front spacer for a mild, inexpensive lift. Let me know if you want them.
 
a lot of peolpe seem to not like them. i have a skyjacker 2.5 front and rear and i love them. lil work for the front but worth it for the money.
 
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