Yeah, I can see where quality comes into play. I have what is listed as the 'cheap' spacers above, they ggive me no problems at all so with the right product I cant immagine having problems, I doubt someone would make and sell something to customers knowing it will fail I have just heard to steer clear of spacers all together.

 

so for the 2wds, with the 5 lug 4.5" axles, what do you recomend wabbit?

 

i got mine from wabfab. great product. easy install and they are doing what i wanted them for.

dijlop: marlin has them for your 5 on 4.5

 

I have WabFabs 1.5" spacers running 33X10.5s and im on the highway daily with no troubles....and they look dope-a-riffic!

 

i'm only on 31's but that was a dead on statement. right on brother!

 

i see how it is. us 2wders jstu arent as important. hehehe. oh well.

 

on that note, the spacers from marlin say 5lug, 5.5" pattern, good? and total would come out close to $175 for all 4... hmmm. sounds quality-ish enough for me. maybe when i have my rear locker, i'll go for those, simply for cosmetics. maybe just for the back so i get the sweet mud patterns. wooo

 

ok all this is great info. now i got a question for anyone. regarding wheel spacers, im running stock toyota rims with 31" BFG all terrains. would a 3" spacer on both sides mess me up pretty bad? thanks

 

i had a pair of 1.25" spacers on for 1 day, i could feel the difference on the ride. the handling is tighter without the spacers, bit "lose" with spacers. that's only for speed over 50mph. at low speed, i couldn't tell any difference. quality spacers are not a bad thing, just run with whatever the smallest you can get away with.

i have "junk" spacers on my rig now, it works perfectly fine. BUT i'd not use any thing like that for more than 1/4".

 

what do you NEED 3" spacers for? 31" BFG A/T tires are pefect without any spacers. regardless how good they work, but first you will need a pair of go'ol' fender flares to cover it up, most of the cops won't give it a dime about tires sticking out half inch or even 1", but with 3" on each side, you will be pulled over in no time.

 

i sdont need 3", but i found a good deal for bolt on ones(good ones) on ebay awhile ago for like 50 bucks for 2. just want to widen my wheel base a bit, it looks kind of weird. so i should look for 1/2 inch to 1 inch spacers?

 

now speaking of fender flares... im just gonna get flared fenders, mine are pretty shot anyway. any idea where i might pick these fine pieces up? thanks

 

i don't think 1/2" is possible, because the length of your factory lug studs. for 1/4" spacers, it's a simple bolt-on between the rim and hub and your factory lugnuts still have plenty of thread to grab on. for 1.25" adapter type spacers, spacer itself is bolt-on to the hub first, then rim is bolt-on to the spacer's stud. 1/2" is in between, simple bolt-on will leave no thread for the factory lug to hold on, for adapter type it's too short to cover the studs.

i've seen 1" adapter type spacers, but it's 1/8" shorter then the studs length. if i see them again, i'll try them on because the Toyota factory alloy rims have some hollow space between the lug holes.