Hey elripster, I bought the spacers from you when first started selling them and I haven't gotten around to installing them yet. Yeah, I know it's been a while! Now I read that there will be clearance problems with wheels that have more than 3.75" backspacing. I have 15x10 wheels w/ 5" backspacing and 32x11.50 tires. The backspacing is pretty close to the stock and with the wide wheels there isn't much "bulge" in the tire. In other words, the rubber does not extend too much past the width of the rim. Do you think I'll have clearance problems? What if I change to a wider tire? Thanks!

 

my buddie put one in without cutting anything..i was there to help him...

 

5" of backspacing? Wow, that's the most I have ever heard. The stock yota rim has 4".

The outlook is not good but there is hope. Step one, let see if the arm will clear the rim. Take a tape measure and measure 1.5" straight up from the outside edge of the a-arm. If the end of the tape measure is in open air you are good to go. If not, you will have a clearance issue.

The larger tires will work in your favor. Rubbing only occurs are a few brands of 31" tire because the tire bulge is closer to the rim. The larger tires bulge farther away.

If you want to do any more than adjust the torsion bars for lift, I have to be honest you have two options. One, get some wheel spacers from say Wabfab. They will space out the wheels 1". Two, get new rims. I'm not sure how much wheeling you do, but a 10" wide rim is almost as wide as your tire and that increases the chances of losing a bead when aired down. You would be better off with a 15X8. Also, the narrower rim is better protected by the tire.

This lift as well as the more expensive bracket style lifts need some clearance above the a-arm. The bracket lifts need 3.5" of spacing or less where the spacers can either work with 4" backspacing on almost all the tires out there.

Frank

 

Thanks for the response Frank. I measured the stock steel wheels (15x7's) that came with my 4Runner and if I remember correctly the backspacing was 4 7/8". I went with 5" backspacing because it was close to stock and I wanted to keep the wheels from sticking out too far. I'll crawl under my truck and do some measurements. Are you saying that the spacers will make whatever clearance I have smaller?

 

Ok Frank, I just looked under my truck and I have at least a 1 1/4" space between the ball joint assembly and my tire. Again, will the clearance get smaller with the installation of the spacer? Thanks!

 

The clearance will stay about the same. However, if you have stock wheel backspacing which unless I'm wrong is 4", you should be Ok. The interference with the 31's that caused problems was only about .25". You can get .25" wheels spacers at an autoparts store or just shave the outer a-arm lip.

Frank