I think I might have made a mistake on the wheels I bought. I have a 1981 Pickup Sr5 4wd and bought crag ar soft 8's in 15x8. The wheels are not hub centric and I bought them under the impression they did not need to be. When I had the ties balanced the shop told me they were having trouble getting the weights on inside of the front wheels because they rubbed against the tie rods.

Here are my questions. 1) Do the wheels need to be hub centric? 2) I'd like to get some spacers to fix the rubbing issue. Does anyone have any recommendations on type? I was looking at spidertrax but none of them were applicable for a 1981 4wd Pickup.


Thanks.

 

the truck should have come with lug centric lug nuts; they have the chamfer cut, that centers the wheel around the nut... if the wheels have the same chamfer cut, you did good.

putting 15" wheels on 4wd toyota trucks usually means wheel adapter/spacers, which are 1.25" minimum, although there are thin spacers also... how much clearance do you need, and is there any extra wheel stud length to compensate for the spacer.

'81 vs. '85, i don't know what differences there are, if any?