wheel spacers or washers?

[fordboi415]

anyone on here run washers to make their rims stick out farter instead of wheel spacers? i really dont want to buy expensive ass wheel spacers to make my wheels stick out farther and i only want to go about 1/2" someone help before i do something stupid and kill myself lmao

 

[fordktpjoe]

Sounds like you're looking to be an organ donor.


Three words DON'T DO IT!


Seriously.

 

[JohnnyO]

Spacers for sure. But I'm not crazy about either one.
You can get wider 15x8 rims with a 3.75" backspace that will do the same thing and be safer. Steel wheels probably won't cost more than $40 each or so, not much more than spacers really.

 

[fordboi415]

yeah i know about the rims making them stick out farther, but i was looking more for a quick cheap and easy way to get them to stick out without new rims or spacers hence the washers, i found the exact size washers i need but im a little hesitant

 

[Chris.S.]

Spacers if you must, stay far far away from washers unless you like the idea losing a wheel (or multiple wheels) while you're on the highway..........

Or, just do it right and get rims with a smaller backspace (about 4" would probably make you happy...)

 

[fordboi415]

4" backspacing would be more than i have already, 3.75 is what i have right now and i want about 3.25"

 

[fordboi415]

ok so i found a set of 15x8 wheels with an offset of -19, ive been looking around and ive found that i want to run 3.75" of backspacing for my application but on the wheels i want its not giving me a backspacing measurment, so what i want to know is if the -19 offset is going to give me 3.75" of backspacing. So far all the wheels with 3.75" of bs have an offset of -19 so im assuming that the wheels i want are too...... am i right?