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Hi everyone! New to this forum as well as a 2016 Silverado. Im sure this question has been beat to death but looking to get some opinions. I have a 2016 Silverado, 6inch lift, 20inch wheels, 35 inch tires. After the truck was lifted it obviously resulted in the front wheels sticking out about 1-1.5 inches further than the rear wheels. Are hub centric spacers a good idea to correct this issue? Any guys running them with a similar set up? The current look is driving me nuts but if ill go through wheel bearings after correcting it, the truck will stay as is. Any knowledge would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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i ran spacers on my jeep for 50k+ miles and on my gmc for about 30k or so with no problems. Just make sure to torque them properly. I used loc tite on mine also to make sure they stay tight.

Jeep wasnt a mall crawler either i took it out in the rocks plenty of times, if photobucket wasnt being retarded today i would post up a pic or 2 of it.

GMC has hauled a few trailers and heavy loads in the bed.

jayvh1 New Member

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Thanks guys i appreciate the input. Will definitely be using loc tite if I get a set which i think i will.

zoomiejr2 Enthusiast

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I've used 1.75 inch bora spacers on my last 2 trucks in the rear. I use loctite and torque to spec and they never came loose. Here's a pic post-146784-14568172711_thumb.jpg

 

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Hi everyone! New to this forum as well as a 2016 Silverado. Im sure this question has been beat to death but looking to get some opinions. I have a 2016 Silverado, 6inch lift, 20inch wheels, 35 inch tires. After the truck was lifted it obviously resulted in the front wheels sticking out about 1-1.5 inches further than the rear wheels. Are hub centric spacers a good idea to correct this issue? Any guys running them with a similar set up? The current look is driving me nuts but if ill go through wheel bearings after correcting it, the truck will stay as is. Any knowledge would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Like previously mentioned, if ur gonna use spacers, try to use Bora. I currently have the Bora 1.5" to match my front after the BDS lift. NO problems, just torque & use loctite. No need to trim the studs. d10b7eb8c1d068364d55bdf534db2fd7.jpgb6bfab7cd454d1e3de4e6cede00fdb0f.jpg Edited by TX_AT
Robert.jean1 Enthusiast

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I would tell you that as long as you buy a hub centric wheel spacer you'll be fine. I got a set of 1.5" billet alluminium hub centric spacers from TrailSport 4x4 and only paid 69.00. If you want to pay that much a piece then go right ahead. To me it's hard to think one piece of alluminium is better than the next. I'll add I've had mine on the rear only and even while getting my truck muddy or towing I have had zero issues.

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I have the BORA 1.75" on front and rear of mine with no issues. I've ran spacers on 3 other trucks in the past and as long as they were hub centric I had no issues, the first set I had was not and they did shimmy at highway speeds.

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bgweed Enthusiast

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Like previously mentioned, if ur gonna use spacers, try to use Bora. I currently have the Bora 1.5" to match my front after the BDS lift. NO problems, just torque & use loctite. No need to trim the studs.

 

If you had to guess, would a 1" or 1.25" spacer require trimming of studs to fit?

Thomcat Senior Enthusiast

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OEM geometry places the center of gravity of the tire/wheel assembly in the same vertical plane as the center of the wheel bearing/CV joint. Should be no problem If the correct width spacer maintains that alignment for a wider tire. Using a spacer without going to a wider tire will place the CG further outboard and stress the bearing proportional to the offset from the CG.

bgweed Enthusiast

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OEM geometry places the center of gravity of the tire/wheel assembly in the same vertical plane as the center of the wheel bearing/CV joint. Should be no problem If the correct width spacer maintains that alignment for a wider tire. Using a spacer without going to a wider tire will place the CG further outboard and stress the bearing proportional to the offset from the CG.

Should be related to the centerline of the wheel/tire assembly, not the wheel/tire center of gravity (they are not necessarily the same).

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another vote for the bora spacers. been running 1.75" on the rears for 20K miles and no issues. stud trimming comes into play if your wheels do not have pockets and in most cases for spacers less than 1.5"

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Sorry about my ignorance about lifts in advance, will most lifts make the front tires stick out more than the back? I had planned on a zone 4.5 inch lift using the stock 20" wheels and 33s? If so is there a minimum lift to where this wouldn't occur such as a leveling kit?

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