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(engine starting)
- You're not recording yet, are ya?
Are you serious?
(bleep) don't.
Gimme a minute, let me patch this up.
Hey guys, it's Shawn again, Custom Offsets,
Custom Offsets TV on the Youtube.
Got another episode of Shit I Never Knew,
this is gonna be rubbin' and spacin'.
So the question we get a ton is, if I add a wheel spacer,
so this is our BORA wheel spacer,
with the hub-centric ring and 10.1 steel studs,
and 66, or whatever the hell it is,
aluminum grade, or no, aircraft-grade aluminum,
they're badass.
They always ask, if I put those on my truck
will it help with rubbing?
The reason that's a confusing question is,
if you have a positive offset wheel
that is dropped way in here.
So this is a negative offset wheel, it's pushed way out,
if we had a positive offset wheel that's pushed way in,
what can happen is, you'll go to turn,
and it'll hit on this lower control arm,
so it'll rub right on here on the inside of the tire,
because your tires way in here,
and when you go to turn, at full lock it'll actually hit.
So then, if add a spacer like we did on this wheel,
you'll see way back in here, you'll have to get some light.
You want me to hold the light?
Okay, you see it?
So you'll see we added the two-inch spacer
back in here, there you go.
So by adding that spacer in pushes
the whole wheel and tire out,
so now if you were to full crank,
you'll see that it's nowhere near that lower control arm,
and in that situation, yes, it will reduce rubbing,
but this is where it gets confusing or complicated,
because this is a 12-wide negative 44 on a 33,
and this is, you know, a Chevy 1500, Avalanche 1500,
they have similar fitments.
This has already been trimmed to fit, before the spacer,
now we've added the spacer, and if he cranks that wheel,
you're gonna see that's it's gonna smash
right into that front bumper.
So this would need a whole new trim job
because he added that spacer.
So in that situation,
can you crank it all the other way then?
In that situation, you're gonna see that it absolutely
is gonna make the rubbing worse,
'cause now he's gonna hit back here too.
So we go around to the other side
that doesn't have the spacer,
you'll see what it looked like before
we through that 2-inch spacer on it.
So on this side you can see that he's got clearance for days
and then crank her back the other way,
and on the back, he's got clearance for days.
He's got a good half inch.
He could jump small ditches, not the big ones.
So when you guys are asking,
if I add a spacer will it help rubbing,
if you're hitting on the inner components, yes.
If you go to put that wheel on
and you hit the brake caliper,
and you could add a spacer to get it outta there,
if you chose too small of a diameter wheel,
if it's within reason.
Sometimes people use the 3/8-inch spacer to do just that.
But if you add a big ol' 2-inch spacer,
you now need to consider the fitment
of basically a two inch wider wheel.
'Cause you're pushing that entire wheel out that far
and the geometry of it slams it into that bumper
or the back side of it.
So that is Shit I Never Knew, rubbin' and spacin'.
Now was that, I think that was all the question,
right Junya?
So it's a pretty short one, but that's what we've learned
when it comes to spacers as far as fitment goes,
that it's just like adding a wider negative offset wheel,
it's gonna start hitting in new places,
but it absolutely will push it out for the inner components.
So, keep your wheels clean this winter, WD-40.
Peace.
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