Titan 2" wheel spacer ?

[dchemphill1]

Anyone have thoughts on the Titan 2" wheel spacer from Extreme Terrain? Good spacer? Link

Thanks

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[aldo98229]

Two inches is a LOT.

Most spacers are 1.25 to 1.50 inches.

 

[TheBirdie72]

Forego the spacers. Just get wheels with proper backspacing instead. ?

 

[dchemphill1]

Forego the spacers. Just get wheels with proper backspacing instead. ?

Aren't wheels are way more expensive?

 

[dchemphill1]

Two inches is a LOT.

Most spacers are 1.25 to 1.50 inches.

What about the brand? I am wanting to widen the stance for looks and will be ready for bigger tires and some lift.

 

[TheBirdie72]

Aren't wheels are way more expensive?

Yeah they are. But they are safer and less maintenance than using spacers. And if you change wheels & tires, you can sell your existing ones to help offset the cost.

 

[aldo98229]

Yeah they are. But they are safer and less maintenance than using spacers. And if you change wheels & tires, you can sell your existing ones to help offset the cost.

^^^ this!

Some tire shops will even refuse to touch your vehicle once they find that it has spacers. There's too much liability involved.

 

[J0E]

Forego the spacers. Just get wheels with proper backspacing instead. ?

Why don't you recommend going straight to tons?

What about the brand? I am wanting to widen the stance for looks and will be ready for bigger tires and some lift.

Just don't get the cheapest. I've run these TeraFlex 1.75" for the last year. Bead locks are in the garage so I won't need them anymore. No Loctite, but I did check them a few times.

On my TJR I run Rough Country 1.5"

If you wheel hard or hit pot holes on the road, be ready to upgrade your ball joints.

I bought them 100% for the space given I'm running 37" KM3's on stock wheel. But after looking at it, the wider stance is a bonus.

 

[azwjowner]

Two inches is a LOT.

Most spacers are 1.25 to 1.50 inches.

I agree, but there's people on here running -12mm offset wheels that are 2.25" further out than stock. A 2 inch spacer is just the equivalent of a -6mm offset wheel. Now I wouldn't run negative offset wheels personally but tons of people do.

 

[6th Floor Mule]

Different pokes for different folks ?

 

[hoch]

What about the brand? I am wanting to widen the stance for looks and will be ready for bigger tires and some lift.

I just bought some 1.5” Titan spacers from extreme terrain. I’ll install them tomorrow. Quality seems on par with Spidertrax I had previously.

Just follow instructions and check torque at every rotation and you’ll be good.

 

[Zandcwhite]

There's no maintenance or safety issues with a properly installed hubcentric spacer. It is no different than running wheels with the same backspacing. The 2" spacers have been on my ram for almost 100k miles. Wheeled hard, worked hard, jumped a few times out in the desert. Towed an 8k+ lb trailer with the jeep on it to CO and back at freeway speeds, hauled a 2,700lb pallet over 150 miles. 0 ill effects. Still on stock tie rods and ball joints. It's a myth that "proper" wheels have any benefit over running the same effective backspacing via spacers. On our JLUR we ran a 1.5" spacer to clear the 37's at full lock. Even if new wheels are in your future plans, a spacer is a great way to get the clearance and visual of what backspacing you want to go with when you drop the money on wheels.

 

[MuffCrawler]

There's no maintenance or safety issues with a properly installed hubcentric spacer. It is no different than running wheels with the same backspacing. The 2" spacers have been on my ram for almost 100k miles. Wheeled hard, worked hard, jumped a few times out in the desert. Towed an 8k+ lb trailer with the jeep on it to CO and back at freeway speeds, hauled a 2,700lb pallet over 150 miles. 0 ill effects. Still on stock tie rods and ball joints. It's a myth that "proper" wheels have any benefit over running the same effective backspacing via spacers. On our JLUR we ran a 1.5" spacer to clear the 37's at full lock. Even if new wheels are in your future plans, a spacer is a great way to get the clearance and visual of what backspacing you want to go with when you drop the money on wheels.

100 % agree, I have been running 2" spacers in a 4 runner for over 75 000 Miles, my JLU for 50 000 never had an issue.

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