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I looked through and haven't found anything but...I need to push my wheel base out and was wondering if anyone has found spacers that work? We were assuming the studs are too short and would need to be swapped out for longer ones...any feedback?



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i'd say its a safe bet that the studs would need to be longer... i personalyl went with a really low offset wheel to push mine out (-6 offset on a 7" wide wheel)

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The rims are the best way to change the offset. Front wheel drive rims usually push the wheel out more, but I'm not sure if there are 6 hole FWD rims.

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flinterman2000 wrote:The rims are the best way to change the offset. Front wheel drive rims usually push the wheel out more, but I'm not sure if there are 6 hole FWD rims.
Actually its quite the opposite, fwd rims tend to have a higher offset than rwd wheels, effectively making the wheel more sunk in.

What about 6 to 5 lug "conversion spacers" Ive seen them on ebay and have been wondering if anyone else has used them and can give any feedback to their quality. I mean it seems like a great idea esp since 6lug rims seem to be harder to find than 5x114.3.

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hay metal soul where did you get your bumper it looks awsome ive been wanting to either build a custom bumper for both front and back or find a wrap or something for the front

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Metal soul - How much is your truck lowered, and how was it lowered?

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Project Trucker wrote:hay metal soul where did you get your bumper it looks awsome ive been wanting to either build a custom bumper for both front and back or find a wrap or something for the front
The Bumper and lip were on the truck when it was purchased.
85NIS720 wrote:Metal soul - How much is your truck lowered, and how was it lowered?
Its about 3inches in the front and backUsed blocks for the back and adjusted the torsion bars in the front

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ok i think the bumper is still neat its completly metal and doesnt have any plastic

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Project Trucker wrote:hay metal soul where did you get your bumper it looks awsome ive been wanting to either build a custom bumper for both front and back or find a wrap or something for the front
dude... its stock for some models... mine is all metal

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thats cool mine isnt it looks way better than the plastic retarded crap

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it's lowered 3" in the rear with aluminum blocks and about 3" in the front from just crankin out the torsion bars. Although my bro (240_fun) is dying to get me to go lower, I wanted to leave the rear a little high for when I load a bike in the back, just to have some play. Although I wil agree with him that it would be sick about 2" off the ground!

Yeah, mine came with the steel front bumper not the plastic garbage!


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