33’s on stock suspension helppp.

Welp, I’m stuck and what better time to get my post count up

So, I picked up some 255/85/r16 BFG MT’s, thanks to @Boston10Taco and I was super excited to get them mounted, balanced and then put them on myself. I spent way too much time worrying about wheels, rims, fitment and finally pulled the trigger. Fast forward three weeks and they are ready for me to put on the truck, they sit on 16x8 Steelies with a -12 offset.

As I’m tinkering around raising the vehicle with the factory jack high enough to clear (33’s), I put it on.. and of course I hit my problem. It doesn’t clear the caliper, even though I was assured from 4WP that it would fit. I didn’t think of this issue in advance, but I’ve done enough reading to know about spacers but want to stay away from them.

If someone could please answer the question: is that the only way to get them to fit? I don’t want anymore headache of returning anything or finding new rims. I love love the look of them and couldn’t be happier. Even from the front- the ‘skinny’ look is not off putting at all. I will be starting the build thread once I get past this hurdle.

Any and all help is welcome.

 

I thought that only alloy 16s usually fit 2nd gen brakes. You might have to jump to 17s or a steelie with a lot more backspace

 

So you don’t even think spacers are the answer?

 

I thought you were buying aluminum wheels, did you switch?

 

Honestly no. I had always planned on steelies. What does it matter if it’s steel versus aluminum? I went with a -12 offset but neglected this caliper fitment issue I guess.

 

Offset will not matter if the center of the wheel is so flat like that where the surface that mates against the outside of the rotor is pretty much the same depth as where the caliper is.

Wheel spacers may work, but you're going to need some ridiculously large spacer to clear the rotor and I highly question a spacer that large. If you do end up with some 5" spacers, let me know and I'll stay hundreds of miles away when you're on the road.

it should bolt up to the rear with no issues though. Maybe you could convert your front brakes to drum and not have that problem.

 

If they guaranteed they would fit I would call them. You should probably return them instead of going the huge spacer route.

 

The way steel wheels are formed they have a lot more bends to make them Ridgid, alloy wheels are more often flat where steel wheels arent

 

If you want to meet up, we can try mounting one of my wheels on your truck. I'll be at the fluid film meet Sunday.

 

I laughed out loud about staying hundreds of miles away from me

In all seriousness though, really good advice, thank you. I’m going to see if I can solve the problem somehow and if not I think the answer may be bora .75 spacers, they are only hitting the caliper a little.

 

Thank you Tony.

Unfortunately I have to work sunday.. if we wind up with a rain date maybe I can make that

 

kinda hard to tell from the pic but It looks like a half inch or 3/4 spacers would work, or go chew out the goof at 4wp that told you the wheels would fit.

 

After sleeping on it, those are my exact thoughts.

Thanks!

 

What did you end up doing?

 

Still working on it! Man, what a process this mistake has cost me. I had to have the tires dismounted, then I packaged them up and will be shipping back for my refund this week.

I’m hoping maybe they’ll have some sympathy for me and give me a good deal on something like ..say.. the MR305’s. Wishful thinking I’m sure. If not I’ll go with something else. I will still post updates when I have them on the truck.

 

I’ve seen a lot of discussions here about running spacers and the general consensus is that they are not a good idea. With that said, I am running 2 inch spacers on my 2013 TRD, with a 2 x 3 inch leveling kit, 265 70 17 Grabber Tires, and since they were installed, when the leveling kit was added, my truck has never driven better. The spacers are hub centric, fit perfectly, and i have plenty of room, with no rubbing or cornering issues. I believe widening your wheel base when raising the height of your truck, aids the stability of the truck and doesn’t let it top heavy in turns, or when towing. The tires are about 11/16 of an inch outside the fender but have never bottomed out.

 

Not sure where you are located, but in MA. You can fail safety inspection for wheel spacers. They are prohibited here. I see plenty of people run them anyways.

 

Thank you for honest info..

You’re right, there’s a lot of back and forth info on this site and the one thing I’ve learned is that sometimes- you just have to try it yourself to see how it is.

 

I would agree, that running spacers, if prohibited is not a good idea, who needs a vehicle equipment violation ticket. Some states require that the fender Or a fender flare cover the entire width of the tire or it’s a ticket.
My home state has an annual inspection requirement, and if the tires on the vehicle are 2 sizes larger than OEM tire size a modified inspection sticker is required. Of course it costs more, and only about 1 in 5 inspection stations do the modified inspection.
So research, ask, measure, check with manufacturers. Then make your decision, and hopefully it will work out for you.
I would like to put a set of tall narrow tires on my truck , because they are better for driving in snow. I work year round on large sites with open, or cleared ground. I don’t drive in deep, heavy mud, but in deep heavy wet snow. My stock alloy rims are perfect for this set up if I remove the spacers, and can find a 34 or 35 inch snow or AT tire less than 12 inches wide? So go with the setup that provides the safest most enjoyable ride for your terrain preference and wave at all the cupcakes, and snowflakes, stuck up to their gas tank in mud or snow as you go by, and then the ultimate burn , be a good guy, with the better truck, and pull them out on your way back.