Aftermarket Wheels: What Your Offset - Any Problems?

I'm wheel shopping, as I'd like to ditch the 1.5" spacers I'm using on my 1st Gen with 17" alloys.

People continually tell me that -20, or -30 offset wheels will ruin my truck, make it unsafe, and generally be a hassle.

Has anyone that runs lower offset wheels had significant problems with wheel bearing wear, tie rod issues, or ball joints going bad more rapidly?

 

Holy smokes. That's on a 3rd gen right? I'd love to see pictures of that setup.

 

-10 offset with 10,000 miles....no issues that I am aware of.

 

-24 for 30,000 miles and -19 for the last 5,000 miles no problems.

 

Looking for more responses on 1st Gens in particular.

 

My brother runs a +18 offset on his first gen with 2” spacers which bring it to -33 and he hasn’t had any issues. I think he’s had that setup for around 20-30k miles. He did replace the LBJ with OEM shortly before just because they had close to 100k on them. My honest opinion on spacers is that as long as you spend the money on a good American made brand that is hub centric you really shouldn’t have anything to worry about. I run spidertrax 1.25” spacers on my wife’s FJ and we’ve taken it off-road with zero issues for 30k miles.

 

You will wear down your wheel bearings quicker compared to stock setup. This is due to the fact that the center of the tire is a farther distance away from the wheel hub.

 

Running 1.5" of wheel spacers? There is 26mm per inch. Not sure what 1st Gen stock wheel offset is, but you'll need to subtract 39 mm from that to get your 1.5" of spacer in the offset .so if +60 like 3rd gen, you'll need to look for +18-+25 offset to get similar stance with spacers now.

 

Not positive. Negative.

You did your math wrong.

-20 would match my current stock setup. +18-38mm (1.5") = -20.

That's only if I found a comparable 7.5" wheel. Which hardly exists in 17" format.

 

In theory, yes. In practice? Debatable. I've heard stories of low offset wheels killing wheel bearings every 40k, I've heard other people put 100k on low offset wheels with huge tires who drove trucks hard.

I want someone to say "yes, I ran -30 offset and within 20k had to do my wheel bearings, LBJ, and tie rods. I did them again 20k later." That to me would be good evidence that low offsets kill joints.

 

-11 offset, 40000 miles.

 

-12 offset for both of my trucks. I have 56000 miles on the -12 offset on my Tacoma and it drives beautifully. I couldn't be happier with looks and drive ability.

 

I’ve been running -30 offset Enkei rims on my 2015 crewmax since 22,000 miles When I installed these rims I also installed Bilstein adjustables set at highest (2-3/4”) and ran 285/55/20. Never had a problem and as a matter fact the ride was even better than stock. Recently at 120,000 miles I installed a 4.5 inch Rough Country lift. Within two weeks of doing so I started to notice a shake in the frontend and in steering wheel and pulsing brakes when stopping above 50 mph. IMO my Tundra does not like the negative offset.
I’m waiting for a delivery of method MR217 20” +18 offset rims with 35x12.5x20 Yokohama. I’d like to hear back from some of you folks who say that they haven’t had any problems with negative offsets of -20 or higher. I’m going to guess that none of them have a 3 inch or higher lift on their vehicles. I was told even if my -30 rims were made hub-centric it would still wobble less but still wobble. I’m willing to bet that my wobble goes away with my new +18 rims and 35’s. Will keep you posted if you’re interested