Is this for real?

p220sigman wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:

p220sigman wrote:
Additionally, you added 4" to your track width which in many cases will increase stability to an extent.

And additional stress on wheel bearings and assorted suspension parts.

True. It is one of those balancing acts. A little wider probably won't amount to much additional wear, but you reach a point where it will have a significant impact.

A friend let his son talk him into putting some of the really wide wheels with wide spacers (I'm not sure how wide the spacers were, but they were pretty wide to the point at least half of the tire width was outside the fender) on the son's truck and they were replacing bearings within 6 months. Coincidence? Possibly, but not probably. I questioned it when they did it, but the friend also was talked into letting his son do that whole making the rear end squat with the front raised so you're looking at the sky thing too, so...

They must live in Levy County!! Dumbest thing I have ever seen!

Lynnmor wrote:

p220sigman wrote:
Additionally, you added 4" to your track width which in many cases will increase stability to an extent.

And additional stress on wheel bearings and assorted suspension parts.

That's definitely something to watch out for. Specially that I soon I got the snow/mud tires and installed the wheel spacers, the first thing I did is to try it out on off-road trail on deep snow and wet muddy road.

Regular asphalt roads, maybe not as much. The combo actually handles small potholes and unevenness in pavements a lot more smoother (another surprise) than my all-season/highway Michellin.

Lynnmor wrote:

p220sigman wrote:
Additionally, you added 4" to your track width which in many cases will increase stability to an extent.

And additional stress on wheel bearings and assorted suspension parts.

True. It is one of those balancing acts. A little wider probably won't amount to much additional wear, but you reach a point where it will have a significant impact.

A friend let his son talk him into putting some of the really wide wheels with wide spacers (I'm not sure how wide the spacers were, but they were pretty wide to the point at least half of the tire width was outside the fender) on the son's truck and they were replacing bearings within 6 months. Coincidence? Possibly, but not probably. I questioned it when they did it, but the friend also was talked into letting his son do that whole making the rear end squat with the front raised so you're looking at the sky thing too, so...

p220sigman wrote:
Additionally, you added 4" to your track width which in many cases will increase stability to an extent.

And additional stress on wheel bearings and assorted suspension parts.

p220sigman wrote:
Additionally, you added 4" to your track width which in many cases will increase stability to an extent.

I suspect so with wider stance although I first thought the 4" is not much.

enblethen wrote:
You now have stiffer sidewalls that I believe helps stability.
I changed tires on my new to me SUV. It handles far better then stock tires.

That seems counter-intuitive with the more rigid (unyielding tires) in a curve.

And thanks!

Additionally, you added 4" to your track width which in many cases will increase stability to an extent.

You now have stiffer sidewalls that I believe helps stability.
I changed tires on my new to me SUV. It handles far better then stock tires.

You added 2” wheel spacers for a 4” greater track width?
I’d say more stable feeling is to be expected?
What’s more stable? Standing on a basketball or a sheet of plywood?
Off road tires? Hard read compound = stable as well.