Lug adapters for 5x100 hubs

[lesstutrey]

I'm looking at a pair of a lug adapters for my 5x100 wheels that take them to a truck size, 5x4.5" or something in that ball park that have a 1"-1.5" spacers as part of the construction. I am not looking at using these truck wheels and tires full time,i will probably run some 235x60R16 Geolander AT/S when i get new tires for daily driving (if i can run ~1" more tire with 2" lift). However if this 2" lift kit is convincing enough i'm gonna take the wagon up 4" or 6" and rock some truck rims and tires when i take her wheeling (for someone in illinois i got lucky, there is a decent sized OHV park an hour away that accepts SUVs) That is when i'd wanna be using these adapters. So i'd rarely have them on for long, probably a day of driving or so, because i can get small/mid-sized truck and suv rims or something along those lines cheap as heck on craigslist or at one of the local auto-yards. I live in farmland, so lots of truck and SUV parts are for sale, on the cheap (a lot of wranglers use the 5x4.5, and a lot of wrangler owners want to ditch their stock wheels, looking at a set of 4 for 60$). There just aren't really any 5x100 wheels i can find with small backspacing and low to no offset. Best i can muster is OEM style steels with 5.7" of backspace.

 

What problems is this gonna create? Will it kill my wheel bearings, or present camber issues? Destroy the whole hub? I know i see a lot of the old GL's and what not with obvious truck wheels that are offset well below where they are supposed to be factory wise, and they are running 4 to 6 lug adapters that have to have spacing around 25mm and an increase in lug spacing... So, what problems will i be looking at, even if i'm only using them a few times a year, after all they'll be periods of heavy stress, just not very prolonged periods of heavy stress. And yes yes, i'll have ABS killed and diff locked via mods on switches in this setup. I may even get hitch cargo carrier so if i go for a longer trip, i can lug along my truck wheels for planed destination driving (i'll bring a cordless impact drill to increase the change speed.. cause i realize that's 20 lugs to loosen, then 40 lugs to tighten. then 40 lugs to loosen and 20 more to tighten in the switch to swap them completely in and out. So 120 lugs ) Won't be as bad at home with air tools.

 

Or can some point me in a better direction?

[Scott in Bellingham]

looks like hats a 27.1 in tall tire, I ran some aftermarket wheels , thats what I suggest

 

 

 

heres some 225/75-15s

 

Edited January 27, 2011 by Scott in Bellingham
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[lesstutrey]

Anyone think a 215x70R16 would fit with just the 2" lift?