00:00three questions show up in our inbox every single week will spacers crack will they destroy my
00:05will bearings and can a land cruiser on spacers still go off-road today we answer all three on
00:11this 2022 lc 300 grs with measurements test reports and actual evidence no marketing talk
00:19let's go question one will they crack short answer a quality forged spacer no here's the proof
00:26these bana spacers start as solid bars of 6061-t6 aluminum heated and stamped under thousands of
00:35tons of pressure that forging process forces the metal's grain structure to follow the shape of the
00:41part cast spacers the cheap ones are poured into a mold and their internal structure is random with
00:50microscopic air pockets waiting to become cracks want evidence you can see with your own eyes look
00:56at the machining chips they peel off in long continuous ribbons that only happens with tough
01:02ductile material brittle metal doesn't ribbon it shatters and you don't have to take our word for
01:08it every batch is verified by tuv and sgs tensile strength hardness chemical composition over 75
01:16independent test reports question 2 wool bearings let's be honest about the physics yes any spacer
01:25moves the wheel's load points slightly outward and that changes leverage on the bearing anyone who
01:30tells you otherwise isn't being straight with you but here's the context that matters 25 and 30
01:36millimeters is a modest change in the same range as many factory wheel options with different offsets
01:42trucks run different offset wheels from the factory all the time what actually protects your bearings is
01:48load path these spacers are hub centric the 95 millimeter bore seats directly onto the l c300s hub watch
01:57zero play the vehicle's weight travels through the hub exactly as toyota engineered it not hanging off the
02:04studs we verified the bore the flange and the step height on this actual truck with calipers and the
02:10hardware holds up its end grade 12.9 studs grade 10 nuts torqued in a star pattern to 140 newton
02:19meters
02:19the load path is solid from hub to spacer to wheel question three off-roading this is a land cruiser
02:26corrugations rocks water crossings are the whole point three things make spacers viable out here first
02:33the forge strength we just covered impacts that would crack a cast spacer are what forging is designed for
02:39second heat long descents and slow crawling cook brakes look at the back of this spacer these
02:45pedal-shaped fins are the active cooling design as the wheel rotates they channel air toward the rotor
02:51and caliper every rotation moves heat away third and this surprises people no permanent modification
02:59the factory studs sit shorter than the spacer thickness so nothing gets cut
03:04if you sell the truck it goes back to 100 stock one honest note spacers widen your track which most
03:11off-roaders actually want for stability just confirm your local regulations and your fender coverage
03:18rules vary by state now the part most brands won't say out loud wheel spacer failures almost always come
03:26from three mistakes and none of them are the spacers fault one cheap cast spacers with no test data
03:32two stacking two spacers to save money never do this ever three bad install wrong torque dirty hub face
03:41cross-threaded nuts that's it control those three variables forged material single spacer correct torque
03:48and the failure stories you read on forums stop applying to you and re-torque after your first 50 to
03:54100 miles
03:55five minutes cheap insurance and this isn't theory bonos spacers are running on customer vehicles in
04:01more than 30 countries daily drivers tow rigs overland builds over 1100 documented installs hundreds of
04:10independent youtube reviews from owners and builders and thousands of verified marketplace ratings real
04:16trucks real miles real feedback so are wool spacers safe on an lc300 forged hub centric correctly
04:24torqued yes cast stacked or installed wrong that's where the horror stories come from every spec and
04:32test report is linked below got a question about your setup ask in the comments we answer everyone see
04:38you in the next one
