I wouldn't do it. You are changing the dynamics in several different ways. First the wheel needs the center hole resting around the raised section on the hub. It's approaching 8Klbs spread across those 4 wheels, so when wheeling, it needs a strong setup.
Secondly, you are obviously moving the weight further out on the studs themselves and thirdly a lot of these are not very well balanced and will cause bearing failure or other problems.
It's just hard to compare our rigs to other since they weigh so much, are also DD, and plus when off-road do more than just fire roads.
BTW, just a couple of weeks ago, a local Jeep guy was making a corner when his spacer and wheel came off.
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So i was going through a turn by the traffic circle on highland colony today in the jeep when i felt a hard jolt, and heard a loud grinding sound. I looked left and saw my passenger rear bogger bouncing past me, it crossed all 5 lanes of traffic and was narrowly avoided by 2 or 3 passing cars, it stopped about 100-150yards away from the jeep. The jeep slid a good ways so i was able to steer it off the side of the road. When i went and found the tire the wheel spacer was still attached, the lug nuts that hold the spacer to the axle had all backed off, and i had tightend those things down good and had used red locktite on them and they have been on less than 500 miles. I had to call sid and get him to bring me a floor jack and was able to clean up the threads on the studs with a screwdriver and a hammer and got the tire put back on without the spacer. So ive decided maybe wheelspacers aren't a real safe solution, given these are cheap ebay wheelspacer that were not hub centric, i think i'm gonna be getting in touch with the company that sold them to me and see if they want to give me my money back because that should not have happened.
I appreciate the help sid and thanks for stopping when you saw me sitting there keith.
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