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Hi, I'm Al, and in today'so every once in a while, we get a phone call from somebody who's gotten a great deal on a set of wheels. They've either gotten it from a friend, a swap meet, or a third party website. The problem is the bolt pattern won't match up to the vehicle. Now that's where wheel adapters come into play, and today I'm going to go over a few things that you need to be aware of when you use wheel adapters. But first, there'some vocabulary that you need to refresh yourself on. Some of those vocabulary words include backspacing, which is the distance from the back edge of the rim to the mounting flange of the wheel, the offset, which is the distance from the mounting flange to the centerline of the wheel, and then also the bolt pattern of the wheel. Now if you're not familiar with those vocabulary terms, we've actually done videos on those, so I encourage you to watch those videos. Now back to the wheel adapters. First thing I want to point out is that wheel adapters actually come in few different thicknesses. Here just a few of the examples I have. This one's a half an inch, this one's an inch, and this one's an inch and a quarter in thickness. So now how does that thickness play into bolting a wheel and wheel adapter combo up to your vehicle? Well essentially it changes the backspacing of your wheel. Let me show you how it works. So on this 20 inch Monster Energy wheel it has a 5x5 bolt pattern, and let'say I wanted to hook it up to an F-150 which has a 5x4. 5 inch bolt pattern, I would use a wheel adapter So it would easily just bolt right up, but And then to measure the backspacing, as we know we take a straight edge and a ruler, go across the wheel and we measure down. Without the adapter I have a backspacing of 4. 5 inches. Now I repeat that process after I put the wheel adapter on, and here I have a 3. 25 inch backspacing. So essentially I've pushed the wheel out by an inch and a quarter from the hubs of my truck, and what that can actually do is give you a wider stance, some increased stability, but you also run the risk of having that wheel and tire combination run up into your fender. It does change the look of your vehicle. That is something else you need to be aware of. You are going to have the wheels and tires pushed out a little bit. Now some ways that you can combat that when you are looking at wheel and tire combinations is to get a lower backspacing or a higher offset or a combination of both. The higher offset you are going to find in a lot of late model wheels, things that have been hooked up to late model vehicles that people are trying to get rid of, and the higher backspacing is just something you need to look out for on individual case by case basis. Now if you have any other questions about wheels or tires or fitment, things If you have any other questions that we may not have answered, please feel free to leave a question in the comments section below.
