Wheel spacers can help with fitting big brake kits, altering wheel offset if aftermarket wheels are used, and can widen a car's track, thus reducing load transfer and ideally improving handling.

We use wheel spacers on my wife's Toyota 4Runner. We're still running the stock wheels, but the all-terrain tires are slightly oversized. She doesn't baby this car (that's why it's so dirty).

We talk about what a wheel spacer is, what wheel adapters are, and how to install these parts ... Here are some good rules of thumb to follow when using or considering the use of wheel spacers ...

Like this two-pack from ZY Wheel, 15 mm spacers that come with longer 40 mm lug bolts. Those bolts make sure that your wheels are properly secured to your car and they’re just pushed out the way ...

Of course, there are more reasons you might want wheel spacers, and our friend at Engineering Explained has prepped a video walking you through all of this. There's the aforementioned wider track ...

Most wheel spacers bolt onto a truck's axles or hubs, and include studs that wheels are mounted on. Adapters, on the other hand, also have studs, but they're arranged in a different bolt pattern.

On wheel-spacer-equipped vehicles, the effective lengthening or staggering outward of the wheel also generates elevated mechanical forces like the lengthened tire iron.

Still, others used wheel spacers to increase the negative offset of stock wheels. However, when considering new wheels to replace the stock setup, it's a good idea to know your wheel offset and ...

Companies make extended ones for wheel spacers, ... They also look so good with my Apex ARC-8 wheels mounted up, I can’t wait to see how they’ll look with my street-centric OEM 135i wheels.