SUV hits tire off pickup
I love it, all the spacer haters out before they even know what happened, even though they'll never know for sure.
First, no one even knows if there's spacers on that truck. Having the wheels hanging out like that could be entirely because of the backspace on the rim, with no spacers needed at all. Plenty of guys on this very forum have the wheels sticking way out of their wheel wells without any spacers, just a negative offset rim.
Second, the rotor is definitely still attached to the wheel. So, even if there were spacers on the truck, the hub or knuckle is what failed. And of course everyone can speculate as to what it was that caused that failure. Maybe it was having oversized tires sticking way out from the body and suspension of the truck, but that's an issue with the wheel fitment. And that would be an issue whether there's a spacer in there or not. The spacer, if present at all, didn't fail. And if it was the wheel location that caused the failure, it would have been the same if a spacer used to put the wheel out there, or if the backspace of the wheel itself put it out there.
And of course, not knowing ANY of the back story on that truck, there's nothing to say the wheel location caused the failure at all. Could have been plain old lack of maintenance, or abuse, or whatever.
I love it, all the spacer haters out before they even know what happened, even though they'll never know for sure.
First, no one even knows if there's spacers on that truck. Having the wheels hanging out like that could be entirely because of the backspace on the rim, with no spacers needed at all. Plenty of guys on this very forum have the wheels sticking way out of their wheel wells without any spacers, just a negative offset rim.
Second, the rotor is definitely still attached to the wheel. So, even if there were spacers on the truck, the hub or knuckle is what failed. And of course everyone can speculate as to what it was that caused that failure. Maybe it was having oversized tires sticking way out from the body and suspension of the truck, but that's an issue with the wheel fitment. And that would be an issue whether there's a spacer in there or not. The spacer, if present at all, didn't fail. And if it was the wheel location that caused the failure, it would have been the same if a spacer used to put the wheel out there, or if the backspace of the wheel itself put it out there.
And of course, not knowing ANY of the back story on that truck, there's nothing to say the wheel location caused the failure at all. Could have been plain old lack of maintenance, or abuse, or whatever.
