26INCH TIRES

I want to upgrade to 26inch tires,do I need to buy wheel spacers for them to fit on my 09 RZR?

machinist0u812 wrote:

I want to upgrade to 26inch tires,do I need to buy wheel spacers for them to fit on my 09 RZR?

yes, either spacers or offset wheels.

I put 26" 12x12 Bighorns on rear of my RZR and 26" 9x12 on front.
Had to use 2" spaces on rear and none on the front.
I bought a set of stock RZR-S wheels and Bighorns from a friend.
He just bought the new RZR-S. Got the set for 300.
He put oversize mud tires on the S.
I'm about 55" wide now on the rear.

I'm looking for a new set of wheels and 26 inch tires this post answered my question

you will need at least a one inch spacer for the rear.

Good deal I will make my own spacers here at work,just figure out the bolt pattern.Thanks for the info.

300 bucks for the wheels and tires?? That is a smokin deal.

bush wrote:

you will need at least a one inch spacer for the rear.

1" would not work for me. Had to use 2" on the rear. None on the front.

Yea, that was a deal. I thought so too. The tires only are about 400.
I jumped on that.
I spent 100 on spaces for the rear and had to order nuts ($20). Still not bad.

Im running 1.5" spacers on the rear and 1" on the front but i have the Roctec 3" lift with 26" bighorns.

If you go with ITP SS wheels you will not need any spacers. I have the SS112's and 26" bighorns and it put me at 58" at the rear before my lift. The local shop sells the combo with lugnuts for $699.00

I run 1.5 spacers all the way around for stability with a 3in lift and 27in tires.

I run 2" all the way around, never had a issue, even stopped the mud from bunching up

I have posted this before but I run 27/9/12 XTRS on the front with no spacers and have to run 1" spacers on the rear to clear motor mount on pass side.I ran this for 2,000 miles with out a lift and had minor rubbing in the front when going into a dip.At 2,000 miles I added a 2" lift and have had it on now for 3,000 miles and it stopped the rubbing up front.

I know the RZR's and Teryx's aren't the same machines , but I've heard more than one SXS vendor say we really should'nt run spacers in the front because it is too hard on the front suspention and steering linkage . Any of you guys ever hear anything like that ? Or is it just a warning type thing from the spacer companys ?

4x4dad wrote:

I know the RZR's and Teryx's aren't the same machines , but I've heard more than one SXS vendor say we really should'nt run spacers in the front because it is too hard on the front suspention and steering linkage . Any of you guys ever hear anything like that ? Or is it just a warning type thing from the spacer companys ?

It makes sense to me and I'm sure running them on the back puts more stress and wear on parts too

I have 26" Mud lite XTR on ITP SS212 and i dont have any spacers....

the LE rzr i had went 1700 miles with 1.5 spacers. replaced the front wheel bearings at 1500miles. they are harder on the spindles and wheelbearings but they ar no diff than running a off set wheel. the bigger tires that are put on add more stress than the spacers.

bush wrote:

the LE rzr i had went 1700 miles with 1.5 spacers. replaced the front wheel bearings at 1500miles. they are harder on the spindles and wheelbearings but they ar no diff than running a off set wheel. the bigger tires that are put on add more stress than the spacers.

Good point Bush that's true about bigger tires