[SamUK]

I'm looking at 12" itp steel wheels to accommodate some larger tyres. I've seen a lot of you guys seem to run front wheels all round or irs wheels, am I right in saying that? I like the way ATV's look with the same wheels all around so I'd like to go with that but, am I going to run into any issues using fronts with my 350D rear? All I can think is im going to need spacers and that it will expose the rear brake drum further.
I suppose I should also ask if these wheels are upto the job, as strong or stronger than OEM I should have thought?

 

[SamUK]

if you go that way you will need 2 - 3 inch spacers stacked up or maybe a 3 and a 2 , seen people do that , but I also seen how much added wear it puts on the hub splines to run just 1 2inch spacer and large tires

Yeh, I know the spacers really increase the stress load on bearings etc. Would have been nice to have the same wheel all round. Don't really fancy having my rear end wear out quickly, it's in really good condition, very little wear.

 

[SamUK]

How does your rear end handle the 2" spacers, has it affected wheel bearing longevity or like you said earlier, spline wear?
I hope to run 28x9's all round once I've got my GR all sorted, I'd like to go a little wider though so keeping deep dish rears would be an option and fit spacers. I'd go for new wider A arms up front to gain the extra width.

 

[SamUK]

Don't forget wider A arms means new shafts, and they won't be cheap. lol

It will need new shafts towards the end of the year unfortunately. I did look at the price and felt like crying! Ha..

 

[SamUK]

Mixed response there then.

So my plan is this... I will eventually be fitting 28" tyres, I've always gone by the the motto 'higher means wider', just to keep the stability. The front I can make wider with A arms and necessary off the shelf parts but the rear I'd need spacers or larger offset wheels.
At the same time (while I'm looking to buy wheels) I thought it would be nice to have matching rims all round. It's not critical to have matching rims just thought it would look nice.

So if I count looks out of the equation what would you guys do? Fit spacers and use front wheels all round or would you use a larger offset wheel on the rear and keep a standard offset wheel on the front?

Thanks for the input so far.