okay. got the stuck spacer off with a torch last night. test drive it and feel great. now need to find sometime at late night to bring car on highway to perform bed-in process.

just a tip to members who are also using wheel spacer. you might want to grease the spacer and hub contact point because when "rusty" gets in there, it's a pain in the a$$ to get the spacer off. if it happens already, torch and a BFH will be your friends.