? about wheel spacers
- Thread starter diy guy
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if i were you i wouldn't use spacers. Would you really want a little spacer between you an 150 mph?
some people, when using MKIV rims, put a 15mm wheel spacer on the front to help prevent rubbing issues... i'll probably give it a try, so long as there's enough stud left to really get the lugnuts to bite...
-shaeff
-shaeff
wheel spacers are no good IMO, a lot of tire shops wont evn work on your car if it has spacers due to the liability.
i used 5mm spacers w/ my mkiv n/a wheels in the front. no problems using the existing studs. also, keep in mind, if you have aftermarket wheels, the lug nuts don`t go on as far since they are the tapered "acorn" style that butt up against the wheel, unlike the factory "shank" style (where the washers rest against the wheel) that actually slide into the wheel and have more of the lug to hold on to.
you think the spacer is going to explode at 150mhp or something, lol. theres nothing wrong with using spacers as long as there's enough stud, like shaeff said. a lot of nissan guys use extended studs/studded spacers with no problems.
I was wanting to use some 8mm spacers that are just collecting dust but it sounds like that'll be too much. I tried the wheels on and they arent as sunk as I though they'd be anyways. heres a few snaps.
Now I just need to lower it to look something more like this
no thanks, i'll mount the wheels myself
I was wanting to use some 8mm spacers that are just collecting dust but it sounds like that'll be too much. I tried the wheels on and they arent as sunk as I though they'd be anyways. heres a few snaps.
Now I just need to lower it to look something more like this
are these the same tire shops that impact your lug nuts to 750lb so your studs snap when you try to take them out
no thanks, i'll mount the wheels myself
diy guy said:you think the spacer is going to explode at 150mhp or something, lol. theres nothing wrong with using spacers as long as there's enough stud, like shaeff said. a lot of nissan guys use extended studs/studded spacers with no problems.
are these the same tire shops that impact your lug nuts to 750lb so your studs snap when you try to take them out
This is the one that I worked at for 3 years and they go around and use a clibrated torque wrench to tighten the lug nuts to exact torque specs.
Yeah you're right....... a lot of people CAN DO things. I have seen people put on doughnut spares backwards and somehow it didn't fall off. You can fix an engine with duct tape an pvc pipe......so it must be a good idea.
If wheel spacers were so great they wouldn't make different widths, offsets, and hub centric wheels. You can ghetto rig just about anything to work but, you are not getting the safety, integrity, and/or performance that the manufacturer designed it for.
What is wrong with using spacers? Nothing. As with any part of working on a car you just need to know what you are doing. Your differential was engineered to use spacers, that is how it is mounted. Oh, and professional race cars such as ones found in NASCAR use spacers on the upper control arm mounts to change alignment. I have yet to see that fail all on it's own...
I run a set of 8mm spacers all the way around. I drilled out the lug holes on the wheel to accept special lug nuts (forget what they are called). Without the special nuts I was only getting 3 threads...not nearly enough. with the new lugs I get closer to 8 threads and I feel comfortable with that. Of course I am a fairly mellow driver and do not road race or autocross.