wheel spacers
03-26-15, 05:32 PM
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wheel spacers
Has anyone used wheel spacers to make the wheel flushed to the outer side of the chassis ? A friend of mine did with his camry and the handling has improved a lot for winter driving.
If so, any thoughts, thanks.
If so, any thoughts, thanks.
03-27-15, 12:38 PM
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Spacers are dangerous to run without extended studs. Some will disagree, but its not something I would risk. They are purely for looks. The extended studs I am talking about are NOT the ones that come on 25+ mm spacers either. Its said anything larger than ~8mm you should be running extended studs because of the contact patch with your lug nuts is reduced.
I just witnessed a car at a track event shear off the end of a stud and lose a wheel going into a hairpin turn two weeks ago because he ran spacers without extended studs.
If you google search the issue you'll see that people running spacers will encounter the same problem I listed above. People running spacers & studs in one will have broken studs/cracked studs after a while as the quality of them is a crap shoot.
I just witnessed a car at a track event shear off the end of a stud and lose a wheel going into a hairpin turn two weeks ago because he ran spacers without extended studs.
If you google search the issue you'll see that people running spacers will encounter the same problem I listed above. People running spacers & studs in one will have broken studs/cracked studs after a while as the quality of them is a crap shoot.
03-27-15, 03:09 PM
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When i change any setting, i make sure to use all proper precautions, so yes, i will use a set of bolts extender. Odd that it is just for looks because my friend told me that it does make a difference, but again, it may be subjective. After running very good winter tires (micheline Xice) in Canada, i feel that the car is not stable and wabbles.
One other thing that bugs me is the stress on the wheel bearing.
One other thing that bugs me is the stress on the wheel bearing.
04-25-15, 05:18 PM
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Use hubcentric wheel spacers and you will be fine. They bolt to the existing studs then have their own built in studs for the wheel to mount to. Just get the proper ones for your car and you will be fine. Only issue with them is as they are on for a while, the corrosion makes them stick to the cars hub and they are a ***** to pry off. Anti-seize helps but it eventually wears off or gets gummy from the heat. But they are completely safe.
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