When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Awesome thanks man. Do you recommend any good ones?
Depends on your budget...nuts can get expensive!
There's Project Kics or Rays...to name a couple of the better ones.
Chances are the place you're getting the rims from will offer an install kit, which will include the hub spacers and chrome nuts.
Those would be fine to use until you decide if you want to swap the nuts.
Depends on your budget...nuts can get expensive!
There's Project Kics or Rays...to name a couple of the better ones.
Chances are the place you're getting the rims from will offer an install kit, which will include the hub spacers and chrome nuts.
Those would be fine to use until you decide if you want to swap the nuts.
Been looking on Amazon and they all seem to be around $30 - $50. I read that hub spacers are not needed for this wheel as long as the nuts are torqued properly.
I'll look into the higher end nuts that you talked about.
Been looking on Amazon and they all seem to be around $30 - $50. I read that hub spacers are not needed for this wheel as long as the nuts are torqued properly.
I'll look into the higher end nuts that you talked about.
Way back when I had looked on Amazon as well...reading the reviews didn't instill confidence in a lot of them where the trend seemed to be painted peeking quickly (for colored ones) or chrome flaking.
I ended up with the Project Kics Leggura 2 piece, and it's been a quality product so far...and looks spectacular.
For the hub spacers, it's likely a debatable topic.
Your comment "I read that hub spacers are not needed for this wheel as long as the nuts are torqued properly." could really apply to any aftermarket wheel.
For what a set costs ($15-$20) i would always recommend getting them.
They serve 2 purposes: 1. Help center the wheel when torquing down 2. Carry the load of the wheel
And yes, if you methodically tighten the nuts in a star pattern to proper torque you can center the wheel properly.
However, the hub spacer helps take the guess work out and eliminates to possibility of them not being centered.
Secondly, the nuts are fasteners, they are not meant to be the primary load carrying device for the rim. The hub of the car is meant to carry the load of the rim...without the hub spacer the wheel is being supported by the nuts only.
I realize that commonly the spacers are ABS (plastic), but when they fill the gap between the hub and rim it helps everything turn together as one solid unit, therefore supporting the weight of the wheel.
I don't recommend the metal spacers either...dissimilar metal corrosion becomes a huge problem at that point.
Way back when I had looked on Amazon as well...reading the reviews didn't instill confidence in a lot of them where the trend seemed to be painted peeking quickly (for colored ones) or chrome flaking.
I ended up with the Project Kics Leggura 2 piece, and it's been a quality product so far...and looks spectacular.
For the hub spacers, it's likely a debatable topic.
Your comment "I read that hub spacers are not needed for this wheel as long as the nuts are torqued properly." could really apply to any aftermarket wheel.
For what a set costs ($15-$20) i would always recommend getting them.
They serve 2 purposes: 1. Help center the wheel when torquing down 2. Carry the load of the wheel
And yes, if you methodically tighten the nuts in a star pattern to proper torque you can center the wheel properly.
However, the hub spacer helps take the guess work out and eliminates to possibility of them not being centered.
Secondly, the nuts are fasteners, they are not meant to be the primary load carrying device for the rim. The hub of the car is meant to carry the load of the rim...without the hub spacer the wheel is being supported by the nuts only.
I realize that commonly the spacers are ABS (plastic), but when they fill the gap between the hub and rim it helps everything turn together as one solid unit, therefore supporting the weight of the wheel.
I don't recommend the metal spacers either...dissimilar metal corrosion becomes a huge problem at that point.
Thanks for the info. I just ordered a set of Ray's lug nuts. Gonna go ahead and do the spacers as well.
I'm running exact wheel specs on rear except with a 275 tire. No rub... Dont worry
thanks! I had 275 but they rubbed so the installer went with 255 but im so paranoid I always hear rubbing noises when its probably not especially if you arent rubbing!
VMR V710 in Hyper Silver on RSR Downs on my 2014 IS350
19x8.5 ET 35
19x9.5 ET 45
Just fyi, bought new TPMS sensors from tpms.com and the tire shop was not able to get a signal from these with their relearn tool (Bartec). Turns out, you need to scan the sensors as for a 2015+ IS350. That worked and I'm getting psi readings now. Not sure if this is TPMS brand specific but in case my fellow 2014 owners have this issue, try this fix.
04-25-19, 05:17 AM
