BLK13X

Hello good folk,

Now I'm not going to ask what spacers do/what they are/what hubcentric is BUT I do have a question.

I'm pretty set on getting spacers as my offsets are too conservative (ordered the wrong offsets on the rears, real pissed off with that but can't do anything now).

I want to put on 15mm or 20mm spacers to beef them out a bit (so that the tyres are slightly tucked from the guards)... I don't really want the whole stretched tyre look, I just want something to beef the tyres out by a tad bit.

Before anyone say, please don't say to buy new wheels (as it took freaking long enough for these to arrive and I've spent all my hard earned already on these puppies lol).

The spacers will be going onto my Soarer.



There are two types of hubcentric spacers that I've seen:

- All bolt-on spacers (ie. spacer bolts on to OEM studs and wheel bolts onto spacer), like Kics, Night Pager etc.


- Spacers with extended studs (ie. replacing the OEM wheel studs for longer ones), like H&R, Eibach (iirc) and Ichiba USA.



I'm under the impression that the latter type is safer since the original threads have to be removed and replaced with the extended ones, which would essentially fasten the wheel straight to the hub instead of relying just on the spacer to hold the weight of the wheel (but of course I could be wrong).

What are your opinions? Which type of spacer would you guys recommend and why?


TIA



Jose

BLK13X

Anyone?

mitsuguy

iTrader: (2)

10mm or less = extended wheel studs
15mm or more = bolt on adapters...

BLK13X

Cheers Mitsuguy, just curious to know why?

mitsuguy

iTrader: (2)

Any more than 10mm extension and the studs aren't strong enough - they would need to be larger diameter (14mm maybe), especially if the setup was not hubcentric...

BLK13X

Thanks for that mate. I was always curious to know why.

Don't worry, non-hubcentric spacers were always out of the question