wheel spacers

[North240]

I saw someone fall down once on a wet surface, someone told me it was because of shoes....

I still wear shoes though, i guess i'm just daring!

[final act]

spacers are safe, many japan guys as well as us guys have been using them for a long time now to get the better of crappy offset rims, if you are using them on stock studs 5mm would be the limit, but if you have bolt on types you can add couple more small spacers to the bolt on type if you please to bring it out that much more...I have 25mm bolt ons in the front and 30mm in the rear that I also combine a 5mm and a 3mm to.....daily driven and monthly drift events, just make sure your lug nuts have enuff turn to keep it solid.

[holisticbeatz]

Originally Posted by final act

... if you are using them on stock studs 5mm would be the limit...

I'm running 8mm spacers with stock wheel studs on my S14 and its fine. The lugs spin freely 4-5 turns before getting tight. Once that happens, I can wrench it in a few more turns before torquing it down.

[sw20>>s14]

i should search... ... but whats the difference between spacers and adaptors? i kind of get the gist, but any detailed explanations?

[KingKong8247]

Spacers


Bolt on spacers or adapters because you can change the bolt pattern if youd like

[frozencoconutz]

do you have to re-torque the lug nuts on wheel adapters every once in a while? thinking about getting some kics....

[sw20>>s14]

^ thank you for the visuals. i have seen both a million times and knew what they were, but never noticed how beefy the adaptors were. i assumed they were for just changing bolt pattern...so maximum width with stock studs for spacers should be no more than 5mm. and for adaptors, you can go as crazy as you want?

[holisticbeatz]

Its been over a week and I've been checking my lugs every so often after driving. So far, everything that was torqued down to 86 lbs stayed at 86 lbs.

[floodo1]

can anyone advise on a good source for hub/wheel centric 4->5lug wheel adaptor/spacers?

thx

[theronin]

Originally Posted by s13silady

while were on the topic, what does everyone think about "kics" spacers?

http://optionimports.com/kiprwhsp.html

instead of a loose spacer, it is a polt on spacer with attached studs... im thinking of going 15 in the rear, and 10 in the front..

i have 15mm front and 25mm rear of that brand, top notch quality. get the hub rings too.

HIGHLY RECOMENDED!

[neverdone]

Lets say Im pushing s14 se wheels further out. What is a better solution for safety? 60mm nismo studs and h&R 20 or 30 mm spacer? Or the kicks alternative?

[SilviaDriver]

arent H&R spacers adapters? not plate spacers?

best solution is adapters

[neverdone]

I thought the H&R are just hub centric plates. The kics have a second set of studs. What do you use on your stock bolts to lock them down if you use kics?

[SilviaDriver]

you use bolts they provide

[sw20>>s14]

what is usually the min. width of the spacer you can use before the stock studs protrude past the spacer? i know some rims have another set of extra holes for this, but a lot dont...

[DocTaDrifT]

^^ i think it was 10 or 15 mm

[s14slide]

I will vouch for the bolt on spacers. I've been running 25mm bolt-ons w/ a 5 mil loose for a long while now and I've know many, many people both gaijin and Japanese been runing them. 4 out of 5 people I know out here w/ S chassi's, RX's or any FR platform for that matter run some kind of spacer and no one I've ever known ever had a problem.with them. There's also plenty of guys that run multiple spacers if need be and they don't have a prob. I'd be more confident in saying that those people that run spacers and have had a wheel fall off can be more attributed to people not rechecking their lugs after driving a while. Any wheel guy will tell you that with any wheel you put on, you should recheck the the lugs torque after your first drive, most I've known say 25-50 miles. BTW, all these cars are daily drivers and they're run hard all the time. Just don't stack a bunch of slap-ons on there.

[FaLKoN240]

Back from the dead.

So. . .15mm BOLT ON SPACER is OK? Or what?

Any new opinions? I think I'm gonna get some H&Rs.

To make my 17x8 +30 into 17x8 +15

[tre]

Extened Studs with spacers are okay to a certain degree. If you start doing 20mm+ Stuff I'd highly suggest getting a Bolt on spacer. (bolts on to your existing studs) then has a set of its own studs that you bolt your wheel onto.

Spacers are NOT gay by any mean. Do not let people discourage you.

I'm possibly looking to run wheel spacers shortly pending on how this wheel sits on my car. But someone has my lug key atm >.< lol

[FaLKoN240]

I can't put any plate spacers on, that's why I'm asking if the bolt on ones are koo. Thanks for trying though.

[P4rD0nM3]

Wheel spacers taht are wheel centric and hub centric and that are bolt on are pretty good inmo. I used 15mm and 35mm spacers until I was able to find low offsets for my car.

[gotta240]

i still dont see why anyone would use a "spacer" if an "adapter(bolt on type)" is available in the same size...

They SEEM so much safer to me... I'm running 2 inch(YES, thats like 50mm) on my toyota with 33 inch tires, heavy ass rims, and severe abuse....love em so far.

The only downside i could see would be more rotating mass of another 5 lugnuts, and the forged disk spacer....

but what do i know.....jmo

[ranisron]

spacers are cheap and safe if used correctly, adapters are expensive (but relatively safer)...

I need some adapters for the rear.

[P4rD0nM3]

Ahaha. Sorry! I tend to call both spacers...except that I classify them into two.

Sandwich and Bolt On.

z0mg.

[AN89HATCH]

So will I run into any problems using a 15mm bolt on spacer? I have sportmax 962's, and I want to push the rear out 15mm more; or should I just get longer studs and run a 15mm slide on spacer. Will this be safe?

[Megadang]

Yes it'll be fine. Ive been running H&r spacers ( 10mm in front w/nismo 60mm studs, 15mm in the rear w/ h&r studs 65 mm studs) for 3 yrs( Daily driving, touge, drifting) . No problems. AT ALL. Just torque your wheels down correctly and you should be fine.

[P4rD0nM3]

It'll be fine as long as it's a bolt on and its hub and wheel centric.

DON'T OVER TORQUE THEM!

[ichibausa]

It's very safe to use the wheel spacers correctly. Also you must put in the longer studs and make enough turn on the lug nuts.

Do not just buy a universal spacer plate, it's not that safe at all.

Here is the price for the hubcentric wheel spacers.

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...ghlight=ichiba