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.::SR20_240::. · 10-31-2005, 01:25 PM

i just got a set of them and i intstalled the rears today with rx-7 vert wheels and was just wondering if thay are safe to drift on thay are about 30mm. i installed them and after the car was back on the ground i shook the tire and i dont know if the side walls where flexing or if the spacer was moving, the spacer is a little bit bigger than the hub and the spacer is 2 pice the 4lug part bolts the the cars hub and the 5 lug part bolts on to the 4 lug part with 6 wheel stud thick bolts the 4 lug part is 25mm and the 5 lug part looks to be about 5mm or more.. what do you guys think just use them for dayly driving and put my stock back on for events or is anyone using the same ones for drifting?...

240SeXy! · 10-31-2005, 02:55 PM

There is a famous drift car that runs 3 inch spacers which runs about 75~ mm, so yes its safe to DD those or Drift, i'd be more worried about your suspension from the way you talk hahah jk

good luck

-Rob

NismoSilvia270R · 10-31-2005, 04:39 PM

where did you get them and how much?

.::SR20_240::. · 10-31-2005, 04:43 PM

got them from some guy on here, i gave him my 97-98 s14 4 lug wheels.

HyperTek · 10-31-2005, 07:22 PM

did u do the fronts yet? u could drill out the hubs for 5lug.. very easy.. total cost $20 bucks of studs

if you know what your doing..

drift freaq · 10-31-2005, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by .::SR20_240::.

i just got a set of them and i intstalled the rears today with rx-7 vert wheels and was just wondering if thay are safe to drift on thay are about 30mm. i installed them and after the car was back on the ground i shook the tire and i dont know if the side walls where flexing or if the spacer was moving, the spacer is a little bit bigger than the hub and the spacer is 2 pice the 4lug part bolts the the cars hub and the 5 lug part bolts on to the 4 lug part with 6 wheel stud thick bolts the 4 lug part is 25mm and the 5 lug part looks to be about 5mm or more.. what do you guys think just use them for dayly driving and put my stock back on for events or is anyone using the same ones for drifting?...

man, can you edit your post so its more readable? I had to read it a couple of times to get the gist of what you were trying to say.
In short, most people do not use the 4 to 5 lug spacers, as a way to do a 5 lug conversion setup.
Its your call though. I have not heard of people drifting on them, but I am sure some have tried.

.::SR20_240::. · 10-31-2005, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by HyperTek

did u do the fronts yet? u could drill out the hubs for 5lug.. very easy.. total cost $20 bucks of studs

if you know what your doing..

im going to put the fronts on in the morrning b4 i go to school (not high school) <-- for all the flamers...

240SeXy! · 11-02-2005, 12:40 AM

LOL worried about getting flamed, it only happens when you least expect it........................... like noow.... haha jk, good luck, dont fuck up and miss your classes bro....

wanganwonder · 11-02-2005, 12:55 AM

i wouldn't trust them

publicenemy137 · 11-02-2005, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by wanganwonder

i wouldn't trust them

me either, doesn't seem solid enough.

d r i f t swift · 11-02-2005, 12:29 PM

have you guys ever tried them?

theicecreamdan · 11-02-2005, 12:56 PM

they don't trust them so they probably havent

krustindumm · 11-02-2005, 02:56 PM

I have them, I'll try to get pics of them tonight. Works well for trying to fit high offset 5-lug wheels.

randyjordan · 11-02-2005, 07:54 PM

any problem with the spacers? if u dont like them i know a couple of people that are willing to buy it. just let me know man.

.::SR20_240::. · 11-02-2005, 09:38 PM

i got them on, im still iffy about runing the car hard with them tho. Ill post some pics soon.

randyjordan · 11-02-2005, 11:02 PM

yeah those are pretty big. i was scared to run with them. cant wait for the pix.

.::SR20_240::. · 11-05-2005, 02:19 PM

heres the wheels on the car i forgot to take a pic of the spacer, but thay have held up fine, but i still dont plan on drifting on them.

SoSideways · 11-05-2005, 04:32 PM

If you guys think about it for a second, what's the problem with this spacer adaptor?

There are guys running 25mm or even 30mm bolt on spacers which are 2 pieces. 1 piece goes on your stock wheel studs right on the hub, then the 2nd piece bolts to that first piece, with new wheel studs sticking out for you to bolt your wheel onto.

Same principle here for this 4 lug to 5 lug bolt on spacer/adaptor, except it has 5 bolts on the outter piece of the adaptor instead of 4 lugs.

The companny Wheel Adaptor, which has a website at www.wheeladaptor.com, makes these adaptors for dual trucks all day long, and those trucks see a lot more force at the wheels than you guys will on a drift/auto-x/road racing car seeing as they have to haul heavy shit everywhere with their trucks, and the trucks themselves aren't light. Not to mention, torque's what breaks things, and those turbo diesel trucks make ridiculous amounts of torque, low end torque, like 600+ ft-lbs @ 800 rpm.

So I'd say you drift on them all you want. Just make sure all the bolts/nuts/lug nuts are tightened enough before you do.

randyjordan · 11-05-2005, 04:59 PM

nice, can you post some pix of how they look from the back. i wanna see how far the stick out.

sideview_180sx · 11-05-2005, 05:05 PM

how wide is that wheel. seems kinda wasteful to spend so much on spacers when a few bucks more gets you 5lug hubs

randyjordan · 11-06-2005, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by sideview_180sx

how wide is that wheel. seems kinda wasteful to spend so much on spacers when a few bucks more gets you 5lug hubs

well he didnt buy the spacers since it was a trade.

.::SR20_240::. · 11-06-2005, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by randyjordan

nice, can you post some pix of how they look from the back. i wanna see how far the stick out.

krustindumm · 11-06-2005, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sideview_180sx

how wide is that wheel. seems kinda wasteful to spend so much on spacers when a few bucks more gets you 5lug hubs

My spacers were like $260 for the set. No way are 5-lug hubs that cheap.

SoSideways · 11-06-2005, 05:03 PM

I believe the adaptors sold on www.wheeladaptor.com are like $140 for a set of 4, customized to the customer's specs.

HyperTek · 11-06-2005, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by krustindumm

My spacers were like $260 for the set. No way are 5-lug hubs that cheap.

Yah, i did my swap for $120.. thats expensive... it all depends on how you source it.. dont need brand new hubs

240SeXy! · 11-07-2005, 09:09 PM

I believe i can get a full set of spacers for a bout 100$....

krustindumm · 11-07-2005, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HyperTek

Yah, i did my swap for $120.. thats expensive... it all depends on how you source it.. dont need brand new hubs

even priced through junkyards, it was difficult for me to find even just the front (S14) spindles for that price.

BlackSilEighty · 12-08-2005, 02:54 PM

Just make sure you tighten all your bolts really well. I've been daily driving my 4 lug spacers for a year and a half. Only problem was I had a shimmy in the rear but found out I didn't torque a nut all the way. Just drive on them for a couple weeks untill you feel safe on them. I've done 30mph drifts on mine so I know they hold up..

P4rD0nM3 · 12-08-2005, 08:02 PM

Does your steering wheel shake when you go above 50mph? Are those spacers just lugcentric or hubcentric too?My old wheels need some spacers to flush out a bit...but it was only lug centric and it shakes pretty bad, that's why I have Riken now.

hellion240sx · 12-13-2005, 12:07 PM

DRIFT FREAK DIDN'T YOU HAVE AN S14 RB TRACK CAR WITH 30MM spacers?

10-31-2005, 01:25 PM	#1
.::SR20_240::. BANNED Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: south CA Age: 40 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	4 lug to 5 lug bolt on spacers.. i just got a set of them and i intstalled the rears today with rx-7 vert wheels and was just wondering if thay are safe to drift on thay are about 30mm. i installed them and after the car was back on the ground i shook the tire and i dont know if the side walls where flexing or if the spacer was moving, the spacer is a little bit bigger than the hub and the spacer is 2 pice the 4lug part bolts the the cars hub and the 5 lug part bolts on to the 4 lug part with 6 wheel stud thick bolts the 4 lug part is 25mm and the 5 lug part looks to be about 5mm or more.. what do you guys think just use them for dayly driving and put my stock back on for events or is anyone using the same ones for drifting?...

10-31-2005, 07:22 PM	#5
HyperTek Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Cali Posts: 13,224 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	did u do the fronts yet? u could drill out the hubs for 5lug.. very easy.. total cost $20 bucks of studs if you know what your doing.. __________________ Keep it Classy

11-02-2005, 12:29 PM	#11
d r i f t swift Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: macramento Posts: 380 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	have you guys ever tried them? __________________ rip bobby.. you will be missed..

11-02-2005, 02:56 PM	#13
krustindumm Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Iowa Age: 40 Posts: 473 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I have them, I'll try to get pics of them tonight. Works well for trying to fit high offset 5-lug wheels. __________________ ASE Master Technician

11-05-2005, 05:05 PM	#20
sideview_180sx Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: somewhere north of mexico Posts: 1,538 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	how wide is that wheel. seems kinda wasteful to spend so much on spacers when a few bucks more gets you 5lug hubs __________________ feel the rythym. feel the ride. get on up. it's bobsled time. COOL RUNNINGS!!! formerly sideviewcivic Save a Horse. Drift This Cowboy. AirBag Club Member #0014

10-31-2005, 02:55 PM	#2
240SeXy! BANNED Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CA, SoCal! Posts: 374 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	There is a famous drift car that runs 3 inch spacers which runs about 75~ mm, so yes its safe to DD those or Drift, i'd be more worried about your suspension from the way you talk hahah jk good luck -Rob

10-31-2005, 04:39 PM	#3
NismoSilvia270R Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clarksville Age: 39 Posts: 510 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	where did you get them and how much?

10-31-2005, 04:43 PM	#4
.::SR20_240::. BANNED Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: south CA Age: 40 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	got them from some guy on here, i gave him my 97-98 s14 4 lug wheels.

11-02-2005, 12:40 AM	#8
240SeXy! BANNED Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CA, SoCal! Posts: 374 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	LOL worried about getting flamed, it only happens when you least expect it........................... like noow.... haha jk, good luck, dont fuck up and miss your classes bro....

11-02-2005, 12:55 AM	#9
wanganwonder Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 630 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i wouldn't trust them

11-02-2005, 07:54 PM	#14
randyjordan Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 779 Trader Rating: (19) Feedback Score: 19 reviews	any problem with the spacers? if u dont like them i know a couple of people that are willing to buy it. just let me know man.

11-02-2005, 09:38 PM	#15
.::SR20_240::. BANNED Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: south CA Age: 40 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i got them on, im still iffy about runing the car hard with them tho. Ill post some pics soon.

11-02-2005, 11:02 PM	#16
randyjordan Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 779 Trader Rating: (19) Feedback Score: 19 reviews	yeah those are pretty big. i was scared to run with them. cant wait for the pix.

11-05-2005, 02:19 PM	#17
.::SR20_240::. BANNED Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: south CA Age: 40 Posts: 324 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	heres the wheels on the car i forgot to take a pic of the spacer, but thay have held up fine, but i still dont plan on drifting on them.

11-05-2005, 04:32 PM	#18
SoSideways Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 你老母 Posts: 4,371 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	If you guys think about it for a second, what's the problem with this spacer adaptor? There are guys running 25mm or even 30mm bolt on spacers which are 2 pieces. 1 piece goes on your stock wheel studs right on the hub, then the 2nd piece bolts to that first piece, with new wheel studs sticking out for you to bolt your wheel onto. Same principle here for this 4 lug to 5 lug bolt on spacer/adaptor, except it has 5 bolts on the outter piece of the adaptor instead of 4 lugs. The companny Wheel Adaptor, which has a website at www.wheeladaptor.com, makes these adaptors for dual trucks all day long, and those trucks see a lot more force at the wheels than you guys will on a drift/auto-x/road racing car seeing as they have to haul heavy shit everywhere with their trucks, and the trucks themselves aren't light. Not to mention, torque's what breaks things, and those turbo diesel trucks make ridiculous amounts of torque, low end torque, like 600+ ft-lbs @ 800 rpm. So I'd say you drift on them all you want. Just make sure all the bolts/nuts/lug nuts are tightened enough before you do.

11-05-2005, 04:59 PM	#19
randyjordan Zilvia Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: san diego Posts: 779 Trader Rating: (19) Feedback Score: 19 reviews	nice, can you post some pix of how they look from the back. i wanna see how far the stick out.

11-06-2005, 05:03 PM	#24
SoSideways Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 你老母 Posts: 4,371 Trader Rating: (4) Feedback Score: 4 reviews	I believe the adaptors sold on www.wheeladaptor.com are like $140 for a set of 4, customized to the customer's specs.

11-07-2005, 09:09 PM	#26
240SeXy! BANNED Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CA, SoCal! Posts: 374 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I believe i can get a full set of spacers for a bout 100$....

12-08-2005, 02:54 PM	#28
BlackSilEighty Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Thompsons Station, TN Age: 39 Posts: 208 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Just make sure you tighten all your bolts really well. I've been daily driving my 4 lug spacers for a year and a half. Only problem was I had a shimmy in the rear but found out I didn't torque a nut all the way. Just drive on them for a couple weeks untill you feel safe on them. I've done 30mph drifts on mine so I know they hold up.. __________________ 92 240SX. SOLD, 86 RX-7 GXL ,87 RX-7 Sport, 88 RX-7 T2

12-08-2005, 08:02 PM	#29
P4rD0nM3 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Not Applicable Posts: 1,183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Does your steering wheel shake when you go above 50mph? Are those spacers just lugcentric or hubcentric too?My old wheels need some spacers to flush out a bit...but it was only lug centric and it shakes pretty bad, that's why I have Riken now.

12-13-2005, 12:07 PM	#30
hellion240sx Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NOLA Age: 43 Posts: 1,514 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	DRIFT FREAK DIDN'T YOU HAVE AN S14 RB TRACK CAR WITH 30MM spacers?