Wheel Spacer Install Questions

I need to put on a 5mm spacer with longer bolts. Does anyone know roughly how much pressing on longer bolts will be and potential problems to look out for? Thanks.

use hubcentric spacers or go home. Eibach makes a quality spacer.

Hubcentric or DIAF.

 

H&R are good too

 

use a piece of steel pipe and some washers and an impact driver to press the new studs in.

 

 

 

it's not fun

I'm looking at the H&R's now if anything, unless someone can vouch for the Ichiba ones.

 

Would it be possible to use open-ended lug nuts instead of pressing on the extended lug nuts since it is only 5mm or is that unsafe?

 

It's just difficult to justify the cost of pressing on the extended lug bolts for such a small difference.

open-ended nuts won't be any different than regular ones in this scenario.... unless you press in larger studs then run without the spacers

It seems as if I have to press in the lug bolts no matter what? What would be the typical price for something like this? I got quoted $180 to press in lug bolts for all 4 corners and for the install of the wheel spacers (which is obviously easy except for the pressing). Thanks for the help Mike.

sounds like a good price. if you do it yourself you'll spend alot more time

Spacers are never a good option IMO. You are better off finding rims with the offset that clears whatever you are trying to clear.

 

-mike

This is how they look with 20mm longer hub bolts.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii56/fx35bl5/SANY0033-1.jpg

 

 

Bought 10,8,5,3mm spacers and hub center rings.Right now,I'm using 5mm

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii56/fx35bl5/SANY0034-1.jpg

 

 

This is how they look with open-ended lug nuts.

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii56/fx35bl5/SANY0049-1.jpg

 

 

If you only use 5mm spacers, go for 10mm longer stud bolts.

If you use thicker than 10mm spacers, go for 20mm longer one.

 

Hope this will help you.

Spacers are never a good option IMO. You are better off finding rims with the offset that clears whatever you are trying to clear.

 

-mike

 

 

+1

 

 

 

 

FX35B4 --- Those are not Hubcentric spacers. You're looking for trouble down the line.

The more I look into this the less I want to do this.. I guess a set of Brembo fronts are going to be up for sale..

Get new wheels man!

Mucho money Ben, which ones would you recommend?

Not a fan of Rotas.... So some good semi-low cost wheels I'd recommend are Work Wheels (XD9, XT7). There are always deals on NASIOC. Plus if you have 18s now, you could use the same tires.

you can get wheels that fit over the brembos for about $100 a wheel