My friend is buying new wheels for his STI and said i could have his since I am saving for MS1 Pros; however, the wheels has are 17x8 +45. Though its a little better than the +50 offset that the stock FD wheels are, I would like to push them out a little. I found those wheel spacers that bolt on to the hub (picture attached). dose any one know how safe they are?

 

As long as it's properly machined using high grade aluminum and the studs are of good quality then it's safe. I'd be a little worried if they're Chineese eBay ones, but something from H&R or some other reputable company would be fine.

 

depending on the year, it might have a different lug pattern. fyi

 

i'd recommend you DON'T go with tcsportline, as i've heard stories of the studs breaking off when screwing the lugs on!

 

any good brand of wheel spacer for FC? H&R doesn't have wheel spacer for FC

 

They may not have any specifically for the FC, but all you need to do is find somewhere where you can look up the specs independantly of the car model and find one with the right thickness and a hub bore big enough (ours is 59.6mm). Otherwise try Eibach or AutoRnD has some and they're quite helpful.

They don't have to be hubcentric, but it's nice if they are. You'll need to be sure that the studs and nuts holding on the spacer don't pretrude into the Sube wheel too far (there's usually a recess), and make sure that if it is hubcentric to the hub that it's not going to be too big for the sube centerbore on the wheel (no idea what size).

 

theres a company on ebay that i bought a set of conversion spacers from, for my fc and i never had a problem with them. i think they were called american racing. they've been making spacers for 20 years and you get a life time warranty with em.

 

Don't buy ebay ****.

Project Kics

 

I know ebay is not that good but this http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/12mm-...spagenameZWDVW

is like it goes through the stud and i just need it the wheel to stick out a little from that and the offset of the wheel is low, so this would give it a higher offset.

anyone buy wheel spacer from here, and scroll down it will show a link and size thanks
http://www.fc3spro.com/TECH/MODS/RT/rims.htm

and the one from Risky Devil, are those good wheel spacer from Project Kics, if yes, I would trust on that since it is not good to run on cheap spacers. thanks

 

Spacers LOWER the offset of the wheel. For instance a 50mm offset 16x8 FD wheel with a 20mm spacer becomes a 30mm offset wheel.

Those type of spacers should be fine, never heard of any like that failing. You can also get cheap ones like that from Summit (Cragar or Mr Gasket usually).

 

nice sweet,

 

Most of the horror stories about studs breaking are as a result of the lugs being over/under torqued.

Torque to spec and you should be good to go.

 

I was thinking of using some of these...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/20MM-...em150204782182

I can't really bring myself to spend $120+ on each pair just because they are imported jdm tyte.

 

http://www.wheelspacer.com/home.asp

okay? You can run these.
You got to do some math and some research though.
He can make you custom spacers that run $30~$50 Each

 

I'm a bit confused. As near as I can tell, 17x8 ET45 wheels should fit great. Why would you want to move the wheel farther out and move the wheel even farther from the stock scrub line?

 

because it looks better and scrub radius is meaningless

 

WOAH. lol. scrub radius is meaningless. jee, i really hope you are joking and being saterical, i cant tell, cause online speach is toneless.
anyways, i guess the SR is useless for like drifting or something, but track and street driving it does matter, ALOT.

peace

 

Riiiiiiight, I've shown before that you know nothing technical about suspensions, so why don't you just go sit in the corner with the rest of the dumb kids and stop making an *** of yourself.

 

for everyones safety I would pay for these.

http://www.optionimports.com/kiprwhsp.html

Each sets come in pairs.

 

Personally i don't recommend using spacer or adapters. I have personally seen them cause the wheels to come off as well as destroy the vehicles hub assembly. By using spacers you are essentially widening the axle stance which changes the stress dynamics of the hubs and spindles.

 

The site riskydevil posted is the best quality ones you can get. I took my car to their shop in canoga park and they measured my hub and center bore of my wheels and cnc'd them on the spot for me. They use the best quality aluminum and studs. It is an extra $20 each for wheel centric but it was worth it to me. My roomate sheered the studs from a tcsportline one on the track, be careful and dont buy cheap spacers!

 

How often do you see this happening?

Im sure if this was a big problem, they would take spacers off the market completely.

Does it matter by how thick you are moving the wheel out?

If i only want a 20mm spacer, would that pose a problem? My car is not going to the track, its just to move the wheel out so it gives it a nice wide stance and just for the street.

 

Spacers don't necessarily widen the stance of the vehicle. A 30mm offset wheel and a 50mm offset wheel with a 20mm spacer will have the same total width and will extert the same forces on the hub. It's not how much spacer you have, it's how much total offset you have that really matters.

 

I know this.

But if you run a thicker tire on a higher offset wheel, a spacer will widen its stance regardless.

I am going with a 275 tire but the wheel offset is +55. So i wanna do a 15mm spacer, then that equates to a +40 wheel with a 275 tire. That will stick out farther than without the spacer obviously. And thats the look im going for.

 

ok guys, i am running the Yoko AVS rims, 255 40 rears, and 235 45 fronts..... going for spacers of 25mm rear and 20mm front, what effects would that have on the general suspension stress? I can give up the stance for the reliability of the suspension hubs....

would they rub with the fenders??


thanks

G