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Are there any reasons why wheel spacers would not be safe? I heard they are illegal, is this true?

Yes they are illegal. A mate of mine runs them all the time, without a problem.. I dont see a problem running them all the time if you check on them every so often..

The problem is that you have a second set of wheel nuts that are under the rim and cant be checked for tightness without taking the rim off.

There have been a few reports of the alli spacers loosening due to the different expansion rates of steel and alli.

ausyota wrote:The problem is that you have a second set of wheel nuts that are under the rim and cant be checked for tightness without taking the rim off.

There have been a few reports of the alli spacers loosening due to the different expansion rates of steel and alli.

if you put a bit of locktite on them, they should be pretty right, hey?

I thought they were just a flat plate with stud holes in them....no nuts at all, just a big washer?

Think of it this way. If you want to widen your track by 4" then this results in a 2" spacer on each side. For this to be just a flat washer you would need to have at least 3" of thread on the studs for the wheel nuts to be able to hold it in. Last time I checked I only had close to two inches. Therefore they bolt on to you original studs and have exterior studs (in the same pattern) attached to them. Hence the issues with weaker studs and nuts possibly coming loose.

Hope that clears it up for you

SANGA

If your gonna leave em on all the time just give the nuth and thread for the spacer a small weld its abit better than locktite and zipties.

Or get your rims offset changed, and forget about wheel spacers all together.

Interesting point about the washers...

anyone actually ever tried that, i have about 5mm of thread sticking out of each stud that i could pad out to getive about another 1cm of track...

not worth it you rekon?

Lee.

vanzbrown wrote:Interesting point about the washers...

anyone actually ever tried that, i have about 5mm of thread sticking out of each stud that i could pad out to getive about another 1cm of track...

not worth it you rekon?

Lee.

it would be not only not worth it, but it would also apply significantly more stress to the wheel studs.

under torque since the "washer" can move the studs could bend, where as when used in thier intended application it is really only shear forces the studs must withstand.

Here is a pic of a typical wheel spacer

I have heard of people using the washer type for small increase but it hardly seems worth it.

If you have steel wheels you can get the centres cut out of them and rewelded with more offset. Again this is illegal for road use .
Paul.

Could i just ask how much more offset you could expect to get out of an early set of cruiser steel rims (sunraisiers) by cutting and re welding the centres. I think they are 0 offset to memory at the moment...

this was the reason for my post

http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/PHP_Modul ... hp?t=56156

I spoke to pro-comp today and they warned me off the washer type spacers (I only need 6mm think).

Anyone got any other suggestions short of 16inch wheels?

This was the type I was thinking of, obviously only for small offsets. I'm going to buy the ones from pro-comp anyway because they are only $18 each with 8mm offset.

I can remember a thread ages ago, and the wheel spacers are the ones brian is talking about the snake ones actually have a differant name, i think the thread was also about the legalities of spacers