wheels spacers

[tud82]

hey everyone

Just about to order some new wheels but they are a different offset

my standard offset is 35mm and the new wheels are 45mm so i thinking about using a spacer
They said i could get away with about a 3 mm

what do you think

????????????

[mikinoz]

35mm is how it sits now with how many inch rim?

45mm offset and any spacing varies considerably with the rims width. if they are the same it will bring the wheel inside the guards more by 10mm and then a 3mm spacer ends up with you being 7mm further inside the guards than you are now.

[tud82]

so not really a good idea??????

[WABIT]

how wide are the new wheels?

it all depends on if they are the same width as your current wheels

dom

[tud82]

how wide are the new wheels?

it all depends on if they are the same width as your current wheels

dom

they are going to be an ince wider

[Mrk_Mickey]

what do you actually need/want to use the spacers for?

if you need to clear brakes, or the suspension, then just get the new wheels and work out how much you need.

or, tell us what wheels and someone will probably be able to help

[WABIT]

they are going to be an ince wider

in saying that, and the specs you gave me, it works out to be

23mm LESS inner clearance

EXTEND an extra 3mm outer position

thats from a 16x7 ET35 to an inch wider and ET45 offset

[tud82]

so not really a good idea?????????

[WABIT]

well... if you get 20mm spacers, your wheels will sit roughly where they are now, and will be sitting an inch further in that what you have now

dom

[tud82]

well... if you get 20mm spacers, your wheels will sit roughly where they are now, and will be sitting an inch further in that what you have now

dom

damn thats a big spacer

The wheel are 17X7 45 offset
and my car takes 35-42 offset

is it worth even looking at them

[WABIT]

ahh the diamater of the actual wheel is 1 inch bigger, not the width...

i calculated offset by having an inch wider with an offset of 45

then if you work that out, itll be the same width as your current ones, itll just sit in another 10mm

dom

[random101]

make sure you get some quality spacers and not some cheap ones from your local supercheap

[Preen59]

10mm spacers will bring you back to the same relative position you have with your current wheels.

You will need Hubcentric spacers (they locate on the centre hub of the disc and have a hub themselves for your wheel) to ensure that they are located by the hub and not the wheel bolts. You may also need longer wheelbolts due to the fact that they will have to extend another 10mm before they screw into the hub.

[random101]

Check out Fk engineering centric hub rings

http://www.fk-automotive.de/websale7/

[Servo]

Sorry to hijack a thread but I thought spacers were illegal in some states?