Rims VS. Wheel Spacers

[Funrover]

Give me the pros and cons.......

[fivespddisco]

Originally Posted by Funrover

Give me the pros and cons.......

Keep in mind i sell wheel spacers.

I would recommend wheel spacers IF your trying to save money.BY... not buying new rims and tires but get a better stance.

Now I dont run wheel spacers because i bought Rims with a good offset and tires to fit them.

So if you dont have to I would not run them,my 2c

[KevinNY]

Justin,

Tell me about your spacers, PM me if you want.

[p76rangie]

Wheel spacers are illegal here. I assume that there is a valid reason for this. Personally I believe that the increase the leverage on the wheel hub and are likely to cause extra stress in this area. However, I have not attempted to find anything to support this view.

[jimfoo]

I don't know about fivespdisco's prices, but when I was looking for spaces, I found it cheaper to get steel wheels with the offset I wanted.

[John C]

Originally Posted by jimfoo

I don't know about fivespdisco's prices, but when I was looking for spaces, I found it cheaper to get steel wheels with the offset I wanted.

If you want to keep the stock (hubcentric) rims then get the spacers (which should also be hubcentric for our heavy vehicles).

If you want to get cheap steel rims then get the cheap steel rims (which are lugcentric) and the edges get bent very easily on rocks, and you'll end up balancing them forever.

There was a thread a while back about a guy who had installed 37" tires on the GCR steel black rims and he had weights going half way around the rim.... he blamed the tires for all the weights... go figure

[John C]

BTW, you can get some spacers at Skulte, they are in CT.

[Funrover]

how can I tell hub centric vs. lug centric?

[John C]

Originally Posted by Funrover

how can I tell hub centric vs. lug centric?

Usually they will tell you if they are or not, I know Skultes are.

Here's a link with some info: http://www.miata.net/garage/hubcentric.html

[Funrover]

Originally Posted by John C

Usually they will tell you if they are or not, I know Skultes are.

Here's a link with some info: http://www.miata.net/garage/hubcentric.html

Does Skultes have a website....

[KevinNY]

You can buy them cheaper through RN.

[John C]

Originally Posted by KevinNY

You can buy them cheaper through RN.

Actually, there's are more expensive than ours and they are not hubcentric. They might be hubcentric to the hub but not to the rim.

Ours have an extra lip that make them hubcentric to the rim.

Sorry, http://skulte.com/ ... that's a tough one.

[KevinNY]

RN are 389, Skulte are 199.50 per PAIR plus the cost of rover studs at 3.99 times 20. What am I missing here?

[John C]

Originally Posted by KevinNY

RN are 389, Skulte are 199.50 per PAIR plus the cost of rover studs at 3.99 times 20. What am I missing here?

Ours are $350 for RR/DI/D90 and $400 for DII/P38.

I just recommended Skulte as another option.

BTW, ours are made in Germany not UK.

[KevinNY]

30mm?