...and I was on 95 yesterday when the steering wheel started shaking so I angle my driver side mirror down and see that the driver side rear wheel seems to be wobbling. I tried to drive it slow to the shop since I was really close. I was going about 30mph in the right lane on 95 w/my hazards and then I heard two loud bangs so I pulled over. Everything looks fine from the outside, but I knew I was F'ed in the A. I call the tow truck and get towed to the shop. They pull the rear driver side wheel off and that F'IN spacer broke another stud and a third was bent all to hell. I broke the 1st one this past wknd when installing my suspension. Torqued the first spacer-nut to 80ft/lbs and the stud snapped so then went to 50 ft/lbs. Anyways, so the one that broke off yesterday fell back into my drum and chewed up the E-brake hardware. Car is sitting at the shop and will be there for a few days until parts arrive. I'm so pissed at that car...it's always something...Oh the spacers I have on the car now are the Project Kic's Spacers. I ordered a set of H&Rs off of the GB that's going on right now. So the lesson here is that you can't drive w/4 of the studs engaged on the spacer...you need ALL 5!

 

Sorry to hear about that!!! How much is all the damage???

 

It actually sounds a lot worse than it is...I'm going to get 5 new studs which should run me about $15 and I need to contact Nissan about the E-brake parts, but all I need for that is a bracket and a pin...which hopefully won't run me more than $30. The H&R spacers are $110 shipped in the GB.

 

What size spacers are you using? I can get aluminum spacers, and have a couple in 3mm and 5mm. Let me know.

 

Sorry to hear that Ab, I guess you won't be at the meet tomorrow night.

 

I'm running 15mm in the rears
Yea, Sly I don't think I'm going to have the car back until next week (Mon or Tues)

 

I can pick you up if you want me too...

 

I might try and catch a ride w/my girl and stop by for a little bit

 

I had teh same thing with my 15mm H&R spacers....destroyed the ebrake.....H&R sent me replacement studs 2 times and they we're all wrong...I bit the bullet and bought 60mm NISMO bolts...haven't had an issue yet!!!

 

Have had KICS spacers for about 6,000 miles now with no issues ( knock on wood ). Sorry to hear about it man, hopefully everything works out...

 

Just curious what the biggest spacer is that you can run on stock lugs?

 

Stock studs?

I probably wouldn't space more than 5mm using the stock stud... 10mm+ you will need longer studs to be safe.

The Project KICS are nice b/c they are bolt on (10 mins) and have the elongated studs already secured. H&R you need to install the studs by disassembling the hub (I believe?), but they are still very nice spacers.