Wheel spercers really bad?
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Wheel spercers really bad?
Those of you with wheel spacers on, how long have you had it on and did you or now having some sort of wheel problem because of it?
I've heard it puts stress on the wheel bearings and studs resulting premature wear. Im thinking of putting 25mm all 4 and will keep it on till i have the car.
I've heard it puts stress on the wheel bearings and studs resulting premature wear. Im thinking of putting 25mm all 4 and will keep it on till i have the car.
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I prefer the spacer that includes longer studs vs the type that bolt onto the existing studs - these are all I have ever used personally. Porsche includes spacers on both GT3 and GT3 RS from the factory (and I think one of the Boxster models too IIRC)
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Not a fan of hub centric spacers? I have to get some relatively large spacers to fit over the stop techs and the rpf1's. They wheels are of a scca t2 car i know for a fact he runs 22mm on front and 8mm on the rear. If spacers are good enough for national level t2 race team.......they will put up to the stress I will put into it quite easily. From what I could get out of him though.....they are custom milled with arp studs.
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Not a fan of hub centric spacers? I have to get some relatively large spacers to fit over the stop techs and the rpf1's. They wheels are of a scca t2 car i know for a fact he runs 22mm on front and 8mm on the rear. If spacers are good enough for national level t2 race team.......they will put up to the stress I will put into it quite easily. From what I could get out of him though.....they are custom milled with arp studs.
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Agreed. If T2 cars choose to run them and do-so without issue, that's enough "real proof" for me that they can be used without issue. BTW, I don't believe you'll need one in the back. I think they chose to run the 8mm spacer to get a slightly wider track, but the 18x9 +35 rear should clear without issue otherwise. I have mounted 18x10.5 +43 without issue on the rear, though I chose to run a 25mm spacer to get a wider rear track.
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Not a fan of hub centric spacers? I have to get some relatively large spacers to fit over the stop techs and the rpf1's. They wheels are of a scca t2 car i know for a fact he runs 22mm on front and 8mm on the rear. If spacers are good enough for national level t2 race team.......they will put up to the stress I will put into it quite easily. From what I could get out of him though.....they are custom milled with arp studs.
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Does it add stress to the bearing, YES. Some bearing, hub assemblies are very durable and can handle it easily, some can't.
I run spacers on my car, daily driven, and beat at the track. As long as quality parts are used, spacers arn't a problem.
All mine are slip on style, and i run 60mm studs.
I run spacers on my car, daily driven, and beat at the track. As long as quality parts are used, spacers arn't a problem.
All mine are slip on style, and i run 60mm studs.
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I have the Ichiba hub centrics as well and I love them. I just recently installed them and so far zero problems. I have the 25mm on the rear and 20mm on the front, almost perfect flushness for my current set up, only reason why I'm not hella flush is b/c I'm super lowered and have a pretty large neg camber, so I didn't want to rub/roll my fenders.
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The rear isn't really the worry as you said, but I am going to have to do some finagling to see what I need to fit over the front stoptechs. I'll probably add a spacer in the rear.......perhaps 10mm.....haven't decided. I'll just play it by a year when I get them on sat.