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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 09:40 PM
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if i was to use a spacer i would use the supplied bolts...

i want to put 5mm spacers all around on my lmgt4's to make my offsets 30mm front and 35mm rear...
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 11:45 PM
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Originally posted by Jason@Performance
if i was to use a spacer i would use the supplied bolts...

i want to put 5mm spacers all around on my lmgt4's to make my offsets 30mm front and 35mm rear...
isn't it a pain in the butt to install these???
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 12:02 AM
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Originally posted by rodH
isn't it a pain in the butt to install these???
Not really.
1) Take off your wheels
2) Take off your brake calipers (If you're careful, you don't have to remove your pads)
3) Take your rotor off
4) Hammer your old studs out
5) Pull the new studs in, if you have an air gun, it makes things faster. If not, just grab 3 or 4 washers, as thick as you can find, find an extra lugnut (open-ended works best), and you pull the new stud in by tightening the lug nut "spaced" with the washers in between the hub and lugnut. Torque wrench is recommended.
6) That's it, do everything in reverse: put rotor on, put caliper on...

Wheel/tire shops will generally charge $5/stud installation...~$50. May be worth it for some. Once you've done one side, you'll do the other side in 15 minutes. It took me about 30 minutes to figure out one side.
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Old Apr 13, 2004 | 06:58 AM
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yeah what he said
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 12:31 AM
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I have the 15mm H&R spacers installed and i love the looks of it.

The only concerns i have is that the total diameter of the spacers is about 8mm smaller then the diameter of my Rays (Track model).

I wonder if the spacers you guys use are the same as mine...
The spacers in Jason´s picture are with longer studs, while my spacers came with bolts to mount them to the car. And normal studs in them where you mount the wheel to with the original bolts!?!

I really don´t like it that the centre of the rim is not fully backed up by the spacer.

Opinions please.

Strife350Z: As i not living in the US, i got them here in Holland. For total amount of $ 300 (damn i wish i lived in the US).
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 07:26 AM
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Originally posted by peter
I have the 15mm H&R spacers installed and i love the looks of it.

The only concerns i have is that the total diameter of the spacers is about 8mm smaller then the diameter of my Rays (Track model).

I wonder if the spacers you guys use are the same as mine...
The spacers in Jason´s picture are with longer studs, while my spacers came with bolts to mount them to the car. And normal studs in them where you mount the wheel to with the original bolts!?!

I really don´t like it that the centre of the rim is not fully backed up by the spacer.

Opinions please.

Strife350Z: As i not living in the US, i got them here in Holland. For total amount of $ 300 (damn i wish i lived in the US).
Thats how they should be... what is the part number on your spacers?
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Old Apr 21, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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Jason, i'll take a look tomorrow
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Old Apr 22, 2004 | 11:43 PM
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Partno. on the box:
Front 9019697
Rear 9019698

Partno. on the spacer itself:
H&R3065662

Still find it strange that the outer diameter is smaller then the center piece of the RAYS.... Really don´t like that!
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 08:36 AM
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3065662 is the part number for the 15mm spacers...

im not sure what the 90 number is... hrmm...
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Old Apr 23, 2004 | 08:55 AM
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probably a number they put on either in Germany for Holland or they put it on the package in Holland...
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Old May 5, 2004 | 12:11 AM
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Originally posted by peter
Partno. on the box:
Front 9019697
Rear 9019698

Partno. on the spacer itself:
H&R3065662

Still find it strange that the outer diameter is smaller then the center piece of the RAYS.... Really don´t like that!
Do your hubs of your rotor mesh up with the back of the Ray's wheel perfectly? Chances are they don't. You don't want the spacer to be bigger than the mounting surface on the wheel, so they make them that size otherwise they could potentially hang out.

Also, it sounds like you have the DRM wheel spacers:

http://www.hrsprings.com/site/products/trak.html

They say they don't make these for 15mm applications, and it wouldn't seem possible because the thickness wouldn't be enough. So you are saying that the bolts from your hub, go through and mount to the plate, then your wheels mount to the spacer plate?
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