Wheel Spacer Question

Lightning23 · Dec 27, 2015

Last year I picked up a set of Konig Zero-In 17 X7 with 40mm offset off of craigslist for a really good price. I bought a set of 3mm hub centric wheel spacers and attempted to install them yesterday. I placed the spacer on the hub and then struggled to get a lug nut started on the wheel. After about 30 seconds of struggling, I realized the chamfer on inside of the hub centric ring (installed in the wheel) was too large not allowing the wheel to rest on the hub. Without the 3mm spacer the hub is long enough to pass through the chamfer and rest on the wheel. With the spacer, I still get 5 good turns by hand of the lug nut. Without the spacer, I get about 7 turns.

Is this number of turns safe in your opinion? Also, is it safe for the wheels not to be resting on the hub? I have no intensions of installing longer studs for this project. I just wanted someone else's opinion.

Thanks in advanced!
Cody

obso1337 · Dec 27, 2015

Do you need a spacer for an offset of 40mm?
The wheels for the XRS are 45mm offset as well as the TC wheels many people use.
If you don't need a spacer, I would not use one. It can lead to faster wear on the suspension components as well as less rotations on the lug nuts.

Lightning23 · Dec 27, 2015

No, I do not need the spacers for anything other than appearance. From my understanding, The stock offset of the steal wheels is 38mm. The 40mm wheels with the spacers would put me at 37mm. I just wanted to get a few other opinions on the issue I am running into.

GREENPUS · Dec 27, 2015

As long as the wheel lug holes can use a concave lug nut, you don't need the centric hub. You do have to tighten every otherlug nut. Doing this process centers wheel on hub. Slowly do this. Nuts will center wheel if done right

Lightning23 · Dec 27, 2015

Cool! Glad to he this would not be an issue. What are your thoughts on the 5 turns of the lug nuts?

piller97 · Dec 28, 2015

As long as you can get the lug nuts tight.....I guess it wouldn't be too much of an issue, thats what really matters after all.

However personally I don't think i could ever feel confident with that few turns.
Id imagine there is technically reasoning behind the length of lug nuts (and even length of protrusion when using open ended nuts) though I'm not an engineer so i cant speak for certain.

If you do, perhaps consider using some lock tight. Just an extra layer of protection.
(And as long as you have a breaker bar/impact wrench/impact driver, there would be no issues with getting them off)

Lightning23 · Dec 28, 2015

Than you for your response. I am still debating whether to use them or not!

Lightning23 · Jan 8, 2016

Alright guys I gave the spacers a shot and wound up taking them off. I had excessive vibration in the front end even after reinstalling the front wheels twice. After removing the spacers, the car drives smooth as butter.

Take it from me and don't waste your money on 3mm hubcentric spacers.

REN69 · Jan 10, 2016

stock wheels (on XRS) are 38mm I believe... why did you need a spacer?

You could go as low as 35mm without issues as far as I know... anything lower depending on tire size you will notice minor rubbing.

Lightning23 · Jan 11, 2016

I didn't need them, I just wanted to get the wheels as close to the fenders as I could get them.

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