need 5mm spacers best place to purchase these please????

[p11jon]

how much hub shows through though once there on? the hub cant be much wider than the spacer so wheel wont be sat on much. i read its best not to just have it sat on wheel bolt but supported by hub also.?

[vwfiend]

I wouldn't mind them myself for that money.....

[chrisr103]

how much hub shows through though once there on? the hub cant be much wider than the spacer so wheel wont be sat on much. i read its best not to just have it sat on wheel bolt but supported by hub also.?

Dont know, I Never got round to fitting them, I had them ready to go on & then bought the Porsch brakes a day later & had to put 10mm ones up front

[p11jon]

hmmmm will need some thought let me see how soon this place can get some to me and i will let u know 2moro. good deal though thanks.

[chrisr103]

No problem, Let me know either way, If you dont want them ill put them in the Classifieds section Tommorow night

[tech1889]

your wheel doesn't sit on the hub its only supported by the bolts.. that little piece of metal is only to hold the wheel while fitting the wheel.. dont know where you got the idea that, that tiny lip takes the brunt of the force..

[p11jon]

Wheel spacers are used to "space" the wheel out from the hub and are usually installed to give the car a wider track and so the wheels fill the arches better for improved appearance. However, wheel spacers come in two types, flat, and hub centric. Flat spacers should be avoided. Yes they are cheaper, but as they are flat, all the load of the car is held by the wheel bolts ... NOT GOOD! DC Performance only sells hubcentric wheel spacers. These spacers have a lip in the centre similar to the one on the OEM hub. This lip bares the weight as the original hub would, not the bolts. Hub centric spacers are there for much safer and very worth the extra money!


there u go.

[tech1889]

so i could hold my wheel on with 2 bolts and because the lip takes the wheel it would be fine......... yer ??

[p11jon]

that is from a performance place quoting. not me. and i guess as the wheel sitting on something it wud just add to the support. its about support i wud imagine there on about not holding the wheel on. obviously u cant used two wheel bolts thats silly and not wat i said to be honest was it. the wheel bolt hold the wheel to the car u need asll of them to stop the wheel coming off obviously but i guess as a oem hub has a 'ledge' if u like that is usually about 8-10mm that the wheel sits on that obviously adds support. if not why wud alloy wheel suppliers set the spigot rings to locate and support the alloy to sit on the hubs ledge??? also why wud bigger spacers have the so called ledge also if according to wat u say it is for nothing but making ur life easier when lining up ur bolts.?

[vwfiend]

If your bolts are holding the wheel as they should be then the metal centre is doing nothing! Try driving along with no bolts and you'll see......