Wheel spacers
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Wheel spacers
I fitted two 25mm wheel spacers just to see what they looked like and have run into a problem,
The rears fit fine but the fronts don't. The oem wheel studs are about 2-3mm to long and wont sit inside the spacer. I got these and thought, oh well if they dont fit I,m not to worried.
The problem is they make the car look sooooo dam good!
What are my options with the studs? Can I fit slightly shorter ones? Can I trim the oem ones down?
Not to sure guys. Help?
The rears fit fine but the fronts don't. The oem wheel studs are about 2-3mm to long and wont sit inside the spacer. I got these and thought, oh well if they dont fit I,m not to worried.
The problem is they make the car look sooooo dam good!
What are my options with the studs? Can I fit slightly shorter ones? Can I trim the oem ones down?
Not to sure guys. Help?
warrior
I contacted a place that makes spacers and they said to trim the 2-3mm off the OEM bolt, they said they do it all the time.
Even said a hacksaw will do the job no problems.
I have shortened bolts before but was just a bit worried about doing the wheel studs.
They have plenty of length to do this as was running 5mm spacers before with no problems.
Even said a hacksaw will do the job no problems.
I have shortened bolts before but was just a bit worried about doing the wheel studs.
They have plenty of length to do this as was running 5mm spacers before with no problems.
warrior
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I'd just hack them down. I'm assuming that the spacer is bolting up completely and there is spare thread after you've tightened them up. If there wasn't enough thread then I'd be worried.
*edit* I'm also probably the person who shouldn't give advice on anything car related
*edit* I'm also probably the person who shouldn't give advice on anything car related
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I am sure you would be able to get away with shaving 2-3mm off without causing any danger what so ever. From memory using standard wheel nuts there was 3-5mm (or more) protruding after the nut had been tightened on anyhow.
On second thoughts... no it would be far far to dangerous.... you should forget the whole idea and instead send the dangerous wheel spacers up here to me for safekeeping...
yessssssss .... safe keeping
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On second thoughts... no it would be far far to dangerous.... you should forget the whole idea and instead send the dangerous wheel spacers up here to me for safekeeping...
yessssssss .... safe keeping
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I would personally prefer the idea of a 1mm thick steel cutting blade on a grinder and then very mildly tapering the edges to retain thread integrity.... even though it would never get seen, I always prefer the idea of doing it to a professional standardEven said a hacksaw will do the job no problems.
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easiest method (to me) would be:
- remove the wheel
- screw on a normal wheel nut all the way (past the cutting point but do not tighten it)
- cut the tip off with a 9" angle grinder using a 1mm thick cutting disk
- swap the cutting disk for a grinding disk and lightly taper the edge of the cut where the thread is (you only need to remove 5/8th's of f### all)
- give it a tickle with a wire brush to remove burrs
- unwind the oem nut to remove any final burrs and restore the thread.
piece of cake... the reason I use the nut on the thread is that for a simple job like this it ends up being quicker and easier than pissing around with a tap and die set.
- remove the wheel
- screw on a normal wheel nut all the way (past the cutting point but do not tighten it)
- cut the tip off with a 9" angle grinder using a 1mm thick cutting disk
- swap the cutting disk for a grinding disk and lightly taper the edge of the cut where the thread is (you only need to remove 5/8th's of f### all)
- give it a tickle with a wire brush to remove burrs
- unwind the oem nut to remove any final burrs and restore the thread.
piece of cake... the reason I use the nut on the thread is that for a simple job like this it ends up being quicker and easier than pissing around with a tap and die set.
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