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07-16-2009, 03:02 AM
Todd,
You shouldn't have any issues.... as long as your lug bolts still have proper engagement. The only downside would be increased weight of the spacer and the longer wheels bolts, but that's not a big deal.
The bolt should go into the hub about the width of the bolt. So if it's a 12mm bolt and the thread pitch is 1.5mm that works out to about eight turns.
Another way is to count how many turns you have to make before the lug comes off. Do it a couple of times to make sure you counted correctly. Then when you put the spacers (and the different wheels) on make sure you still have roughly that same count.
As long as they are quality items, the spacers shouldn't have any safety considerations. Make sure they are hub centric spacers.
Putting spacers on a car to move the wheel further out (than stock) can impact handling, make the car steer harder and increase wear on wheel bearings. But that's not the case with what you are doing. As I understand your question, you are simply trying to get a wheel with a different offset than stock back to where it should be. In that case there is no additional load placed on the bearings and the suspension geometry shouldn't be affected.
As a side note, after you add in the price of the spacers and the bolts, would it not be better to just find the right offset wheel.....
You shouldn't have any issues.... as long as your lug bolts still have proper engagement. The only downside would be increased weight of the spacer and the longer wheels bolts, but that's not a big deal.
The bolt should go into the hub about the width of the bolt. So if it's a 12mm bolt and the thread pitch is 1.5mm that works out to about eight turns.
Another way is to count how many turns you have to make before the lug comes off. Do it a couple of times to make sure you counted correctly. Then when you put the spacers (and the different wheels) on make sure you still have roughly that same count.
As long as they are quality items, the spacers shouldn't have any safety considerations. Make sure they are hub centric spacers.
Putting spacers on a car to move the wheel further out (than stock) can impact handling, make the car steer harder and increase wear on wheel bearings. But that's not the case with what you are doing. As I understand your question, you are simply trying to get a wheel with a different offset than stock back to where it should be. In that case there is no additional load placed on the bearings and the suspension geometry shouldn't be affected.
As a side note, after you add in the price of the spacers and the bolts, would it not be better to just find the right offset wheel.....
Michael Andrews