Wheel Spacers

[Gester]

I'm about to get 17 X 8 ROH Fury rims for my Series II gtst and was told by the guy that I might need spacers. He said the calipers are quite big and it might not fit. Will this be a problem with these sorts of wheels?

[51jay]

Try one on front and rear before you buy, Apart from brake clearence you need the right offsets .

[Gester]

Unfortunately I cant try it as the place I'm getting it from is in Sydney, but generally are there problems with R33's and 17" wheels?

[NO_RSPECT]

Hey Gester dont take the chance

I had +32mm offset on the front of mine and it was basically allowing 2mm between the rim and the caliper, and 36mm on the rear

it is really important to get the right offset

contact someone like unique autosports and get wheels from them cos they know exactly what will fit where

[Al]

I took me 4 months of constant BULL5H1T to find a rim that would clear the front calipers. At first the tyre place wanted to shave a mm or two off the calliper, i told them that was not an option (not in those words). Then they had 2 attempts at fabricating some "Porsche style" wheel spacers, those were farked, so i told them to look for another rim. Found a set i really liked, and convinced myself to pay 5.5K for 'em. When they came in, they still did not clear the calliper. Was put off for 3 months (used money to mod. engine). Decided to give it another go and found a rim that bolted straight on and cleared front callipers. Now i am happy, as the car looks complete.

ps: I was limited in selection as i only wanted 19" rims

[nizmokid]

I havespacers on the front of my car and they are fine.... BUT......there is always a but the studs only grabbed the nuts two turns Not good So I had to get the longer studs for the front. They an't cheap from nismo! I went and got them made!

[CanberraR33]

My wheels clear my front calipers at the front by about 2 or 3 mm. I haven't had any problems, but I keep thinking I might give some spacers a go.

[R31Nismoid]

I've heard wheel spacers are illegal (in Vic)

is this true ?

Also... i;ve heard that they don't locate on the hub (or something like that) and the wheel only holds on by the stud ?

Is this correct as i have someone mine, but they have been hidden behind the disc and just had high tensile bolts used to move the calipers.

Any help is my appreciated.

It's an R31 with a 5 stud conversion.

[Gester]

Yeah from ringing around, spacers are illegal well in qld and your car wont even pass road worthy if you try.

[CanberraR33]

According to the ADRs they are illegal from memory. But then a lot of things are! I wouldn't want to have a set of wheels that didn't have an offset that would clear the callipers. But for that extra little bit of clearance it would be alright. I had spacers on the front wheels on my previous car (2001 Holden Astra). The back wheels (without spacers sat on the studs and the front sat nicely on the spacers. The spacers came with the wheels from Tempe Tyres.

[Al]

Spacers are illegal if they are not permanently fixed to the hub or rim.

The "porsche" style spacers i was talking about, bolted onto the hub via the 5 studs, then the rim bolted onto the spacer via a different set of 5 studs that were part of the spacer.

[R31Nismoid]

cool.. that's the legality settled.

But what about the safety ?

like (i've been told) that rims sit on the hub and the studs...

but with spacers it's jsut the studs and they can snap... ?!?

[Al]

Originally posted by R31Nismoid

cool.. that's the legality settled.

But what about the safety ?

like (i've been told) that rims sit on the hub and the studs...

but with spacers it's jsut the studs and they can snap... ?!?

I think you are talking about those cheap disks type spacers, if the spacer is too thick then you may be right, i don't know.

Just think of the porshe style spacer as a second hub that bolts on to the original hub, they have their own center circular lip. If the porsches use them they must be safe.

The reason i ditched the idea is because the engineer, that TTF paid to do the job, could not get the diameter of the rings, at the back and front of the spacer spot on (2 attempts). This caused the car to vibrate. At low speed, 10-30km/h, the car felt as if it was driving on oval shaped wheels

[Al]

Personally i would forget about spacers and find a rim that is suited to the car.

It took me more that 6 months (from start to finish) but i am very happy with the end result.

[NO_RSPECT]

i just sold some of the bolt onto the hub style ones recently, they are the best because they are like you said al a second hub, but regardless of that man, find bloody wheels that fit the car, plenty of us have wheels that fit so its not an impossiblity and al has 19's

i mean cmon, tell them to go jump

[MattyB]

you can buy the proper spacers. in all different sizes. ill find the brand etc when i got 5 mins.

[jlnewton]

I was looking at the new Drift R wheel from ROH and they had a list of cars that they were available for in the little promo mag. This included R32-34 skylines GTS and GTR models, with the correct offsets for both. I was told this was very unusually for a non-japanese brand. Very cool looking! Come is 17 to 19 in! The promo picture was on a black R34, very nice.

I think I found on either the UAS site or Takas site (or both) a listing that showed all of the correct offsets and other related numbers for wheels for all imports and their different models.

[R31Nismoid]

I'm not changing WHEELS!!

I've got original R32 GTR Forged wheels... and cause it's an R31... that's why it has spacers.

I must get someone to look and see if they are this second Hub type of thing

[Al]

In that case, give me a call! I am no expert, but after my experience with TTF, i know what to look for. We could meet up at EAS or i could swing past you place after work.

MOB: 0427076490

Alan