View Full Version : Can wheel spacers safely be stacked???


Kenzo
07-24-2003, 05:53 PM
I've got a pair of H&R 5mm wheel spacers(no hub lip) and a pair of Rogue Engineering 10mm wheel spacers with hub lip.

I'm going to 255 tires for the track along with my new wheels and will need 15mm spacers to correct the offset up front to clear the struts. I was planning on trying to find someone to do a trade with and then I wondered about stacking the spacers with longer bolts.

Can you safely stack spacers??? Key word SAFELY.

I checked my hubs and potential spacer combinations and it will retain the hubcentric wheel locating quality.

With my past experences of shearing bolts(twice) at the track I feel foolish even posting this stupid question.

But then I remembered that, "There are no stupid questions...only stupid people".

P.S. If someone has a pair of 15mm spacer laying around and wants to trade or sell...lets talk.

///M3 2 NV
07-24-2003, 06:21 PM
Just remember, you still owe me the 5mm spacers back that I loaned you last year! :redspot

Kenzo
07-24-2003, 06:46 PM
Originally posted by ///M3 2 NV
Just remember, you still owe me the 5mm spacers back that I loaned you last year! :redspot

...and I still haven't received payment for that LapTimer software!;)

You be careful at the TMS Night Time C&B event! You don't have a good track record up there!:nono

///M3 2 NV
07-24-2003, 06:56 PM
That sounds like a fair enough trade!

That is one reason I'm heading to TMS again! It's like falling off of a horse, you need to get back on and keep going! :alright

Kenzo
07-24-2003, 08:34 PM
Originally posted by ///M3 2 NV
That sounds like a fair enough trade!

That is one reason I'm heading to TMS again! It's like falling off of a horse, you need to get back on and keep going! :alright

Yes, we discussed this last time I saw you at the track...you remember? I thought I was the old man! But if you want them back I've got a new a set of lug bolts I'll sell you for a hundred bucks.

I would never make my first visit to a track a night event, but you've been there before. Watch out for the rookies!:confused:

Back to the regulerly scheduled program...:help

Kenzo
07-25-2003, 02:26 PM
Boy you guys were a lot of help! Just kidding...

Talked with one of the racer/tunner shops and they said it would be ok to stack spacers as long as hubcentric charteristics were maintained...which they are. The wheel centers itself via the spacers hub ring. I was a bit worried that there would be rotational forces at play but once the lugs are torqued the wheel/hub/spacer faces are not going any where.

Sooo...when I put the 255's on I'll just need longer lug bolts.

Later