Hub adapters.
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Melting Slicks
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Hub adapters.
I'm going back and forth between buying some cheap FWD offset 19s with good tires already mounted or just upgrading my rear torq thrusts to 18x10s.
The adapters for the 19s would probably need to be 2-4 inches thick. Are adapters unsafe? Has anyone had experience with them?
The adapters for the 19s would probably need to be 2-4 inches thick. Are adapters unsafe? Has anyone had experience with them?
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Been running the VBP wheel adaptors for `12 years now, driven daily, when it's running....recent 'issues' force the comment there....
but the wheel adaptors are not involved one bit.....they are fine...
there is a distince differance between an adaptor and a spacer, a spacer it totally unsafe....an adaptor uses ten bolts to take off the rotor, for instance....5 for the wheel, interleaved with 5 more for the adaptor...
but the wheel adaptors are not involved one bit.....they are fine...
there is a distince differance between an adaptor and a spacer, a spacer it totally unsafe....an adaptor uses ten bolts to take off the rotor, for instance....5 for the wheel, interleaved with 5 more for the adaptor...
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Melting Slicks
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They are spacers and adapters. The change the bolt pattern and are very thick. Why are spacers unsafe?
Something like this.
Something like this.
Melting Slicks
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Those appear to be identical to what VB&P sells. I'm thinking spacers are the ones that have a universal bolt pattern to fit GM, Ford or Mopar, relatively thin, and don't index to the hub. Not safe because the wheel is no longer indexed or "located" (wheel is physically in contact with the bearing hub) to the hub, therefor the wheel lugs bear the entire load. I have a set of VB&P adapters, they are difficult to remove because it's almost a press fit when they're indexed to the hub. These look more like adapters and state they are hub-centric, meaning they are in fact indexed to the hub.
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Melting Slicks
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If sandwich-style spacers are unsafe because the studs take the load, then 99% of aftermarket wheels are also unsafe because they are not hubcentric either.
I have a set of 2.25 and 2.5" VBP adapters I'd be willing to sell, complete with both sets of lugnuts necessary to install the adapters and your wheels. $250 plus shipping for the set.
I have a set of 2.25 and 2.5" VBP adapters I'd be willing to sell, complete with both sets of lugnuts necessary to install the adapters and your wheels. $250 plus shipping for the set.
