I'm in the market for 1/8 to 3/16 wheel spacers. Who makes a very good set. I track this car. Thanks.

 

You're talking a 3-5mm spacer, any cheap spacer will be more than adequate. The wheel is held on by the clamping force of the lug nuts, you're just sandwiching a sliver of aluminum in there. Ebay has tons of options. 5x120.65 pcd, 70.3mm hub bore, done

 

Me no like'y like'y spacers Seen toooooo many wheels separate themselves from their homes to be comfortable with them. So much so, that I banned them from installation at my shop when I was operating for liability reasons. IFFFFFFFFFF...I had to run spacers...it wouldn't be on a stock strength or length wheel stud that's for sure. My 2 cents.

 

A lot of people are afraid of spacers and that's their choice, all good. A 3-5mm spacer is just a sliver of metal between the wheel and hub. Once properly torqued, and assuming adequate thread engagement, it's no different than a wheel that has a thicker mounting pad. If I hadn't just had the mounting pad of my new wheels milled down to lower the offset, they'd have a thicker pad that would be the equivalent of adding a slip-on spacer. Same goes for everyone running Forgestar "custom spec" wheels. If you're talking bolt-on adapters, sure there's more room for error, but a small slip-on spacer is nothing if installed correctly. With that being said, countless people in the C5 community alone run bolt-on adapters when they don't want to buy new custom wheels for widebody fenders. It's super common and I'd like to think at least ONE person would come back to warn us of their near death experience. I've run every variety of spacer on different cars over the years, from rock crawling Jeeps to the Corvette. Is it ideal? Not really. Is it something to be deathly afraid of? Not at all, but everyone has an opinion of course. I've personally had an accident that destroyed a high quality forged wheel beyond repair because it was one of the main points of impact. Behind it was a cheap, universal 5mm spacer that was snug as a bug in a rug. Not a single issue pertaining to the spacer.

FWIW Porsche has sold cars with spacers from the factory, up to 17mm IIRC. Longer bolts were obviously needed at that size. If spacers were really as unsafe as their age old fear mongering leads one to believe, I'd really love to believe they'd be banned at tracks where the safety of everyone participating is highly regarded. Google will show you tons of people across different platforms running larger than 5mm spacers at tracks. Usually they'll just require open ended lug nuts so thread engagement can be confirmed.

 

I ran a 1/4" in the rear with stock studs. I am now on a 3/4" hub centric from AMT with ARP extended studs.

 

That's because YOU are handy with a wrench and **** standing up friend

However, some have trouble changing a tire...and those are who I worry about. I've watched countless folks do wheel or break work with nair a torque wrench in site lol Yes 3-5 mm aint **** in the grand scope of things...till a wheel come off and blame starts to get thrown around lol.

 

i had the weapon-x ones for bit, no issues

 

You're making some big assumptions there...about peeing standing up, that is (Totally kidding)

 

Thanks everyone for your input. I ordered two different sets, 1/8 and 3/16.

I figure if I need more, I'll just stack them. If I need to check them, which ones should I put on first, the 1/8 or 3/16?












You know I'm just kidding about stacking them, right?

 

Not gonna lie, I saw the reply notification in my email and was like ohhh.... Very glad you're kidding lol

 

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I've stacked spacers, it's not the end of the world. Usually it's the 1/16" first, then whatever I need to make my track width (my thick spacers are in 1/8" increments). I also run ARP studs. That and proper torque and you'll be fine.