Can I Get Away With Spacers?

[Ruffels]

The worst thing about slip on spacers is that the wheels are not sitting on the hub rings, located in the middle of all hubs. Therefor all the force exerted on the wheel/hubs is only supported by the studs, which can cause the studs to shear off, thus causing an accident.

The quality bolt on spacers are alot better because they are designed to "rest" on the factory hub ring, but also have an additional hub ring at the front for the wheel.

Bolts/studs are only there to keep the wheel pressed up against the hub; that's why if you torque the nuts, to specification, it's not extremely tight. The ring is what keeps the wheel located centrally to the hub, and supports/absorbs (can't think of the right word ) all the knocks from the road.

And hacking away at control arms, or even calipers, just to fit a rim is a complete joke. The sales rep bought you off cheaply with a beer .

the man is right!! i found out the hard way... lucky i wasn't hurt in the accident

[DogKnight]

the man is right!! i found out the hard way... lucky i wasn't hurt in the accident

Okay, I want to get this fixed. Obviously I need a bolt on spacer from what has been said?

Where can I get these, what price would I be looking at? And most importantly, who should I go to that is trustworthy to get these fitted? Or is it pretty straight forward so I could do it myself?

Thanks in advance, DK