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Hey guys

at the moment i like my rims but due to going through Regency soon i will need to raise my car to stock..

I was wondering after going to Regency i wanted to get more of an offset look but i dont have enough cash to buy new rims

i was having a look at some hubcentric ones but it seems you need to chop down your studs to install them

would it be possible for me to buy 30mm ones and they should allow enough room for me not to cut them down?

also are hubcentric safer than standard ones?

cheers

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You almost never have to shop your studs, as almost every rim ever made has a concave hole between the stud holes of the wheels - so once you install the bolt-in spacers the bit of stud sticking up goes into the recess in the back of the wheel and it doesn't matter. Another way to explain it is to turn over any rim you have laying around and see that the inner face of the rim that touches your wheel hub is not flat, but has cutouts inbetween where the holes are drilled. Hard to explain.

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definitely get hub-centric ones as they will keep the rim centered on the hub (as the name suggests) also 25mm should be big enough to cover your studs

yes i thought so

ok i may go for the tad smaller ones then

cheers for the advice

You almost never have to shop your studs, as almost every rim ever made has a concave hole between the stud holes of the wheels - so once you install the bolt-in spacers the bit of stud sticking up goes into the recess in the back of the wheel and it doesn't matter. Another way to explain it is to turn over any rim you have laying around and see that the inner face of the rim that touches your wheel hub is not flat, but has cutouts inbetween where the holes are drilled. Hard to explain.

ok cheers andrew once again your a huge help appreciate it

i will have a sus and see how it goes

do you guys reckon if i paint the spacer black or red (to blend in with the main hub) that police wont think anything of it?

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I haven't had any cop really notice the spacers when I ran some. Paint them black if you wanted though to hide them more.

Also, use Loctite Blue, thread locker on the spacer to hub studs (not spacer to wheel studs) just abit more safer.

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