Spacers. SAfe to use on our cars?

[adidas_kn]

Okay so 1 of my new wheels came in yesterday. Very nice looking wheel and the Falken tire looks nice and feels to be decently soft compound. I ordered the wheels in 2 offsets 40mm front and 35mm rear for my 93. The one wheel that showed up says 45mm on the back of it. WTF?!? Might just be a generic stamp and a custom offset. Don't think its gonna clear my new 13" baer calipers with this offset or clear my struts for that matter. I'm in italy and it took almost 2 months for this one wheel to get here via ground delivery. There is no way I'm gonna wait 2 more months to send this back and get the right one. I'll check it out tommorow when I get a chance.

Can I use a 5mm spacer to push this wheel out safely? I'm hoping the back ones are correct at 35mm. I found a pair of universal 5x100-112mm 5mm spacers on ebay for like $10. might order them to correct the problem. Any body use small spacers to push their wheels out some like 5-10mm? any side effects? factory studs long enough to grab safely.

I'm done.

Later
"J"

 

[MYSHO1]

I have spacers on mine to clear the brakes, also what size are they?

 

[adidas_kn]

18"x7.5" 235/40zr18 falken tires

 

[shopartsnw]

I use a 3/16" spacer on our 12" PBR Cobra kit. This is about as far as you would want to go with stock lugs. I have even seen some stock lugs be too short for a 3/16" spacer.

Hope the wheels fit, and it is just a mislabel.

- Mike

 

[SHO2NV]

I used a 5mm spacer on some 18" wheels with a 45mm offset and had no problems what so ever. Might want to make sure you don't need hubcentric rings also.

 

[SHOSIG]

If you use spacers, you may as well throw the hubcentric rings out the window. If you want to do it right, get H&R spacers or maybe Eibach spacers. They may make the spacer you need and are hubcentric.

 

[adidas_kn]

Can you get longer studs to press into the hubs? Where can I get them and how much are they? Never hurts to have slightly longer studs especially if the new wheels have caps that cover the lugs.


Later
"J"

 

[Sho-Driver]

Josh at SHO Nut Performance also offers hubcentric spacers. I have to use them with my SHO Stopper Jr. brake kit while running slicers.