1996 LS400 wheel spacer: advantages n dis-advantages
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I'm planning to apply 4 wheel spacers with thickness 25-30mm on my 1996 LS400. I desire if someone has experiences to advice the advantages (benefits) n dis-advantages (harms). Thanks a lot in advanced.
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The 5mm spacers I used for a while prevented me from having a good balance. I believe that problem was due to the lack of an interface between the wheel and the hub center. Any spacer you get would need to have a specific hub-centric design. My spacers were marketed as hub-centric compatable, but in the end only the spacer interfaced with the hub leaving the wheel to float around.
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Ya, there are no real disadvantages to quality (H&R - NOT Ichiba) spacers. I've run them with zero issues. I know guys that run them on their track cars with zero issues.
Never heard of a wheel bearing issue being 'caused' by a spacer. The very very small added mass so colse to the centre should be pretty much neglibile.
Never heard of a wheel bearing issue being 'caused' by a spacer. The very very small added mass so colse to the centre should be pretty much neglibile.
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Well, now you have. Maybe bearings on a Lexus are stronger, or maybe they aren't driven the same way, but with Subarus running low offset setups will accelerate wheel bearing wear. Miatas have that issue also.
Spacers on a track car are just silly. You are spending alot of money at the track, just buy a set of properly-fitting wheels. ROTAs are $600 brand new.
For the record, I have used H&R 10mm and 20mm spacers on a Passat with good results. VW uses lug bolts, so it was easier than having to replace the stock studs with longer ones.
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Spacers on a track car are just silly. You are spending alot of money at the track, just buy a set of properly-fitting wheels. ROTAs are $600 brand new.
For the record, I have used H&R 10mm and 20mm spacers on a Passat with good results. VW uses lug bolts, so it was easier than having to replace the stock studs with longer ones.
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How do you feel after using these spacers ? more balance, more stable, and more ..... ???
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just make sure you have enough thread for your lugs to grab, meaning don't obtain a huge spacer to a point that your lugs can't secure your wheels properly. i heard somewhere that 5 full turns on the lug is sufficient but that's debatable. now if you are considering adapters (i.e. ichiba version II), that's a different case.
i run 15mm in the rear of my track car, running ARP extended studs all around and i never had an issue. keep them tight, and hubcentric is ideal if the spacer company has that option.
i run 15mm in the rear of my track car, running ARP extended studs all around and i never had an issue. keep them tight, and hubcentric is ideal if the spacer company has that option.
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I could follow Jin3198 apply 15mm front and 25mm rear on my 96, or 20mm for front and rear. Which brandname I should use ? Pls advise