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I was wondering who thinks it's worth it or not to put on your car?
I've been reading and have seen people doubt the spacers saying it's not safe for the car.

I am looking to get spacers myself. But I have no clue as to how they would mount. I read in another thread about bolt on spacers. And is there any specific brands I should look at or lean away from??

Any help would be appreciated


oh! and my wheels are 19 x 8.5 (pics up soon)

RedPhoenix

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H&R make nice ones

Curry

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Yup I'd only trust the H&R's. Stay away from those ebay spacers with the too good to be true prices.

I think with any spacer bigger than 10mm or 15 you need longer studs.

RedPhoenix

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I plan on going with a 15mm spacer from H&R for the fronts.... going to be sicknasty

justinSC

You will definitely need spacers with longer studs if you're going 15mm. I tried to put 12mm spacers on the front and they wouldn't fit. I ended up going with 8mm in the front and it was probably the biggest you could go without getting longer studs.

5sp_jzz30

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i would never do H&R spacers or any other slip-on spacer. longer studs is not a good solution. it would put unnecessary spress on the studs. i would only do bolt-on spacers. for bolt-on spacers go with ichiba or kicks. they come from 15mm to 30mm. they are not cheap but definitely the safest way to do spacers. spacers is just a poor excuse for not being able to get proper fitting wheels and if i had the money i would get a set that would fit the car perfectly. most of us cant afford that so spacers will have to do

RedPhoenix

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Yeah I got my SSR's w/ new tires for the price of a cheap set of wheels, so I wont complain haha.

RexNICO

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Quality hub-centric spacers usually eat up the savings of a good wheel/tire deal, but they shouldn't be considered an evil alternative.

Cheap spacers are a bad thing, but that applies to almost any rotating car part.

BLK13X

I'm in the same boat as Pheonix. I got my wheels/tyres for hell cheap (even if I bought a set of spacers it still works out a lot cheaper).

So what's the deal with slip on spacers with extended studs? What's wrong with them? I was always under the impression that the bolt on spacers were more risky as they are bolted to the factory wheel studs (and the bolts can work themselves loose).

c2ispy

KICS spacers are the ****s. Look them up, the build quality is second to none.

BLK13X

I know of Kics, they look to be the goods. But what I'm worried about is the bolts working themselves loose.

5sp_jzz30

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are you worried about your stock bolts working themselves loose all the time? im not. its the same concept.

camberSC

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The only complaint I have for KICS is that you need to buy the separate ring if you want them to be Hubcentric.... That is it. I prefer H&R.

97RSPSCTT

is it just me or dont they make adapters also that can be used as a sort of a "safer" spacer since you are actually bolting them on with lug nuts?

RexNICO

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There are

- Slip on spacers using existing studs <10mm
- Slip on spacers using extended studs >10mm
- Bolt on spacers using existing studs requiring cavity backed wheels for the existing studs to extend past the spacer 15-20mm
- Bolt on spacers that do not require cavity backed wheels
- Bolt on spacers/adapters that change the bolt pattern, usually require 25mm of spacer as well.

I'm sure I forgot something ... but focus on quality and hub-centric.