spacer size

not sure if i should run a 10/15mm spacer

i want to run 245/40's up front

not sure if the pics are really gona help at all.

also with 10 or 15mm spacers will i need extended studs?






last 2 are ground up shots.

i say get tires on there, mount the wheels, and measure to the fender from the tire (or whatever is going to hit first. that will give you a spacer size. then adjust camber accordingly to fine tune.

Nachtmensch wrote:

i say get tires on there, mount the wheels, and measure to the fender from the tire (or whatever is going to hit first. that will give you a spacer size. then adjust camber accordingly to fine tune.

true.

in the mean time...
i guess uhh,
when do you gotta use extended studs?
10mm+
or could i run a 10mm with stock studs

i think it is recommended to get extended studs on anything past a 5mm spacer.

general rule for any bolt is that it should thread in for as much as it is wide. (if that makes sense)

run extended studs, better safe then sorry, i was running 10mm spacers for the first DD, after words i had 2 broken studs on one wheel 1 on the other.

if you need some spacers im selling my 15mm H&R hub centric spacers with extended studs for 70 bux 1 pair (2spacers 10 studs)

15mm spacers could be a bolt on kind, so no extended studs needed.


if slip on - extended are a must

and I don't think they make 10mm bolt on spacers

We tried 10's on truckys on stock studs, wasnt happening.
Even on 5mm slip ons, Roski was stripping and breaking studs because of it.

Overs on 9.5 CST?
Your gonna need 15mils at the least.
If it was me itd be 25mm on there.

D*star wrote:

We tried 10's on truckys on stock studs, wasnt happening.
Even on 5mm slip ons, Roski was stripping and breaking studs because of it.

Overs on 9.5 CST?
Your gonna need 15mils at the least.
If it was me itd be 25mm on there.

k thanks everyone!
naw it's a 9"
not a cst.
much gheyer

i think i'm gona go 15mm the least maybe.

SPEEDTRIBE wrote:

run extended studs, better safe then sorry, i was running 10mm spacers for the first DD, after words i had 2 broken studs on one wheel 1 on the other.

if you need some spacers im selling my 15mm H&R hub centric spacers with extended studs for 70 bux 1 pair (2spacers 10 studs)

i'll let u kno

I run 255's up front on a 17x9 +22 wheel.

I have some cheap Murrays spacer which is like 5/16ths Inch..which is converted to pretty much an 8mm spacer..i guess.

I needed this spacer to barely clear my coilover, though a 5mm spacer would have also done the trick.

You have to run extended studs..i personally run the 60mm Nismo's which i got for like $55 for the front set at Autobarn Nissan in Evanston..they were like $20 off with the ChicagoZ discount..and the spacers were $10 at Murrays.

this is on a stock fender S14.

LMK how it goes

Rageagainstmymachine wrote:

I run 255's up front on a 17x9 +22 wheel.

I have some cheap Murrays spacer which is like 5/16ths Inch..which is converted to pretty much an 8mm spacer..i guess.

I needed this spacer to barely clear my coilover, though a 5mm spacer would have also done the trick.

You have to run extended studs..i personally run the 60mm Nismo's which i got for like $55 for the front set at Autobarn Nissan in Evanston..they were like $20 off with the ChicagoZ discount..and the spacers were $10 at Murrays.

this is on a stock fender S14.

LMK how it goes

yea i got 17x9+26 i think up front.
17x10.5+27 rear.

i wana try and have even like 265's up front and 295's in the rear

if you saw my front fenders you would probably guess that the 255 is maxing out the front with the stock fenders. With some oversized fenders i don't see 265's being a problem(with negative camber of course). Not too much since I assume your going the HPDE route?

The rear fenders i have a roll and a slight pull and its kinda low in the rear. Maybe some larger fenders and once again you should be able to run those 295's.

Which got me to thinking, what are your plans for this large tire setup (large being atleast 255's in the front IMO)?

Rageagainstmymachine wrote:

if you saw my front fenders you would probably guess that the 255 is maxing out the front with the stock fenders. With some oversized fenders i don't see 265's being a problem(with negative camber of course). Not too much since I assume your going the HPDE route?

The rear fenders i have a roll and a slight pull and its kinda low in the rear. Maybe some larger fenders and once again you should be able to run those 295's.

Which got me to thinking, what are your plans for this large tire setup (large being atleast 255's in the front IMO)?

i'd like to do some autoX and stuff in the future.
but for now i'm just trying to make it a DD.
i wont start off with 265's up front that's for sure. i'll prolly run a 235/265 setup once i get the car going.

i had 17x10+12's before with 255/45's i think on it before and i had the rear tires tucked pretty good. so with this 10.5 and +26 offset and a 275 or 285 and a 40 series i should be able to fit it pretty decently.

but idc if i have to use a baseball bat.
doesn't bother me