Another Spacer Question

[robdelorenzo]

Thanks Gilles.
I think I will check with my mechanic first.
I never considered what the effect will be on the wheel bearings and the hubs.
Does anyone who has had wheel spacers on for any length of time care to chime in with their experience? Thanks.

[Gilles]

Originally Posted by robdelorenzo

Does anyone who has had wheel spacers on for any length of time care to chime in with their experience? Thanks.

Rob, the wear will be on the wheel bearings as you would be increasing the load on them, these are not to expensive but are a bear to remove from the hubs..
The longer lug nuts are to compensate the extra thickness of the spacers (as you need to have a minimum amount of threads to be safe), usually the companies that sell the spacers also offer the longer lug nuts.

However, when my 987 died I remove the spacers (7mm and 15mm) and put them on the 981, because they just look great
.

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by robdelorenzo

Thanks Gilles.
I think I will check with my mechanic first.
I never considered what the effect will be on the wheel bearings and the hubs.
Does anyone who has had wheel spacers on for any length of time care to chime in with their experience? Thanks.

I'm running stock 16 wheels... so not the widest tire. I've 15mm fronts and 20mm rears for ~4 years... and no noise from either axle. I'd been looking to bring the rear out a few more mm, even posting earlier about a trade/swap.

However, I'm going to take my neighbor's advice (Gilles) about going too wide... and leave well enough alone. I've seen some videos of wheel bearing replacement... and I'm not going there.

[FoFoJoe]

I have a pair of 18mm ECS spacers if anyones interested in buying them.. ran them on my old wheels, didn't fit my current set. Gently used, in perfect working order.

PM me if anyones interested. Does not include the extended bolts, I still used those on the car.