Wheels spacers or not?

[alexc0814]

The wear occurred presumably when the wheel was bolted down and torqued. The finish on the curved part of the spacer was scratched off, and it was clear that that was the only part that the wheel was making contact with. Obviously, if you have bolt-centric spacers only this isn’t an issue, but if you have hub-centric You need to be sure that the flat part of the spacer is making contact with the wheel.

[Burg Boxster]

Originally Posted by alexc0814

The wear occurred presumably when the wheel was bolted down and torqued. The finish on the curved part of the spacer was scratched off, and it was clear that that was the only part that the wheel was making contact with. Obviously, if you have bolt-centric spacers only this isn’t an issue, but if you have hub-centric You need to be sure that the flat part of the spacer is making contact with the wheel.

Hub centric is preferred/recommended for proper seating (correct offset aside...).

The rotors are hub centric not bolt centric for a reason.

Your issue seems more accurately related to having wrong bolts and also installation (possibly caused by wrong bolts or further exacerbated by installer doesn't really matter bc doing correctly starts w knowing and having right parts).

Good luck

[alexc0814]

Yeah I wasn’t saying that bolt centric is better than hub centric, my new spacers are also hub centric. The wear didn’t have anything to do with the bolts, there was a curved edge where the flat part of the spacer met the perpendicular hub centric part of it which wasn’t allowing the wheel to properly seat on it. This doesn’t exist on my new spacers and that wear isn’t there. Not sure how the incorrect type of bolt could have even cause that in the first place?

And I mean, there’s really not much to “installing” spacers, right?