Pro's and Con's of Hub-centric spacers
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Pro's and Con's of Hub-centric spacers
Rather than purchasing a set of "wrong'ish offset" alloys for £1.5k+ I have been entertaining the idea of hub-centric spacers to push my current BBS alloys out a bit and fill the arches.
The hatch looks much meatier on ET+28 to ET+35 alloys, the BBS's are ET+55, so a 20mm spacer would give me ET+35.
By getting hub-centric spacers I'm reducing the chance of vibration etc, but would there be any greater concern for my bearings? or is this not the case anymore...
I'm also assuming the stud lengths will be fine, due to the fact they will be re-located in the spacers?
Any comments greatly received
The hatch looks much meatier on ET+28 to ET+35 alloys, the BBS's are ET+55, so a 20mm spacer would give me ET+35.
By getting hub-centric spacers I'm reducing the chance of vibration etc, but would there be any greater concern for my bearings? or is this not the case anymore...
I'm also assuming the stud lengths will be fine, due to the fact they will be re-located in the spacers?
Any comments greatly received
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Hello mate, ive just put some hubcentric on mine
i went for 40mm to give a super aggressive look.
verdict: doesnt work lol. they stick out way to much. rear rubs and front tyres catch arches
ive reduced the fronts down to 30mm and this is perfect.
rears are more differcult. i tried the 30mm on the rear but still got a slight rub. so im getting them redone to 26mm and putting on -ve some camber to hopefully sort it.
I have got spacers as the brembos didnt match wheel off set so needed them to fit brakes at front.
Now the hub studs stick out 25mm. if you put a 20mm hubcentric spacer on, the original studs will stick out 5mm past the spacer. unless you want to start cutting the hub studs you will need to go for 25/26mm spacers.
my car is lowered so this is also another reason for rubbing.
Apart from the rubbing i had no other issues running 40mm spacers
Hope this helps mate
i went for 40mm to give a super aggressive look.
verdict: doesnt work lol. they stick out way to much. rear rubs and front tyres catch arches
ive reduced the fronts down to 30mm and this is perfect.
rears are more differcult. i tried the 30mm on the rear but still got a slight rub. so im getting them redone to 26mm and putting on -ve some camber to hopefully sort it.
I have got spacers as the brembos didnt match wheel off set so needed them to fit brakes at front.
Now the hub studs stick out 25mm. if you put a 20mm hubcentric spacer on, the original studs will stick out 5mm past the spacer. unless you want to start cutting the hub studs you will need to go for 25/26mm spacers.
my car is lowered so this is also another reason for rubbing.
Apart from the rubbing i had no other issues running 40mm spacers
Hope this helps mate
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Rather than purchasing a set of "wrong'ish offset" alloys for £1.5k+ I have been entertaining the idea of hub-centric spacers to push my current BBS alloys out a bit and fill the arches.
The hatch looks much meatier on ET+28 to ET+35 alloys, the BBS's are ET+55, so a 20mm spacer would give me ET+35.
By getting hub-centric spacers I'm reducing the chance of vibration etc, but would there be any greater concern for my bearings? or is this not the case anymore...
I'm also assuming the stud lengths will be fine, due to the fact they will be re-located in the spacers?
Any comments greatly received
The hatch looks much meatier on ET+28 to ET+35 alloys, the BBS's are ET+55, so a 20mm spacer would give me ET+35.
By getting hub-centric spacers I'm reducing the chance of vibration etc, but would there be any greater concern for my bearings? or is this not the case anymore...
I'm also assuming the stud lengths will be fine, due to the fact they will be re-located in the spacers?
Any comments greatly received
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