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"Everyone" knows they're Ford Sierra
Spacers that thin will usually be "universal fit"......
Couldn't find 4mm but here's some 6mm or 5mm or 3mm
The "Car Builder" ones are ok I guess but I prefer the more solid type from "Rally Design"
Your original wheel studs are probably long enough to take a 3 or 4mm spacer but you may need to look into longer studs if going much thicker?
ETA found you some 4mm
Spacers that thin will usually be "universal fit"......
Couldn't find 4mm but here's some 6mm or 5mm or 3mm
The "Car Builder" ones are ok I guess but I prefer the more solid type from "Rally Design"
Your original wheel studs are probably long enough to take a 3 or 4mm spacer but you may need to look into longer studs if going much thicker?
ETA found you some 4mm
Edited by phillpot on Sunday 20th July 07:02
Thanks very much guys. I do indeed mean between wheel and hub and so phillpot's link is perfect. I also figured that 4mm was pretty much the limit with the standard studs, together with my specialist who 'diagnosed' the same. This will bring the offset pretty much back to standard for my my RS Diamond Cuts.
pb450 said:
Thanks very much guys. I do indeed mean between wheel and hub and so phillpot's link is perfect. I also figured that 4mm was pretty much the limit with the standard studs, together with my specialist who 'diagnosed' the same. This will bring the offset pretty much back to standard for my my RS Diamond Cuts.
For the record, 5 mm's ok, 7 is too thick for standard wheel studs. It's not difficult to fit longer ones. Over 10 mm spacers it's wise to use hub-centric spacers to keep everything in balance.5 mm spacers are handy for getting Ford fit wheels to fit a TVR.
4x108 hubcentric ones with a 65mm centre bore are what you want, hubcentric ones have a lip on the centre bore as this is what holds the weight of the car. You shouldn't use the cheap flat ones as this means that the studs are taking the weight of the car, which they're not designed to do.
Hubcentric on the left..
Edited by s p a c e m a n on Sunday 20th July 11:46
s p a c e m a n said:
4x108 hubcentric ones with a 65mm centre bore are what you want, hubcentric ones have a lip on the centre bore as this is what holds the weight of the car. You shouldn't use the cheap flat ones as this means that the studs are taking the weight of the car, which they're not designed to do.
Hubcentric on the left..
Edited by s p a c e m a n on Sunday 20th July 11:46
pb450 said:
Do you have a link please?
I can't find any 5mm hubcentric ones on ebay, probably due to what Qbee says. I guess the lip on the hub for the centre bore is wide enough to compensate for a 5mm spacer. So I would buy these for 5mm, as the cheap ones with the slots on may throw the balancing out a bit..2 X 5MM 4X108 HUBCENTRIC ALLOY WHEEL SPACERS FIT FORD FIESTA MK6 ST 05>08
If you want to go bigger mteconline sell the best quality cheap kits in different sizes that I could find, I have them on mine. The studs are simple to change..
Ford Hubcentric 12mm wheel spacers & Longer Studs 4x108 63.4CB
Is 5mm enough to worry about ? wider tyres and rim width can compensate a measaly 5mm. You don`t need hub centric with a 5mm spacer ,there is enough left on the hub .
TPI are good quality . You just need a centre bore of 63,4mm for a snug fit .
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-5MM-4X108-HUBCENTRIC...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TPI-WHEEL-SPACERS-SHIMS-...
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TPI are good quality . You just need a centre bore of 63,4mm for a snug fit .
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-5MM-4X108-HUBCENTRIC...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TPI-WHEEL-SPACERS-SHIMS-...
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Edited by SILICONEKIDOBHP on Sunday 20th July 22:33
Edited by SILICONEKIDOBHP on Sunday 20th July 22:39
Rib said:
I don't get how you can have a hub centric spacer smaller than 10mm without increasing the size of the centre bore, otherwise the spacer won't sit against the hub?
My thoughts entirely, even at around 10mm I imagine there would be very little metal between the main spacer bit and the hub centric bit....if you know what I mean?phillpot said:
Rib said:
I don't get how you can have a hub centric spacer smaller than 10mm without increasing the size of the centre bore, otherwise the spacer won't sit against the hub?
My thoughts entirely, even at around 10mm I imagine there would be very little metal between the main spacer bit and the hub centric bit....if you know what I mean?If there is such a thing as a 10-13mm hub-centric spacer I would be interested
Rib said:
I spent a long time looking for 10-12mm when I had my AZEV alloys and finally found some, they wernt cheap compared to many other spacers but when I dig out the info for the OP I will let you know Anthony, they are very nicely made and are the thinnest you could go for hubcentric.
Thanks Jony. My 17 inch wheels are ET38 (Ford fit), so a 12 mm spacer will bring the fronts out nicely to ET26 (standard is 25). My driving isn't millimetre precise (as you know!!) so that will do for me. I presently run on 5mm spacers all round, which makes the rears correct at ET33, but the fronts wrong also at ET33 (except for very late cars)
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