Front wheel spacers

[Jalfonse]

Finally gotten round to do the front spacers, 12mm hub centric, TUV. approved. Pictures aren't great because of the light difference and slight angle change between each shot, but I'm happy with the result.

[Jalfonse]

To answer the genuine questions, the spacer is hub centric, so it supports the wheel leaving the studs and nuts to act as classical bolted joints,ie, the studs only see tension and not bending which can cause them to crack and fail. I sourced the nuts separately because as you've noticed the originals have threads that start much further up their bore, and this might overload the threads when trying to achieve the same bolt (stud) stretch.

ETA

edited as reference post removed.

Edited by Big Al. on Thursday 24th July 22:41

[Jalfonse]

Laser Sag said:

So the spacer sits onto the centre bore of the hub like the wheel would do and then the wheel fits onto the centre bore of the spacer ring, is that right?
Sorry if it seems like a silly question but beforehand the only ones I have seen have been bolted to the hub with new studs on the spacer ring.
I do like the way it has the wheel filling the arch space better.
Will try to look you out at Burghley on Sunday.

Yes that's correct. The ones you've seen with new studs attached to the spacer ring are made that way because the original studs wouldn't be long enough to allow sufficient thread engagement of the nut on the larger width spacers. Bolted joints are one of the most misunderstood and under estimated areas of engineering.

[Jalfonse]

I forgot to mention these spacers are just £90!!, which is less than half the price of the next best value option even when you add in the new nuts, which are m14x2.0, 21mm hex head with 60 degree taper (ford transit size as well interestingly). These were £2 each and I can pass on the website where I bought them if anyone is interested.

[Jalfonse]

No probs Kevin, look forward to seeing you and talking of our TVR experiences as well ;-).

[Jalfonse]

Ken Figenus said:

Is this about getting wider wheels on or stock aesthetics or handling or both? Genuine question. Ken

Purely aesthetics Ken, I did the rears as well (see my other post) as I felt the standard wheels had the wrong offset and sat too far inboard. One other option is to get wheels with a larger offset so that they fill the arches better, if I ever do get different wheels, which I've considered, I'll probably need to remove the spacers.