8yr service and wheel spacers at David Appleby Engineering

[Jalfonse]

Dropped the car off with James and David on Tuesday for the 8 year service and had a few other things done while there. They'd just returned from Portugal after a weekend of testing and development on the new GT3 race car, it had been wet and it was James first fast laps so he was on a steep learning curve! The service was great, lots of pictures throughout sent to my mobile. My air and cabin filters were filthy (you don't need to see those pictures!) but other than a few wear sensors etc everything was okay.

I finally got the wheel spacers fitted to the rear and am really happy with those:


I'll attach some pictures of the car with its new stance when I've cleaned it!

Edited by Jalfonse on Saturday 8th February 12:54

Edited by Jalfonse on Saturday 8th February 14:10

[Jibberingloon]

So do you have to cut the original studs to make them flush with the new spacer?

I sure the rears fill the arch a lot better now

Post some pictures of the wheels on the car.

[Jalfonse]

Jibberingloon said:

So do you have to cut the original studs to make them flush with the new spacer?

I sure the rears fill the arch a lot better now

Post some pictures of the wheels on the car.

Yes, the original studs were cut and ground back to look tidy, they're really hard material as well but a hacksaw will get through. They fill the arches great now but the wheels don't protrude beyond the arch.

[Jibberingloon]

Look spot on

Think it needs to be lowered on H&R Springs next.

[DB9VolanteDriver]

Was there not enough depth to the pockets on the backside of the wheel to accept the studs without resorting to cutting them?

[Jalfonse]

Not enough space with the standard alloys my friend, cutting studs is not a big deal though :-)

[Bravo73]

Jalfonse said:

Not enough space with the standard alloys my friend, cutting studs is not a big deal though :-)

Grinding off the original studs will have done wonders for the re-sell value of your car...

[yeti]

Referred to as 'mutual masterbation' elsewhere

You two really are cringeworthy

[V12Vanquish]

You are very brave posting this up on here, I expect the BR fan club will be along very shortly to give you a sound slagging off !!!

[Quinny]

V12Vanquish said:

You are very brave posting this up on here, I expect the BR fan club will be along very shortly to give you a sound slagging off !!!

Well I've never been to either specialist......so couldn't give a monkys one way or the other....... But from a technical point of view, I'm not sure how wise it is to cut studs, flush with the nut.?

Maybe its fine.....personally I'd like to see at least 2 full threads through the nut......

[woolders]

Quinny said:

Well I've never been to either specialist......so couldn't give a monkys one way or the other....... But from a technical point of view, I'm not sure how wise it is to cut studs, flush with the nut.?

Maybe its fine.....personally I'd like to see at least 2 full threads through the nut......

I think that you have it the wrong way round - there are at least two full nuts on the thread.

[burntout]

I was thinking of wheel spacers to compliment my track day wheels..... Am not sure about cutting my original studs, are you sure its not the studs from the spacers you need to cut??

Mines off to Daves in March..... Just cant resist the GT4 air induction kit set up and race cats....

[8Tech]

Quinny said:

V12Vanquish said:

You are very brave posting this up on here, I expect the BR fan club will be along very shortly to give you a sound slagging off !!!

Well I've never been to either specialist......so couldn't give a monkys one way or the other....... But from a technical point of view, I'm not sure how wise it is to cut studs, flush with the nut.?

Maybe its fine.....personally I'd like to see at least 2 full threads through the nut......

There would be no strength benefit from having threads protruding through the nuts. Assuming the original wheel nuts have been used to secure the spacers, then that will be fine, if not, I hope there is some threadlock in there as they do not appear to be locknuts otherwise.

Hopefully, you will not get any vibration from using the spacers which can be a common problem.

Dont worry too much about cutting the studs, they are easily replaceable if you wish to revert back to stock.

[Quinny]

^^^^ well they're certainly not the original wheel nuts.....as the originals are blind....

They could of course cut the ends off those as well..... But hey who cares, no one can see it when the wheel is on anyway...

Edited by Quinny on Sunday 9th February 12:29

[Jibberingloon]

Sports Pack wheels will fit without cutting and flushing.

Also most aftermarket wheels have a good recess.

[X7LDA]

RSC wheel spacers don't need to be modified - they come with new shortened studs. Works on all wheels, even the 18" standard alloys.

[Jibberingloon]

RSC ones you have to knock out the old studs from the hub to put the new studs in, so it's a bit of work to do.

To turn the back to standard if ever needed is only the purchase of the studs anyway so either the eibach route or the RSC route you will need to replace the shorter studs with originals.