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03-28-2008, 03:10 PM
I dont know if any of yall have seen these, and i know someone will probably bash me on this, but the 1" wheel spacers that adapt to a different lug pattern, does anyone know how reliable these things are?. Im thinking of getting a rather pricey set of wheels and the resale value for wheels of my particular lug pattern is pretty low. Im wanting to use the adaptor to change to 4x100 so i can sell the wheels later on.

mushroom_toy
03-28-2008, 03:40 PM
^I dont know if I would do it or not. IM usually one to try anything once, but to me it seems that those kind of deals are unsafe. They are probably fine, but I dont know, dont have any experience with em.

speedminded
03-31-2008, 02:12 PM
1) Wheels are going to stick out farther.
2) The wider stance will cause more suspension travel at the tire.
3) Increased stress on the hubs & wheel bearings.

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03-31-2008, 04:07 PM
1) Wheels are going to stick out farther.
2) The wider stance will cause more suspension travel at the tire.
3) Increased stress on the hubs & wheel bearings.:goodjob: thanks

MR.EM1
04-02-2008, 06:55 PM
DONT GO WITH SPACERS NOOO!!! I work at a discount tire and i see this problem all the time it will cause you to feel a lot of shaking even if they are balanced. you only use spacers because the wheel for the car isnt the right wheel. I would advise you to get a correct wheel with the correct offset because it will only cause trouble.

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04-02-2008, 08:08 PM
DONT GO WITH SPACERS NOOO!!! I work at a discount tire and i see this problem all the time it will cause you to feel a lot of shaking even if they are balanced. you only use spacers because the wheel for the car isnt the right wheel. I would advise you to get a correct wheel with the correct offset because it will only cause trouble.thanks, thats all i needed to know :goodjob:

MR.EM1
04-02-2008, 08:29 PM
no problemo

dickdragon
04-02-2008, 09:06 PM
for your purpose, i'd only go with spacers if they were hub centric. if they're an inch+ make sure you can put lugnuts over your existing studs & the new studs for the new bolt pattern!

speedminded
04-03-2008, 04:36 AM
DONT GO WITH SPACERS NOOO!!! I work at a discount tire and i see this problem all the time it will cause you to feel a lot of shaking even if they are balanced. you only use spacers because the wheel for the car isnt the right wheel. I would advise you to get a correct wheel with the correct offset because it will only cause trouble.America's Best Automotive does on car balancing, that should fix any balancing issues when using spacers - http://www.americasbestautomotive.com/

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04-03-2008, 01:28 PM
for your purpose, i'd only go with spacers if they were hub centric. if they're an inch+ make sure you can put lugnuts over your existing studs & the new studs for the new bolt pattern!eh. accords are lug-centric. Its not a big deal. I found wheels, and id rather not have to buy spacers and then get them balenced too. I was kinda leanin toward no anyway, just searchin 4 advice