Wheel spacers

[Aking]

Anyone used them? Was going to put a set of 19s I have here on my legend but I would need these 1.25" spacers. Anyone ever used them?

[91BlackSmoke]

Please do not use the spaceres unless you install extended lug nuts. I personally would not use anythimg larger than a 5mm spacer. And even that is shakey. Had the 5mm spacer on my sc400 to help the sc430 wheels clear my bbk. The wheels would come loose all the time. Lugs would need re tightenimg every couple hundred miles. Needless to say i dont use the wheels or spacers anymore. It just did not feel safe.

-james

[Aking]

Actually I am incorrect in terminology I should have said whelk adapters to convert a bolt pattern. Only thing is these things are like 1.25" thick! My wheels will probably have a crazy offset.

[91BlackSmoke]

What bolt pattern? There may be altenatives.... the wheel adapters are frowned apon and are a big no no in my book. If the wheels are 5x112 you can ise wobble nits which is what i use for my german wheel applications on my japenesse cars. Works great. And no issues. Just be sure to torque to specs and uour good to go.

-james

[Aking]

Originally Posted by 91BlackSmoke

What bolt pattern? There may be altenatives.... the wheel adapters are frowned apon and are a big no no in my book. If the wheels are 5x112 you can ise wobble nits which is what i use for my german wheel applications on my japenesse cars. Works great. And no issues. Just be sure to torque to specs and uour good to go.

-james

The other bolt pattern (German) is 5x120.

[91BlackSmoke]

The 5x120 is a no go for the wobble nuts. The spacer/adapter would be your only option that i know of. Everyone I've ever inquired with about redrilling 5x120 to 5x114.3 have said it cannot be done.

The really crazy and expensive way to get them to fit would be to change your hubs to a 5x120 bolt setup. Possible but more of a permanent mod.
I love those bimmer wheels bit we just cant make it happen. I know the lexus guys are big on puttin the 745 wheels on the gs' and are accomplishing this with the adaptors you are speaking of. But they can pull off those crazy low offsets that are usually found on the bmw wheels and still have room for the adaptors width.


The issue with the Legend is the lowest off sets we can pull off are +35 without serious modifacation. And even that will require a fender roll in the rear and some negative camber up front. And to add, ive only experimented up to a 8.5 wide wheel not sure how much wider you could go without scraping on the inside.

-james

[Aking]

Originally Posted by 91BlackSmoke

The 5x120 is a no go for the wobble nuts. The spacer/adapter would be your only option that i know of. Everyone I've ever inquired with about redrilling 5x120 to 5x114.3 have said it cannot be done.

The really crazy and expensive way to get them to fit would be to change your hubs to a 5x120 bolt setup. Possible but more of a permanent mod.
I love those bimmer wheels bit we just cant make it happen. I know the lexus guys are big on puttin the 745 wheels on the gs' and are accomplishing this with the adaptors you are speaking of. But they can pull off those crazy low offsets that are usually found on the bmw wheels and still have room for the adaptors width.


The issue with the Legend is the lowest off sets we can pull off are +35 without serious modifacation. And even that will require a fender roll in the rear and some negative camber up front. And to add, ive only experimented up to a 8.5 wide wheel not sure how much wider you could go without scraping on the inside.

-james

Thanks for the feedback man.