Re: Cheep 16s!

["Chris Chemidlin" <spredhaus@hotmail.com>]

>>> when buying closeout wheels, look for size first, then offset, then 
>lug
>>> pattern.  Sometimes they can modify the pattern but not the 
offset...
>>
>>What about spacers? Are they bad?
>>
>>Ed
>>
>
>Well, different people have different opinions about them.
>I think that if you're going to run spacers, you should have hubcentric 
>and 'wheel'-centric spacers.
>
>Where I used to work, we had a machinist make up spacers to the desired 
>thickness and diameter of the wheel. 

**that should be diameter of the wheel center. A spacer that is 17" 
might be a *little* too big! ;^D


He would measure the hub on the car 
>and make the backside of the spacer to that dimension. On the 'front' 
of 
>the spacer he made it a push-fit to the wheel. It kinda 'clicked' into 
>the wheel... kinda like a wheel extention...
>
>It worked really well, it may have been over kill...
>
>We did have some vibration problems with the universal spacers-
>
>but as usual, YMMV.
>
>
>
>
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