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Thread: Just a couple of questions about extended wheel studs and spacers.

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2009-07-23 02:11:18
#11
By the way, your link to the wheel spacers doesn't really go anywhere useful. :o
2009-07-23 11:26:30
#12
Here is a link to the preferred studs for our cars.

ARP Wheel Stud Kits 20 pcs 02-07 WRX SCCA NASA 100-7716:eBay Motors (item 250455169867 end time Jul-29-09 13:44:07 PDT)

If youre willing to pay extra for the right spacers, I'd say pay some more to get the right studs too. Then you can run these black, long, open ended lugs.

MUTEKI SR48 WHEEL LUG NUTS BK 12x1.25 LONG WRX S13 S14:eBay Motors (item 400059231240 end time Jul-31-09 11:03:50 PDT)

Check out these 2 sites for spacers as well. They make them custom fit.

Wheel Adapters, Wheel Spacers, Hub Rings, and much more! | Motorsport Technology
OverkillEngineeringMotorsports.com
2009-07-23 12:30:38
#13
Hey thanks for all the links but I already started ordering stuff because I want to get this out of the way. I am willing to spend more on the spacers now because cheap spacers might break and wont be hub centric and that could be dangerous. I would go with the more expensive studs now but I am a little tight on money and the studs I ordered will work fine and be inexpensive for now, but are still as strong as the wrx ones and the only downside is the different thread pitch. I can deal with the different thread pitch though its not that big of a deal to me. Thanks for all the help though guys.
2009-07-23 12:33:54
#14
Originally Posted by BenFenner
By the way, your link to the wheel spacers doesn't really go anywhere useful. :o


For some reason when I post the link it doesn't take you directly to the spacers but if you click Nissan then go to the nx section they will be there.
2009-07-23 12:42:15
#15
So you going with 5mm out back and 15mm up front?
Cool.
2009-07-23 14:29:49
#16
Yeah I don't need any extra clearance out back because I have factory brakes and I think 15mm out front is more than enough for the brake kit to clear the stock wheels.
2009-07-23 15:15:52
#17
Hopefully it works out for you. I had to go with a similar spacer configuration for my car. Once you get it right it's nice to not have to mess with that anymore.
2009-07-23 23:06:38
#18
Yeah its a little frustrating for now but I'm sure that once its all done I will be satisfied with how it comes out.
2010-04-20 14:53:46
#19
More hub centric talk
Hub Centric Rings, Wheel Adapters, Wheel Spacers | Motorsport Technology

^Link to source.



^Ok. I did a mockup of what I found from my source. It looks like their automated hub diameter calculations are wrong. I thought it suppose to be 59.0 mm for our cars meaning that we should get a centric ring that has a 59.1mm measurement? I'm guessing I need to do what I underlined in red, because I didn't have much luck getting a accurate wheel bore measurement on my own. Any of you guys take your wheels to a shop?



^Great chart I found to go by. It has the correct O.D. and I.D.



^I didn't have one of these handy, but I would think this would the best tool to use on your own.
2010-04-20 17:20:19
#20
Originally Posted by MR-4Door-SR20DET
It looks like their automated hub diameter calculations are wrong.
It looks wrong to me too. Our wheel hub bore diameter is 59.0mm

Originally Posted by MR-4Door-SR20DET
I thought it suppose to be 59.0 mm for our cars meaning that we should get a centric ring that has a 59.1mm measurement?
You're close, but you've gone the wrong way. The wheel hub bore diameter is 59.0mm and the actual hub is 58.9mm.

If you have a wheel with a larger hub bore you will want the adapter to be 59.0mm on the inside diameter (same as our wheels) and then you will want the larger outside diameter to be the size of your current, new wheels. What ever your wheel hub bore is you will want to subtract 0.1mm from that dimension to get the measurement for your adapters. So if you have a wheel with a hub bore of 65mm you'll want your adapters to be 64.9mm on the outside.

Originally Posted by MR-4Door-SR20DET
I didn't have much luck getting a accurate wheel bore measurement on my own. Any of you guys take your wheels to a shop?
I don't think a typical wheel shop or tire mounting place is going to have the right tools for this. You'll need to take your wheels to a machine shop to get a correct measurement, or do it yourself with a micrometer. Sorry, no shortcuts.


Originally Posted by MR-4Door-SR20DET
Great chart I found to go by. It has the correct O.D. and I.D.
That chart seems to go against what I've told you. They seem to have the inside diameter set larger by 0.1mm and that doesn't mesh with what I've experienced with our setups. Trust me when I say you want the inside diameter of your adapter to be 59.0mm exactly. Not 59.1mm. The wheel spacers I made were 59.0mm on the inside diameter and they fit over the hub perfectly. The outside diameter I made them was 59.0mm as well and that ended up being a tiny bit too big for the wheel bore so I had to take them down 0.1mm and should have made the outside diameter 58.9mm to begin with.
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