Wednesday, November 08, 2006 - 08:06 am, by: Aaron Mead(Aaron)
Some easy figures for when you're trying to find wheel mounting accessories.
For Spigot Rings An inner diameter(ID) of 60.1mm. This is the size of the hub spigot on your Soarers which the factory rim sits and is bolted to the hub. Spigot rings or hub rings or wheel centric rings are generally advertised as being made of an alloy or out of a fancy plastic called polycarbonate. I've read advertisements for the poly rings as being less prone to vibration.
An outer diameter (OD)of 73mm is the most popular size needed when using japanese wheels. The exact OD can be found by measuring the ID of the mag wheel centre bore hole (the big hole in the middle of the middle of the wheel: how big is it?) These things
Wheel Spacers 1. Stud pattern: 5x114.3mm or 5x4.5" 2. Centre bore : 60.1mm 3. Preferably high magnesium alloy. 4. Fitment : Spacer Bolts to Hub. Wheel bolts to Spacer. 5. Must Must MUST be hubecentric so that your wheel studs dont go POP! Something like this:
Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 06:13 pm, by: Aaron Mead(Aaron)
Nothing wrong with proper wheel spacers, many racing formats allow them, and many competitors use them, Im a fan of H&R TRAK+ spacers, used them for years on my S class benz, kept perfect balance, and I used to drive off road and at 200+ regularly!
The correct offset rim unfortunately doesnt help if the big brakes you are fitting need extra clearance, its the spokes that count!
Nice tip with the poly rings benny!
Gareth Richards TryHard Bristol UK GTT-L twin turbo auto / Lexus GS300 SE Mk2
Friday, November 10, 2006 - 02:48 am, by: Gareth Richards(Garethr)
I think the advice must be to avoid spacers if possible, but if you have to use them make sure that they are approved by the German TUV or an equivalent organisation (if there is another organisation which tests wheel spacers).
I have been told that wheel spacers are not legal, because they will put more pressure on the bearings, that’s why you always should use the right offset on the wheels.
Thursday, December 28, 2006 - 04:49 pm, by: Cihan Aday(Cihan)
If correct offset wheels give just as much track as using higher offset wheels with spacers, how is it that using spacers causes any more bearing load than a correct offset wheel?
Unless there is some kind of design flaw, it will be fine if we use quality hubcentric designs.
Aaron, im looking at getting some spacers for the rear end to give it that bit more of a stance, 25-35mm is all i need. Do they make them for Soarers? I found some on Nengun.com for about 150 delivered, 25mm.
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