Hi all
i need some wheel spacers for my rear wheels. i need some hubcentric ones as i need spacers about 40mm thick. i've had a quick look for prices
and they aren't cheap.
due to the price and having some contacts i have thought about having some made (it'll be alot cheaper than buying some). do the spacers have to
be made from any special steel, or will standard EN8 do
also just out of interest does anyone know of anywhere that sell spacers cheapish
cheers
Ian
That's a heck of a spacer, why do you need something that wide?
I'm fitting 17" alloys and they interfere where the trailing arms bolt to the chassis. I could probably get away with 25mm spacers, but it
gives me about 10mm clearance from the side of my car.
would this be enough clearance for my wheels?
i was going to go for 40mm spacers to give me about 25mm clearance
I'd have a checkup at the dentist to make sure your fillings are sound before driving a Locost on 17s
I just got my hubcentric spacers from this chap. Quick, and good. Mine are 15mm, and are heavy!. Anything over 10mm Must really be hubcentric.
15mm needed me to get 2.5" studs (specially made wheels). You would probably be OK with the type that bolt to your existing hubs, and have
another set of studs for the wheel.
Give the man an email, he does all sorts of spacers. Postage wasnt cheap, but they are heavy. Sent next day delivery.
Cant complain 
Linky Thing
[Edited on 26/2/2006 by wilkingj]
I've got some 25mm Ford 4x108 spacers in steel going spare that are brand new if thats any use. 40mm is very thick!
I have 17 on mine. I used two sets of spacers instead of one big one.
If you are buying new set of wheels , buy for Peugeot they are ET18 to ET-25 and stil 4x108 PCB unlike Ford ET 35 -40 so with Peugeot wheels you dont
need spacers...
But if you want to make spacers 40mm thick you must do it properly like on this pic
this is 20mm but same sh**t, you make 4 holes thru which you bolt the spacers to the "car" and have to have bigger hole at the begining so
the bolt head can sink, so it can be flat with the spacer ... the other 4 holes are threaded holes and you bolt the wheel thru them...
sorry for the Tarzan english
allso you will need 16 more bolts for this , and Use steel (carbon iron)
hope it helps ... here I could make you them for 100e but the postage will be helaryus 
thanks for the info guys.
i think i'll get one of my mates at work to make a set for me as they look pretty simple to do.
i'd better get measuring up so my mate can start making them and the build can continue.
cheers
Ian
Odd thing about wheel spacers back in the 60s and 70s on the streets the Cortina boy traffic light racers running truly awful "Cosmic Universal
bolt on stud extender" 1.25"/32mm wheel spacers -- these were truly Heath-Robinson bits of engineering but I never saw or heard of anybody
having a wheel coming off because of them ---
they still crop up on eBay -- caveat emptor
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COSMIC-UNIVERSAL-WHEEL-SPACERS-AUSTIN-CHRYSLER-FORD_W0QQitemZ8041260317QQcategoryZ122154QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
MSA Approved style soild wheel spacers with long up to about 1.5"/39mm were used on Special Saloon racers and also rally cars for season after
season without problem --- I might add without any. locating spigot.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-FORD-CAPRI-ESCORT-II-CORTINA-WHEEL-SPACERS-STUDS_W0QQitemZ4616870940QQcategoryZ21654QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
As for bolting a spacer to the hub --- you wouldn't see that on my car .
[Edited on 27/2/06 by britishtrident]
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As for bolting a spacer to the hub --- you wouldn't see that on my car .
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Originally posted by Dutchman
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As for bolting a spacer to the hub --- you wouldn't see that on my car .
but that is the way Germans do for everithing more than 20mm, because the tension on the bolt that is with a spacer of 40mm to long and have to meny force on it and can brake...
I'm not saying anything new
friend of mine both few years ago Eibach spacers and you can even see on their site ... as I said that is factory recomendation for anything bigger
than 20mm
