femster87
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 11:52 AM |
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wheel fitment
need some advice. I obtained a cheap set of ford alloy wheels. everything is ok apart from offset which is 52.5. thinking about spacing it to bring it
down to about et 35.
1) must it be hubcentric
2) Anybody had problems with spacers
3) where to get good quality ones from
cheers
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 11:55 AM |
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1) YES
2) NO
3) Ebay for cheap steel ones
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Humbug
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 12:06 PM |
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1) Yes, for that amount of difference
2) Yes, for sure some people have had problems, but usually with non-hubcentric ones  . You may need longer studs.
3) I've just sold some... 15mm ones manufactured by FK. I got them from Venom Motorsport - see
here
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mcerd1
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 12:29 PM |
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I guess you've got a set of mk1 focus or mk3 mondeo wheels then 
try and find hubcentric ones that use long studs
(instead of the ones that use short stuts to bolt the spacer on, and more short studs in the spacer)
I had my own design of 15mm ones made (so I've got drawings if you need them)
[Edited on 7/9/2010 by mcerd1]
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loggyboy
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 03:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
I guess you've got a set of mk1 focus or mk3 mondeo wheels then
Or Fez mark5/6
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RazMan
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 03:43 PM |
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Generally speaking you won't get any problems with hubcentric spacers as they act like an extension to the wheel (or hub) and eliminate any
possibility of wobbles - unlike the plain spacers. Just make sure you have the correct length wheel studs to enable at least 6 turns on the wheel nuts
and you will be fine.
p.s. alloy ones are the best as steel ones can weigh a ton in the larger sizes!
[Edited on 7-9-10 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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bj928
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 04:06 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
I guess you've got a set of mk1 focus or mk3 mondeo wheels then
try and find hubcentric ones that use long studs
(instead of the ones that use short stuts to bolt the spacer on, and more short studs in the spacer)
I had my own design of 15mm ones made (so I've got drawings if you need them)
[Edited on 7/9/2010 by mcerd1]
i thought mk1 focus was 4 stud, and mk3 mondeo had gone 5 stud
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femster87
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 05:34 PM |
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thanks alot. would get some ordered.
and yeah they came off a mondeo. and before that a focus
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mcerd1
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| posted on 7/9/10 at 07:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by bj928
i thought mk1 focus was 4 stud, and mk3 mondeo had gone 5 stud
the first of them were definatly 4x108 (same hubs as a mk1 focus) don't know exactly when they changed, but I've got a couple of 15"
mondeo steels as spares for my mk1 focus
but all mk4 mondeo's and mk2 focus's are all 5x108
[Edited on 7/9/2010 by mcerd1]
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