spacers!!!!!!!
 

took a drive to colechester last nite to pick up some bits from beanys12 got a nice vibration while doing 70mph (maybe a bit more at some time) think arh wheels need balancing i continued the speed got the and back fine on the way to work this morning i gave her alot of abuse then slowed down and while driving at 15mph round a roundabout my extended studs decided they snap :furious
luckerly 1 stayed on and didnt lose the wheel so ive orderd a bolt on spacer kit which should hopefully not snap with the stress of drifting!!!

I had exactly the same problem a few years ago with a Mk2 Escort and extended wheel studs.
It`s a good job you were only going slow, when it happened ;) .
Regards,
Ian.

Not good. I have proper bolt on spacers, you can't fault them.

Is there possibly an issue with the material of the studs? ie not high tensile steel?

The problem I had, was that I didn`t re-torque the wheel nuts soon enough after fitting them. The instructions said to re-torque after 100 miles, but personally I think they needed to be done after a couple of miles.
Could have been a dangerous mistake, if I hadn`t been going slowly, when they finally let go.
Regards,
Ian.

i think it is what there made of to be honest i do give the car a thrashing beyond road use my fault shouldnt have tried to go the cheapp way about it! yes ive ordered the proper bolt on ones now at £65 insted of £9 the others cost me lol so glad it didnt happen on the a12 last nite though

Damn now i'll be scared to use my spacers :D
They can be used as bolt'ons, but the holes are 4x108 (the guy before me used some aloys from a peugot i believe), o if i want to use nissan wheels i need longer studs. But after this post i rather not...

TBH the spacers and extended bolts I used were probably only designed for use with slightly larger wheels than standard. But the wheels I had on my Escort were over twice the normal width, not to mention the difference in offset ;) . If the extended bolts I had used did not snap, then I don`t think my wheel bearings would have lasted too long ;) (a bit like Chop Shop-London Garage....LOL....).
So I would not worry too much about using spacers or extended bolts, as long as they are suitable and you re-torque the wheel nuts after a short amount of use :D .
Regards,
Ian.

i do drift m car and give it alot of abuse in ways which would put extra strain on the studs so its up to you weather you use spacers i personal wont use that type again but there are different kits which are designed not to do it!

The wheel studs must have been made of chocolate, they should never break under any circumstances.

lol i know!!!
my HnR spacers turned up this morning such a better kit i got 25mm this time so slighty bigger! will put them on today or tomoz!

mr turbo, were are u ordering the spacers from? wouldnt mind a set........ i fancy a set of 15inch steelies, wide spacers and slammed!

there HnR spacers from motorsport wheels ive got pics ill post them tonite or tomoz

if you get know joy ill order a set and send them to i dont know if they done me a deal throught the company i work for you can do it through paypal

dont have paypal lol, u got a website link for motorsport wheels?

how much did you pay mate ? doski had my 25mm h&r spacers a couple of months ago, i bought some 15mm ones from a place in ireland, spacers and studs were about £90.

this is a proper kit comes as a bolt on kit with the studs set into the spacer so the studs are nirmal lengh all u do is bolt them striaght to the hub then bolt the wheel to the kit! i payed £70 inc vat n deleivery

thats 25mm spacer/bolts etc!
ill up load the pics asap

yeah, mine are a proper h&r kits as well :) /

did you buy yours direct then? my company deals with motorsport wheels alot i guess that why mine was cheaper

i did end up getting them about £25 cheaper than they sell to the public, but you will find on the 15mm spacers that you have to have studs, my 25m spacers had studs into the spacers, but theres no room when you go under 20mm, so longer studs through the silvia hubs are required.

heres the pics of the spacers i used

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...hubspacer1.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...hubspacer2.jpg

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...12/spacers.jpg
thats the old spacer i was using withthe extended studs

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...12/cromeys.jpg
that pic has nuthing to do with this just a set of wheels we got lying around and was bored lol

you can't use those wheel nuts mate, they need to be flush.:eek:

haha they are there not done up there!lol

iwant i want iwant i want iwant! so how much are the spacers for a set of 4 with bolts?

I WANT THESE WHEELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mmmmm shiney:cool:
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/c...12/cromeys.jpg
that pic has nuthing to do with this just a set of wheels we got lying around and was bored lol[/quote]

£70 inc vat if i get them and then whatever to post or you to pick up mate