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Old 10-23-2008 | 10:43 PM
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Wheel Spacers

Has anyone done this yet? I searched and only found one relevant thread with two posts, it really didn't go anywhere and was over a year old so I thought I would ask again.

I am interested to see how it looks.
Old 10-28-2008 | 09:12 AM
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Not sure why you want to use spacers, but I believe that a couple people who have swapped to Solstice wheels needed spacers to make them work. You may want to search on Solstice and see what/why they used spacers.
Old 10-28-2008 | 11:51 AM
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I would want some spacers to bring the wheels out a bit and line them up more with the body, make them flush if possible, or at least more then they are now.
Old 12-05-2008 | 08:42 AM
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if you want it to be low they need to tuck. leave the wheels that stick out for 4x4s
Old 12-05-2008 | 01:21 PM
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Do not get the cheap Mr. Gasket ones.

I bought the cheap Mr. Gasket ones and I do not like them. They only cover about half the surface area of the wheel. It is probably strong enough but I am going to get some better quailty ones someday. They do make it look nice. I had to use the thin ones .200 to clear the suspension and to compensate for the offset when I installed the Solstice wheels. Curly
Old 12-05-2008 | 08:39 PM
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I think I may go adapters to 114.3 so I can have so many more wheel choices.
Old 12-05-2008 | 09:02 PM
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If you go to 4.75" x 5 bolt pattern, you'll have even more choices...that's the old standard in GM bolt patterns. These guys make adapters for 110 x 5 to 4.75" x 5. Quality billet in different thicknesses. Shoot them an email:

http://www.stocktonwheel.com/adapters_spacers.htm
Old 12-09-2008 | 12:09 AM
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I'll try to find some wheels I want first with a low enough offset and see what kinda bolt pattern they have and see if I can get that.
Old 12-09-2008 | 09:47 AM
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the GENERAL rule of thumb is 5mm spacer at most... just make sure the lugs have enough turns to still grab correctly... at that point it's even more important for you to torque the lugs properly...

3mm is more "bullet" proof... but i ran 5mm spacers for years with no ill effects...
Old 12-09-2008 | 12:15 PM
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If I got adapters I wouldn't do spacers. So it's one or the other.



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