Hey guys! So I'm almost where I want to be with the mods on my HHR and now I would really like to get some good wheel spacers. Problem is, just about every post on random forums either says wheel spacers are amazing or they will litteraly rip your wheel off at highway speeds. Everytime I find a reputable brand, they dont seem to sell anything in 5x110 but if they do it's not hub-centric or the brand is garbage. Does anyone have recommendations for good hub-centric wheel spacers? Or good lug-centric spacers with really good hub-centric rings?

 

https://hardcoreparts.com/automotive...uts-10036.html


These are 1 inch spacers

https://www.titanwheelaccessories.co...e-chrysler-200


Then these are 1.5 inches

https://www.performancewheeladapters...cers-set-of-4/

Then these are 2 inches

They do state not available, but they say 7 to 10 days to build so contact them directly

 

This is a VERY complicated question with no easy answers Generally speaking, wheel spacers are not a good idea for several reasons but people do it anyway and live with the consequences. I put wheel spacers on one of my previous cars and took them off in less than a year because - poorer cornering performance, worse fuel economy (with larger tires), very hard on suspension components, purchasing inappropriate spacers, and SAFETY concerns. But to each his own. Here is a video that explains it better than I can:

 

First off i appreciate your quick response Oldblue. I Google the company and they seem to be kinda dodgy about returns if their product is unbalanced or catastrophically fails so I might avoid thay. I found some by Titan but they are for jeeps with a 65.1mm hub bore, Google is telling me its the same as an hhr but I'm not one to fully trust a quick Google search. Can anyone confirm the hub bore diameter?

 

thanks for the video i ak watching it right now

 

Ok so after watching the video that RedRydr provided, I'm leaning toward staying away from them.

I've already lowered my car about 2 inches in the front and 3 in the rear. In the front I could put in 1.5" spacers to have really tight wheel fitment but I'm already at about 3-4 degrees of "natural camber" (its something like 1.57° of camber per inch lowered or something like that) so I'm already strainging the wheel bearings and cheap raceland coilovers as is (not to mention that I daily thr HHR for work and have put nearly 3000 miles on in the last month alone). Mabey I should find a physicist and learn som super complex math to figure out how bad of an idea this is 😅.

Still open to other suggestions and more information, just might wait until this becomes purely a project car (mabey supercharge it too?)

 

HHR hub is 65.1 mm as I explained in this thread about hub centric rings

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/tire...c-rings-48853/

 

Got it, thanks Oldblue!

 

First distinguish between spacers and adaptors.

Adaptors can fit wheels with a different bolt pattern to your car. They start at least thick enough to accommodate their own set of nuts, and my require shortening the car’s lug bolts. They’re typically an economizing move to use available wheels that otherwise won’t fit, or to get a custom look where performance isn’t to primary motive. They add cost, significant unsprung weight, and safety issues.

A spacer sucks much less (maybe, if you’re sure you still have a hub-centric arrangement) but is still a compromise. It’s is just a ring with five holes. Probably limited to about 1/4” without longer lug bolts. You still need the same bolt pattern.

Best approach is always to get wheels that don’t need adaptors or spacers. You can move the wheel center outward by simply getting a wheel with less offset.