WesM951

I might just end up doing that.

toddk911

"Todd I know someone that can do it but don't have the time.

Airbop, I don't see them on pep boys site, then again there site sucks. (I cheked closest pep boys is 3hrs away)"

Gotcha. Also have them at Advanced (Discount Auto) Parts.

WesM951

I know where an advanced auto is

Ok.. Now tell me if you guys think these will fit?

http://www.mrgasket.com/ProductDetai...&minselection=

They are $15.16pair from pep boys. If this is it i'm ordering em.

EDIT: Advanced Auto carries them as well. I'm gonna call my local store and see if they have some in stock. If so i'll try em

WesM951

Damn local store said they are an order item, I ordered them, should be here tomorrow.

Guess i'll be the lab rat

Porsche-O-Phile

I wouldn't trust anything from Pep Boys more sophisticated than cleaning supplies or motor oil, sealed, in a box. Just my $0.02. They're "cheap" for a reason and it's your wheels that'll come off. I'd seriously look into getting some plate metal and having it cut (or cutting it yourself) to a reasonable size / weight and drilling out the holes as necessary. It might take a few hours of digging around in a scrap yard and a few more to fabricate the spacers, but I'll bet you could end up with something way better than is available out there that would last forever, be uber-strong, and cost about 1/4 of the price (or less).

You know, I might just do this myself. . .

Only problem I see is you'll still need longer lugs, but that's not a big deal - any wheel shop should have 'em for pretty cheap. Certainly cheaper than the P-car parts vendors ask.

WesM951

Well they're not made by pep boys, they just sell em. Its made my Mr.Gasket from die cast aluminum.

Yep, I asked if they had lugs too. Sure do

Zero10

Only problem is they're not hub-centric, so they will put stress on the wheel studs...

WesM951

Say wha?

TRWright

They need to be hubcentric, from what I understand.

WesM951

Can someone explain to me what exactly "hubcentric" means?

TRWright

I'm not 100% sure, but something about wheel imbalance.

Charlie944

If you look at your bare hub you will see a smaller ring that potrudes out: this is what bears the load of the wheel and keeps the wheel centered on the hub. The H&R wheel spacers from Paragon ( I was looking at the same ones) are hubcentric. This drives the price up as well.

WesM951

I think I understand what your saying. So how bad is it to use spacers that arn't "hubcentric"?

drives the price up is right.. from $15.88 to $119 !!!

meangreen

I could be wrong but the hub centric ones are only important if your using spacers that have lug studs installed. This will hold the center line of the original studs/hub in line with the new spacer/hub. That way all studs are in a perfect circular rotation from the hub center line. Keeps the tire rolling flat/round and not egg like.

The wheels use cone lug nuts, so the taper is going to force the wheel to center on the stud/lug when tightned. If your only using spacers, the original studs are centered on the hub flange just like before. All that is being added is a spacer that moves the wheel outward and allows the tension of the studs to press the wheel onto the hub flange.

Alot of cars have spacers behind the wheels that do not have a raised center lip or fit snugly onto the center hub.

Drive On,
MeanGreen

aribop

I agree with MeanGreen on the hub centric piece. I never had any problems with mine. Mine were the Mr. Gasket one's sold at Pep and other auto outlets. just thick enough for the wheel to clear the hub. The lug nuts center the wheel on the hub anyway.