To wheel spacer or not to wheel spacer
 

I was talking to Chrisman about this earlier today and just wanted to get the communities thoughts on it as well. I have 5mm spacers on the front of my car so my Z32 calipers will clear and since the rear is already 10mm different I can now really see a difference in the stance from front to rear. I was contemplating getting 10mm spacers in the rear so I would not have to get extended studs but come to find out it is probably necessary with even 10 so I might as well get the 15mm and be perfectly even front to back. I am hesitant because I am worried with a 15mm spacer I might get vibration and not to mention the work of adding the extended studs on. Chrisman recommended these http://www.ebay.com/itm/15mm-DODGE-W...68173a&vxp=mtr

I guess I am wondering the experiences everyone has had with large spacers and how difficult of a job it was adding the extended studs IE removing the caliper, rotor, and OEM studs. Then hammering in the extended lugs, seating them properly, and getting everything else to fit right.

Just make sure you spend your money on properly made spacers. I have 15mm Eibach spacers on the rear of my Maxima to make it even and it looks great, I have no problems with vibration from the spacers.
The Eibach spacers are hubcentric and come with properly lengthened studs to run the correct amount of thread depth.

Word. Yea I would never buy cheap spacers. Likely I will get H&R

Subscribed. I am planning to buy some spacers for the rear since I have NA 300zx wheels.

Noobs. I've been running those spacers for over a year with zero issues even through winter.

The lugs from that kit went on good? no rust or anything? Quality sheit? I didnt mean those are cheap I meant I wouldn't buy the $30 spacers lol. I thought our hub was 66.1 or am I a newb on that info too?

Yup, they went on fine and are hubcentric. No rust, no nada.

But whoops, linked the wrong ones lol Here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/15mm-NISSAN-...item35b3717257

Oh ok I see now the studs are actually attached and the nuts screw on in the recess to the stock studs. Isn't that a good idea.

Just ordered, will report back. Apparently Akata is associated with Vossen and they support them.....Little known fact?

Beats me lol Good purchase though. You won't be disappointed and you just saved yourself $75.

I have Eibach hubcentric spacers on my car with no issues. Just a heads up....spacers will expedite wheel bearing failure due to the added stress.

Yea it is really hard for me to justify paying $150 for a chunk of metal. A computer and a machine does all of the milling anyways.

Thanks for the heads up on the bearings, I figured something had to give with the added rotational mass.

Ive been running my noname spacers for almost two years now with no issues.

Did I read somewhere you need thinwall sockets to attach the spacer? It doesnt look like there is much room to put the lugs on in the recess. Y'all torque them to 80 OEM or did you go higher?

I didn't use thinwall sockets and not sure what they're torqued to lol 75-80lbs should be fine.

No issues here, had them on for probably 5 years. I have no idea what brand my spacers are as I bought them used. They are 20mm, hub centric, and I used a thin wall 19mm to install them. I put anti seize on the hub and loctite red on the cars threads, then anti seize on the face of the spacer and its threads. Over kill I know. I took them off to replace my rotors and they came off without issue. I recently installed 4 1.5" Spidertrax on a Jeep, same method as before. No vibrations or causes for concern.

Some spacers are not thick as the studs, so the studs may stick out. Make sure your wheel has clearance if this is the case.
Also if you use the sandwich spacer, always get longer studs.