I recently got new wheels and I was supposed to get then in 19x8.5 but instead I got them in 19x8 and now the rear are pushed in a bit. What is the best way to get the wheels a bit more flush with the fender? Wheels spacers?
If yes, how much and where to buy from?

 

yes try a 3 or 5 mm and on ebay

 

Yes, as I said the wheels are 19x8 and I just got the fk 452 as 235/35/19 but it seems that wheel is kind of pushed in.
So, do you think 5 mm would do the job? At least get the wheels more flush if the fender.
BTW, would that be OK for the rear because the front sits OK. But rear is the one that needs a little more work.

 

5mm should do the trick unless u wanna do 10mm

 

is 10 mm would be too much? Do you think?
Lets talk about safety. Is it safe with the spacers on? Some were talking about wheel bearing problems.

 

I would think that spacers will put more stress on the lugs, since less of the lug is being screwed into the nut.

Also, regarding hubcentric rings... What happens when you add spacers? the wheel no longer sits on the hub. Wouldn't this cause vibration?

Input is appreciated.

 

how much are you dropped?

i think the biggest spacer you can put with out putting extended studs is 5mm anything more then that you have to put extended studs.the reason for that is because you wont be able to screw the lug nuts far enough in.

now if your dropped pretty low 245/35/19 with a 30 offset after the spacer, prob gonna need to roll the fenders ... but if your not dropped at all you shouldnt have a problem

i had 19x8 with a 30 offset and running 245/35 tires on them and i rubbed and needed to roll the fenders and trim the aspec ... was dropped prob 1.50 if that

hope this helps and if i m wrong please correct me

 

I'm actually on Eibach springs, so it is 1" drop. Also, I think I did not mentioned it but the wheels are 35 offset

 

5mm ftw, pm stillherer153 he is our resident jdm whore....

 

I just tried searching for any posts by this user stillherer153 but could not find any. Is this user still active?

 

its stillhere153
You had too many r's

 

Thanks. I new something was not right.

 

just replied to your pm...

some people "trust" that adding a 5mm spacer will give you enough bite for the lugs...

me I would NOT chance it... all manufacturer's of quality wheel spacers give you extended studs accordingly...

ie. if you install a 15mm spacer, the studs will be 15mm longer than oem...

here is what happens with hubcentric wheel spacers... since they are not wheel centric

you stack em

} [] | 0

KEY
} hub
[] Spacer
| hub ring
0 Wheel Hub


vibration
you generally will not feel a vibration stacked this way because the only apparent wheel vibration would be steering wheel shimmy... since it is at the rear wheels, you wont even know

for fronts: I'd suggest aluminum hub rings... but even then there is a small chance of vibration (very unlikely tho)


Some of the best wheel spacers are made by
Ichiban (best bang for the buck) and wheeladapter.com (best customer service and custom made)


ichiban provides longer wheel studs
wheeladapter.com does not, but the wheel studs aren't expensive anyway