Almost any favorite disks for cars can be installed on your own car. Even if the mounts do not always match, spacers will come to the rescue to increase disc overhang. With their help, it will be possible to correct the installation of the selected wheels.

The vehicle’s extended track will help improve vehicle stability. Also, these additional pancakes can be an indispensable complement when mounted tuning, when plastic modifiers are hung on the car.

Content

• 1 Small spacer spacers
• 2 Medium and large overall parameters
• 3 Installation
• 4 How to make the right choice
• 5 Conclusion

Small thickness spacers

It is customary to distinguish several types of this wheel corrector, which differ in the following parameters:

• part thickness;
• mounting method on the hub;
• design features of the product.

Minimal are pancakes that are 3-6 mm thick. Small overall dimensions allow them to be installed almost always on standard fixings. The length of the bolt or stud with its threaded part is enough to fix the wheel in "native" places.

These designs are useful in situations with the need to install discs with non-original departure. After all, if in such wheels to keep the flight, then the caliper will rub against them. Also, the spacer to increase the departure of the rim with a thickness of up to 6 mm decided to install during sports tuning of the vehicle.

Medium and large overall parameters

The conditional division between these dimensions is taken as follows:

• the interval of 12-25 mm refers to the average parameter;
• 25-50 mm spacing is large.

Inserts up to 25 mm thick are made with no imbalance. This is due to the centering hub, which is structurally the base surface for processing. Visually easy to see cars with such elements. They give a sporty, slightly aggressive look to the car by increasing the track.

You need to know that the installation of wheel spacers is recommended when installing arch extenders and dodger.

Modifying elements with a thickness of more than 25 mm are made with two structural features. In the first case, bolts are used to fix this product on the hub of the car. To the fixed washer, not the hub, fasten the wheel with standard car bolts.

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In the second case, the design of spacers with built-in studs is used. This type is suitable for mounting wheels on hubs with studs and nuts. This strap is fixed to the hub through the studs and fastened with nuts. From above hang a wheel on spacers hairpins and also fix nuts. No extension of the standard studs is required.

Assembly

No more than one spacer can be installed on the hub to increase the disc overhang; it is made or bought with your own hands at an auto shop. Otherwise, an imbalance will be created on the hub, which can lead to an accident at any speed.

Self-made wheel spacers

Bearing may experience severe overload. In some cases, it can withstand only a few weeks with serious overloads, and then it will fail. At the same time, the thrust, levers and other suspension elements are overloaded.

Work on the installation of spacers should be carried out in compliance with the rules of tightening the wheel bolts or nuts. First, the entire fastener is baited by hand, and then it is tightened diagonally to the stop. This operation is recommended using a torque wrench to control the tension and get rid of the imbalance.

Departing a few tens of kilometers, it is recommended to check the tension level of all mounts on the wheels also with a torque wrench. If necessary, tighten the fasteners to the required effort.

How to make the right choice

In addition to the manufacture of spacers with their own hands, there are products that are manufactured in the factory. Their quality is guaranteed by the plant and confirmed by the relevant documents. The most popular companies in this area are foreign proven firms. BIMECC, Schiessler, Hofmann, H&R TRAK+. For homemade products, it is recommended to use billets from rolled metal or after forging.

You need to know that the cast billets for the manufacture of spacers may contain a large number of voids with poor quality or low professional casting, which will lead to imbalance of the final product.

The consequences of low-quality wheel spacers

It is also undesirable to purchase these products of unknown companies, because they can be made using not always suitable technologies, for example, powder pressing, unable to withstand heavy loads.

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If homemade production was used, it is desirable to balance the resulting product on the stand. It should also not be allowed to reduce the number of wheel mounts when using these elements.

Conclusion

When using wheel spacers, it is necessary to strictly observe the safety measures of their installation, because the life and health of the driver and passengers depends on it. During the purchase you need to check the accompanying documents to the products. When inserts are made independently, their final work in its place should not lead to a hard increase in load and rapid wear of the suspension elements.