what is the off set for the new Z?

OMGWTFBBQ · 02-12-2009, 04:38 PM

If you haven't already, go check out this thread:

Spacers on stock Z?

There's a post in there somewhere saying that if you're going to stick with the stock sports package wheels, you're going to need to use spacers that require knocking your old studs out and putting in some extended studs. It's a good read. Go check it out!

love67 · 02-13-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by OMGWTFBBQ

If you haven't already, go check out this thread:

Spacers on stock Z?

There's a post in there somewhere saying that if you're going to stick with the stock sports package wheels, you're going to need to use spacers that require knocking your old studs out and putting in some extended studs. It's a good read. Go check it out!

oh, thanks! but i read it already

semtex · 02-14-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by love67

oh, thanks! but i read it already

So what part are you having trouble understanding? Bolt-on and hubcentric? A bolt-on spacer is one that actually bolts onto your existing hub via the stock wheel studs, like the one I tried using in the Wheel Spacers thread. It includes its own wheels studs, which is what you mount your wheels onto. You can get spacers that are just a ring that slips over top of your existing wheel studs, and you don't actually bolt them down to anything. So that's what's meant by bolt-on. As for hubcentric, some spacers (again, like the ones I tried) come with a centering ring so that it actually snaps into place over the wheel spindle with no play. Look closely at the pic below. Look at the center of the spacers -- there are actually centering rings in place that make the spacers fit with the spindle perfectly centered. And of course, you can see that these have their own wheel studs. The stock wheel studs would come through the holes, which you'd then bolt down.

Now take a look at these el cheapo spacers, for contrast.

These spacers are neither bolt-on nor hubcentric. You just place them over your wheel hub with nothing bolting them in place, and there are no centering rings to make sure they sit perfectly centered.

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02-12-2009, 04:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
OMGWTFBBQ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: the OC Posts: 1,886 Drives: 08 SGM IS350 Rep Power: 4551	If you haven't already, go check out this thread: Spacers on stock Z? There's a post in there somewhere saying that if you're going to stick with the stock sports package wheels, you're going to need to use spacers that require knocking your old studs out and putting in some extended studs. It's a good read. Go check it out!