Are wheel spacers safe?

toxik

They are safe for street driving, and I am sure they are safe for track use as well but I personally wouldn't use em if you visit the track often. There are cases where people had trouble with spacers and whether that derived from a stud that wasn't installed correctly or a lug nut that was over-torqued, regardless.... you don't want your wheel to start wobbling on a track. With that said, if you only visit the track once or twice a year, you'll be fine.

Plus remember, when you take out your OEM studs, no matter what studs you replace em with even if its with OEM again, they are never going to sit as firm as they did from factory.

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djpathfinder

Why wouldn't they "sit as firm as they did from factory"? They are secured in position from tension.

Bottom line, if you are buying new wheels, getting the correct offset (not using spacers) is best since you're paying all that money for nice rims anyways. But if you want to enhance the look of your OEM wheels, spacers are effective. Check out my signature picture with 15/20mm spacers.

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toxik

Well, first of I'm in no way saying they won't sit firm or that they will be loose in any way, mine are in there firm as hell. It's just if you switch out studs often enough, you will start to shave the holes the studs are in and that can lose some of the firmness. Nothing to worry about of course, but I just mentioned it as related to track use.

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