Trying to find spacers for the front wheels

joeking1978 · 01-02-2010, 05:56 PM

I have some LTW5's for the track and it turns out that the fronts rub the shock a bit.

Anyone have some spacer's they want to sell... or can direct me to somewhere you bought them and the brand so I'm sure they fit?

Thanks!

joeking1978 · 01-02-2010, 06:39 PM

oh, and my wheels are 17x9 with 245/40 tires.

///M1 · 01-03-2010, 12:41 PM

I have the Rogue Engineering 10mm spacers up front and am running them with 225 tires on stock rims, no issues. Will be going with the BMW PS so I hope they won't rub once the car is lowered...

larryn · 01-03-2010, 01:52 PM

I ran those wheels (17x9 LTW5's) with 245's. You need a 5mm spacer with them. So, hubcentric is out of the question. I used H&R spacers, but there are a handful of sponsors in the commercial forum that sell different brands that will fit. A quick search gave me these: JLevi has them, Macht Schnell also has them, and Velocity Motorcars too.

Btw, a 3mm spacer would allow the wheel to bolt on with no rubbing, but tire deflection at track events will cause it to rub during turns.

joeking1978 · 01-03-2010, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by larryn

I ran those wheels (17x9 LTW5's) with 245's. You need a 5mm spacer with them. So, hubcentric is out of the question. I used H&R spacers, but there are a handful of sponsors in the commercial forum that sell different brands that will fit. A quick search gave me these: JLevi has them, Macht Schnell also has them, and Velocity Motorcars too.

Btw, a 3mm spacer would allow the wheel to bolt on with no rubbing, but tire deflection at track events will cause it to rub during turns.

Thanks Larry! I was curious whether a 5mm would work, since the 10mm seemed pretty big.

Ill check with a couple of those sponsors!

anthony @ eas · 01-04-2010, 03:10 PM

To make sure you get the proper size, measure the distance from the tire wall to the inside of the fender. This will let you know how much room you have to play with before you start rubbing.

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