Spacers grinding...?
 

Hey guys,

I just bought an 86 recently and I'm so glad I did, best choice I've ever made in a while :thumbup:. Anyways so the car has a Blitz performance exhaust, eibach 1" lowering springs, 18" OZ wheels (not sure about the model name but they look like the one in the picture below):
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Anyways, went to the tire shop, installed the spacers and when putting back the wheel, he said to me that the spacers would grind on the wheel and so the stock lug bolts coming out of the rotor would have to be cut. I sure didn't want to do that to a car that hasn't finished it's break-in period yet! any alternative way to do this? The spacers were 20mm H&Rs and anything more would require a fender roll/fabrication.

Not sure what he meant by grinding on the wheel, but some wheels have the problem of the stock lug studs hitting the wheel when using bolt on spacers , but im very suprised it would be a problem running 20mm spacers. That should be more than enough thickness. Did he even mount the spacers to test fitment? Usually people running 15mm or 10mm spacers run into that problem

edit- in the case that hes right, cutting the stock lug studs isnt much of a big deal, stock replacement studs are cheap and easy to install . Good luck


2nd edit- haha i just realized im running 20mm H&R adapters and i definitely did not have any lug stud clearance issues and thats using closed end lugnuts. Guy at the tire shop may have been mistaken

I had some spacers before on my 1991 Volvo 240, and they rubbed ever so slightly on the brake caliper. They eventually just created a groove and all was good int he world. I'm not sure this is the case with your car though.
The spacers are flush against the wheels so rubbing is confusing me.

What's the offset on the wheels? Did he mean the wheel studs are hitting the back of the pad on your wheels? If the wheels don't have pockets and the studs extend past the spacer you would need to grind them down or get a bigger spacer.

pretty sure he meant the studs were hitting wheel pad. you might have low offsets thats why pad is small

Yes I meant that the back of the wheel will be rubbing on the spacer or something as he said. The only solution was to shorten the studs but since they're an easy replacement I'll go for that! thanks a lot guys for the help.

Edit: Well, didn't have to cut any studs because I went for the 25mm's and they're perfectly fit and didn't need any fender fabrication!