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Originally Posted by qqzj
Initially I wanted to get 3mm spacer. But I give up that plan. Now it is just for education. BTW, I saw some 10mm spacers online. Looks the lip added to it has decent dimensions. So I guess the 'awkward' spacers are just 5mm or 7mm type.
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Some thoughts about spacers (in no particular order)
IDK for sure, but the thinnest spacer to have an extended hub I could find was a 10mm 5x100 56.1mm spacer. (similar to pictured below)
The 5mm spacer I had took up all but the very tip of he hub and didn't provide the wheel quite enough to feel like it was positively centered as with the thicker style spacers that I replaced them with. Not to say I had any issues with them, they worked fine for the few days I ran them.
Spacers are made in several different outside diameters. The first set I purchased looked like the ones you linked. When I installed them, the spacer was a bit bigger than the brake rotor hub. They looked terrible.
Then I searched "12mm hubcentric 5x100 56.1mm spacer". I found these.
After installing extended studs all around...
These slip-on spacers worked great and are the same diameter as the center of the brake rotor. And being as they have a 56.1mm center hub; they firmly seat on the hub of the car and provide a solid center hub for the wheel.
I also have used a set of bolt on style spacers. I liked them and they worked good. But, with 10 lug nuts per wheel (more stuff to worry about) And the (minor) difficulty of having my wife sit in the car and press the brake while I tightened the first set of lug nuts on the spacer. I feel that if you can use slip style spacers and extended studs; they are better.
The only reason, IMO, to have 10 holes in a spacer is: bolt on style spacers that allow the studs to go through and "sit" in the recessed pockets of a wheel.
For widebody applications: bolt on super thick spacers are the only way to go for some guys. I mean; custom offset wheels are EXPENSIVE!
I think these are a cool adjustable spacers; haven't seen any other like them.
https://store.partsshopmax.com/shop/...-5-125-56.html
