Wheel spacer with stock wheels.

[Simmons]

I added 1" wheel spacers for the stock wheels. It looked bad with stock offset and being lowered IMHO.

[beat1]

Which brand did you go with?

[Simmons]

Originally Posted by beat1

Which brand did you go with?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YS4DNLY...ing=UTF8&psc=1

[Simmons]

Added pics from outside.

[joemysterio]

I know next to nothing about suspension and wheels/tires. Does that extra inch require any sort of alignment or adjustment? I also wonder if it would look good on a non lowered vehicle... unfortunately I'll likely not be able to lower mine because of back issues.

[Krokodil]

Originally Posted by Simmons

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07YS4DNLY...ing=UTF8&psc=1

Pictures look great.
But I read this in the description of spacer:
“ *hand wrench and glue recommended, no impact”
How do you feel about this statement?

[H380]

Originally Posted by Krokodil

Pictures look great.
But I read this in the description of spacer:
“ *hand wrench and glue recommended, no impact”
How do you feel about this statement?

??????????
"Hand wrench" = use a socket and ratchet Not a impact gun.
"Glue" = Loctite

[x808drifter]

If they are recommending putting ANYTHING on the threads avoid it.
Chinglish is not reassuring either.

[Yoshoobaroo]

$70 for 4 spacers with bolts is ridiculously cheap. I would feel uneasy driving on these.

If it keeps the car off the ground, I personally would recommend to go with quality parts. TÜV certified if you can find it (eibach makes some, I’m sure others do too.)

[Dzmitry]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

$70 for 4 spacers with bolts is ridiculously cheap. I would feel uneasy driving on these.

If it keeps the car off the ground, I personally would recommend to go with quality parts. TÜV certified if you can find it (eibach makes some, I’m sure others do too.)

Thought I agree, it seems to use 6061 T6 aluminum, which has great tensile strength. I am certainly not endorsing this, and these spacers do seem a little cheap. But the material doesn't seem to be of issue here. Typically, it is proper installation that is more important when it comes to spacers, such as proper torque, etc. I guess the only other thing that is quite concerning to me is the studs, as these are likely the weak link.

I would also be a little more concerned about the additional stress that suspension components receive with a 1" extension, but I don't have much knowledge on how major of an effect this would have.

[spcmafia]

I believe Engineering Explained touched on some of the benefits / disadvantages on spacers and FT86Speed also talked about it too. It does put a little more stress on some components but nothing you would notice immediately. The way I remember them putting it, lets say you replace your bearings at 60K Miles, random number. The spacers might reduce that 58K Miles, so the damage is almost at negligible spec.

I run 25mm on the front and 30mm on the rear for a flush look.No issues so far and I've put about 20K miles into the car. I paid a pretty penny for mine (Perrin/Eibach) and as long as you do exactly what the instructions say, and you get the right ones, you should be good. It is imperative to do a torque-check after a few miles to make sure things are still within spec.

[Robertw]

Looks good.

Only concern would be the strength of the studs, in the amazon reviews someone snapped the a few of the studs off. Maybe they were over torqueing.

[kinghurl]

So regarding wheel studs and long term use. I can share my experience with studs. I had an autocross car which had on average 2 wheel changes a week over its lifetime of 40K miles of combined autox and street/track driving. I only used ARP studs, kept them lubed to avoid galling and seizing. Never had a stud failure in 6 years of doing this and in always used a torque gun to install after initially hand securing the first couple threads. Seen many issues with cheap studs and particularly ones not kept lubed. So just beware that wheel studs do require more maintenance. You pay for the cheap ones in reliability. Ideally for a race car you change studs annually, but at a minimum you inspect with each wheel change. For street cars you can be a little less anal, but don't cheap out on studs, or spacers.

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[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by Dzmitry

Thought I agree, it seems to use 6061 T6 aluminum, which has great tensile strength. I am certainly not endorsing this, and these spacers do seem a little cheap. But the material doesn't seem to be of issue here. Typically, it is proper installation that is more important when it comes to spacers, such as proper torque, etc. I guess the only other thing that is quite concerning to me is the studs, as these are likely the weak link.

I would also be a little more concerned about the additional stress that suspension components receive with a 1" extension, but I don't have much knowledge on how major of an effect this would have.

I honestly doubt they’re 6061 T6. These Chinese companies manage to make parts identical to domestic ones but they fail much more often. Material certs are falsified all the time. Almost 20 years ago the place I worked at ordered custom 6061-T6 weldments from China because management wanted to save money. They had material certs and everything. Every single one ended up failing within 6 months while identical spec frames made in the US are still being used at that company every day.

China metals are not to be trusted unless they are independently verified. Faking/bootlegging/knocking off things is so embedded in their culture (and legal system) that it’s almost impossible to avoid. This kind of crap even happened to Subaru with the valve spring recall. That was caused by the Chinese supplier faking the material certs.

Many TÜV certified parts are made in China too, BUT they are independently tested. I would personally never drive on 70$ spacers, but I can’t make that choice for someone else.