Wheel spacer with stock wheels.

[Dzmitry]

Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo

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 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.

I guess I didn't think much about them BSing. Figured if it's engraved in the spacer itself, IT'S GOTTA BE TRUE!

[Yoshoobaroo]

Originally Posted by Dzmitry

I guess I didn't think much about them BSing. Figured if it's engraved in the spacer itself, IT'S GOTTA BE TRUE!

yea exactly!

The engraving also says it’s forged! 6061-T6 is typically cold drawn/rolled or extruded.

On this side of the ocean you quite literally can’t even buy the raw materials needed for these for 70$ per set. I know economies of scale are a thing, still. I machined my own set of spacers about 10 years ago and it cost me $100 worth of aluminum stock.