Spacers and wheel wobble. - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Chen · 05-09-2014, 02:41 PM

So I recently got spacers and the spacer sits flush on the hub and from what I an tell the wheel is sitting flush against the spacer. But when I drive, I can see my wheel wobbling on both sides. Any reason why this would happen?

wparsons · 05-09-2014, 02:50 PM

Wobbling in which direction? Up and down, or side to side?

Chen · 05-09-2014, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wparsons

Wobbling in which direction? Up and down, or side to side?

Side to side.

mkivalex · 05-09-2014, 04:50 PM

Are they hubcentric?

Chen · 05-09-2014, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mkivalex

Are they hubcentric?

They are. But I have have figured out the problem. It looked like when I bolted my wheels onto the spacer. It looks like my wheels are against the lug nuts. Do they offer shorter luts to hold spacers?

2point0 · 05-09-2014, 08:26 PM

Some wheels have pockets on the back face to accomodate studs poking out, to an extent. Mine have this and I still needed 22mm in order for the wheel to mount flush to the spacer.

Alternately, you can grind/cut your studs down. You can also sell the wheels and get a set that has the offset you want without spacers. I'm not aware of any shorty studs, usually they're stock (about 1") or 3" extended.

Chen · 05-09-2014, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 2point0

Some wheels have pockets on the back face to accomodate studs poking out, to an extent. Mine have this and I still needed 22mm in order for the wheel to mount flush to the spacer.

Alternately, you can grind/cut your studs down. You can also sell the wheels and get a set that has the offset you want without spacers. I'm not aware of any shorty studs, usually they're stock (about 1") or 3" extended.

My wheels do have pockets. And the studs go into the pocket. It's the nuts now.

kberkel · 05-09-2014, 11:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen

My wheels do have pockets. And the studs go into the pocket. It's the nuts now.

So you have the pockets in between the holes like this, but the pockets aren't wide enough to accommodate the nuts?

wparsons · 05-10-2014, 09:12 AM

Get some OEM open ended nuts? That might buy you a couple mm of clearance, which by the sound of it is probably all you need.

DarrenDriven · 05-14-2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen

They are. But I have have figured out the problem. It looked like when I bolted my wheels onto the spacer. It looks like my wheels are against the lug nuts. Do they offer shorter luts to hold spacers?

Whew, it's a good thing that YOU figured it out. By yourself.

LOL

Chen · 05-15-2014, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by kberkel

So you have the pockets in between the holes like this, but the pockets aren't wide enough to accommodate the nuts?

Correct.

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Originally Posted by wparsons

Get some OEM open ended nuts? That might buy you a couple mm of clearance, which by the sound of it is probably all you need.

That's where I'm running into trouble. I can't find any. And I'd what mm I will need or where to will find it.

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Originally Posted by DarrenDriven

Whew, it's a good thing that YOU figured it out. By yourself.

LOL

Haha yes..... All by myself.

Vten · 05-15-2014, 03:32 PM

I believe I had the same problem with my spacer nut being to tall ... I believe it was 17mm tall. I bought the 12mm one off one of the eBay seller and it cleared my problem.

If you still need them I can check the eBay seller , shoot me a pm with your email so I can forward the email to you . Hope this help.

Jason@DSG · 05-15-2014, 04:34 PM

It's surprising to hear the ones that came with it were too long. What brand are these?

King Tut · 05-15-2014, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Chen

They are. But I have have figured out the problem. It looked like when I bolted my wheels onto the spacer. It looks like my wheels are against the lug nuts. Do they offer shorter luts to hold spacers?

Go to a hardware store and get some standard nuts in 12x1.25 size.

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