My friend has access to a CNC machine and other tools needed to make wheel spacers... she offered to make some if I provided the metal and all the specs. That being said, does anyone have a SolidWorks or Mastercam design of a 15mm and a 20mm hub-centric wheel spacer for the OEM 19's? Also, does anyone know exactly what type of metal most wheel spacers are made of?

BTW, please don't turn this thread into a "stop being cheap and buy name-brand spacers" argument.... I trust her abilities and am confident these spacers will be as good as or even better than the name-brand ones.

 

What is your plan on the extended studs that are going to be required?

 

^ gonna buy some extended studs... you can buy them seperately

 

Any decent engineer with the studs in hand and a pair of calipers and a micrometer could knock out a design in a few hours, the material is almost always aluminum. I seriously doubt you are going to find anyone with the spacer specs on hand though

 

^ yea, she said she can design it herself if need be, but i'm just trying to see if anyone already tried it... just trying to make it easier for her

all i know so far is:
5x114.3
15mm/20mm
1.25 bolt thread (correct me if i'm wrong... might be 1.5)
also, any1 know the center bore size?
and is there a specific type of aluminum i should get?

thanks!

 

If I were you. I would not do it.

I don't doubt abilities of your friend I just don't think that it's worth the hassle.

You need to make them out of something light. So metal is not an option. You need some kind of alloy.

they must be perfectly balanced also.

With all that work I don't think you should do it.

Just buy them.

the material that they are made of is proven and not going to fall apart on you.

IMO it's safer to buy them then to make them.

 

The hub size is 66.1-2mm, depending on where you look. The thread sizing doesn't matter for the spacer design, as for the aluminum, if she's a real engineer she should know what type of aluminum to use.

 

An alloy is a metal Also, they should be made on a lathe type of cnc machine, so they should be perfectly balanced from the process

 

Alloy is an alloy. It's not metal.

 

What are you taking about? An Alloy is a mix of various metals, which still makes it a metal? What else would it be?

 

It would be an alloy.

when you mix Vodka and tomato juice. Do you still call it tomato juice?

 

Are you saying brass is not a metal? Its simple, not all metals are alloys, but all alloys are metals, its a classification of metals

 

Your reasoning is wrong, when you mix Vodka(a liquid) and tomato juice(a liquid) is it still a liquid? OF COURSE!

 

HAHAHA OK

 

I thought that guy trying to sell me stainless steel mining rights was a con!!!