My Review of the [eBay] Wheel Spacer
#32
So I am considering my next mod to be lowering springs, the spacers helped flush out the rims but in the front I have a finger a half gap and the rear a 2 finger gap. I was planning on getting 350z H-techs, would that sit fine with the spacers in terms of closing the gap? I'm looking for a conservative drop with nothing too much.
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#36
Read many cases of Ichiba products failing. Who wants to buy new camber arms once a year cuz the bushings deteriorate?
Back on topic... All most people pay for when they buy spacers is the name. Its kinda hard for a solid piece of aluminum with a bored ring and 5 studs to fail. Unless you install it incorrectly or dont torque the nuts right. Your OEM studs and nuts are more than likely never going to fail and the new studs get pulled tight once you bolt the wheel on.
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#37
Yea, I would have gotten better offsets; but it was OEM 19 rays . I agree though 30mm is definitely pushing it more then I would have done personally, but I've seen some on the forums running 31mm and 35mm wheel spacers.
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Sell that junk! My bushings were obliterated in a tad over a year. One was totally missing after I pulled it off the car. It was just the metal barrel left inside the arm end. Conveniently for Ichiba they only have a 1 year warranty.
Read many cases of Ichiba products failing. Who wants to buy new camber arms once a year cuz the bushings deteriorate?
Back on topic... All most people pay for when they buy spacers is the name. Its kinda hard for a solid piece of aluminum with a bored ring and 5 studs to fail. Unless you install it incorrectly or dont torque the nuts right. Your OEM studs and nuts are more than likely never going to fail and the new studs get pulled tight once you bolt the wheel on.
Read many cases of Ichiba products failing. Who wants to buy new camber arms once a year cuz the bushings deteriorate?
Back on topic... All most people pay for when they buy spacers is the name. Its kinda hard for a solid piece of aluminum with a bored ring and 5 studs to fail. Unless you install it incorrectly or dont torque the nuts right. Your OEM studs and nuts are more than likely never going to fail and the new studs get pulled tight once you bolt the wheel on.
As long as the bolts are graded strong enough, off brand spacers should be good.
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mistuhlayzee (08-03-2011)
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#43
I have had Kics, Ichiba and ebay spacers before, but i couldn't really tell much difference from the name brand spacers and ebay spacers. They look identical except one came in unmarked white box and one came in Ichiba branded box. And since i went back to stockies 18", i've been sliding around at the track for a couple weeks now, nothing happen to them so far. Currently running on 15mm Ichiba on the front and 20mm ebay on the back.
#44
Spacers are for show cars that don't move. If you want your wheels to be more "flush", you should buy wheels that fit properly. Mainly, getting wheels with the correct offsets.
There are hundreds of horror stories of wheels coming off or damages done to the rotors because of the spacers.
There are hundreds of horror stories of wheels coming off or damages done to the rotors because of the spacers.
The above pic looks like a universal spacer was used with OE lenght studs.
I would be interested in seeing some pics of damage (or wheels coming off) from a spacer with built in studs or longer aftermarket studs with/spacer.
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