93 Cobras And Longer Studs

I think we are confusing terms here. Hubcentric refers to a spacer (or wheel) that the vast majority of the shear stresses are on the hubs, and not on the lugs. Lugcentric relys on the lug nut conicial seats to center the wheel and bear most of the load.

For actual hub centric spacers designs...

Slip on. (can either have a machined hub, or on thinner sizes allow the hub of the axle to pass through to the wheel)


bolt-on



And for comparion, these are lug-centric bolt-on spacers (there are slip on lugcentric as well). Notice there is no hub lip for the wheel to locate on.




With either design, quality is key. I wouldn't trust a set of $20 ebay slip on spacers, but higher quality spacers do maintain tighter tolerances to allow the hub to take the brunt of the force.

I find a little off that these wheels are sunken in so much. Wasn't the entire point of the replica 93 wheel to change the offset to be run on non-cobra Mustangs? When putting a original 93 Cobra wheel on a LX or GT, a 3/4" spacer needed to be used. Here, needing a 1/2" spacer almost defeats the purpose.

Are they truely replica wheels with an offset for LX/GT Mustangs?

Also, what size tire are you running? That Calypso LX up top looks like it has a much wider tire than you. Perhaps that plays into the illusion that the wheels sit more flush to the lip?