Anybody use Trail Sport wheel spacers?

[chimchim]

Here's the link to Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...ry=42614&item=7982269572&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

They're 70 bucks and they claim to be hubcentric and cnc'd from 6061 aluminum billet. Eibach, Maximum Motorsports, H&R all cost $150. Are these high-end companies PIIMB or is there something that makes theirs better or sets them apart from the Trail Sports???

 

[closer9]

Yeah, I've got them. And that's not entirely correct. They are hubcentric to the hub, but not the wheel. At least the ones in your link. The ones I got from them are hubcentric to both the wheel and the hub, and were $110. I've had them on for a couple months with no problems and love the look... I would suggest finding a set like mine that is hubcentric to both...

 

[chimchim]

Apparently, there is a difference?

 

[tjm73]

Those ARE NOT hub-centric spacers.

These are H&R spacers from www.maximummotorsports.com. Note the raised lip on th einside of the spacer. That centers the rim to the spacer. That's hub-centric.

 

[chimchim]

Cool, thanks for the explanation. I was browsing Eibach's website and I was just keying in on that lip.

 

[chimchim]

Better?

 

[tjm73]

Here's the thing that kills me. The hubcentric lip is all of about 1/8" tall and not very much material, yet the hub-centric spacers are all at least $50 dollars more. The price difference is dumb and IMO out of whack.

A high quality CNC machine could make either in almost the same ammount of time.

 

[tjm73]

Eibach and H&R are both very good companies.

www.laurelmountainmustang.com webiste blows the man banana!!! But the $134.95/pr price isn't bad at all.

 

[chimchim]

Eibach and H&R are both very good companies.

www.laurelmountainmustang.com webiste blows the man banana!!! But the $134.95/pr price isn't bad at all.

Their shop is about 10 miles away from me and they're out of stock right now.

 

[Black Stang 97]

i have those exact ones, they seem perfect to me, ive done 95mph on them and theyre smooth, theres no vibration on these whels spacers as some people say they get with theirs different brand wheels spacer.

 

[Ronald Jones]

Trail Sport wheel spacers are hub centric to the car, the spacers are machined so that they fit precisely on the hub of the car, and that is what they are stating in their ad, hub centric to the car. What the pictures above are showing are spacers that are also wheel centric, which has a raised area on the spacer’s mounting surface so that the wheel will fit precisely on the spacer. Trail Sport advertisement is correct, they are hub centric but not wheel centric. The higher prices of the better spacers are due to the stronger material of aluminum and magnesium alloy and the anodized finish as well as the wheel centric area. Cheaper spacers are just straight aluminum.