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Maza4ever14

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for shats and giggles here is my old car with 315s

 
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from what i've read, hubcentric spacers that have studs protruding from them are supposed to eliminate any chance of the spacer shifting or causing any sort of shearing force. I was considering getting some 1" hubcentric spacers for my stock wheels, but now I'm scared my studs are going to shear off lol
 

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LaserSVT said:
Why? Shouldnt you be thinking of trains?
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I hear that joke all the time. My buddys always ask me how my day of "conducting" went
 

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maireeka said:
from what i've read, hubcentric spacers that have studs protruding from them are supposed to eliminate any chance of the spacer shifting or causing any sort of shearing force. I was considering getting some 1" hubcentric spacers for my stock wheels, but now I'm scared my studs are going to shear off lol
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Just get upgraded studs and you'll be fine.


I personally wouldn't run spacers, but if i did, i would only run the bolt-on style you just mentioned with upgraded studs. I wouldn't run slip-on spacers....and sure as hell would never run $20 Autozone spacers on my car
 

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Mustang5L5 said:


I hear that joke all the time. My buddys always ask me how my day of "conducting" went
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I've had my H&R 1" spacers on for over 3 years. I've been lapping and hit the drag strip weekly and have had no problems (thank God).

Good thing I didn't read all this scarey stuff before hand .

Oh and to the original poster, your car looks GREAT and doesn't need them.
 

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EPIK said:
My 1/4" spacers are from MM & they are light as hell. I didnt need new studs either. I dont see how a 1/4" thin peice of metal is gonna cause some type of failure??? There is plenty of thread left & like I said the are super light. Its the cheap 1" spacers from pep boys with internal studs that might fail, but the eibach 1" spacers work fine as well. i know plenty of people that run them with zero problems. They dont weigh more than a few pounds & use strong studs.
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Epik, are you running the slip-on type spacers or the bolt-on type from MM?
 
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