Ok, so how many of you out there are running spacers on factory wheels?
09-12-2007, 08:30 PM
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Champion Installed 5MM spacers all the way around, then I got a good vibration
@ 60 to 70 mph. They re-balanced the wheels swapped out spacers and still a vibration. Now front spacers are off and vibration is gone? Champion says H&R is looking into it. I am not sure what to do...
09-12-2007, 08:44 PM
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the 5mm spacers i've seen aren't hubcentric.
they rely on the stock hub to mount the wheel. the problem with that is it makes the hub 5mm shorter, so vibration could be an issue. H&R will tell you it's not, but obviously it is.
for spacers to work correctly, they should have a lip protruding from the outboard side that is an EXACT copy of the stock hub (length, width, etc.).
for spacers to work correctly, they should have a lip protruding from the outboard side that is an EXACT copy of the stock hub (length, width, etc.).
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09-13-2007, 06:31 AM
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actually there is an 8mm hubcentric.
I had them up front on my TT before I upgraded the brakes. Here they are on the ECS website: <a href="http://www.ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/pagebuild_v2.cgi/?imageID=7298&html=viewimage.html#">click</a>
09-13-2007, 06:34 AM
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there is both a hubcentric and non-hubcentric version of the 8mm spacer.
if you order them, make sure you get the correct ones. the non-hubcentric is basically an expensive paper-weight.