help with wheel spacers

[280chisel]

Hello, I am new here, but have been lurking for about a month. Good site! I just ordered a set of rota rbsfor my 76 280. The fronts will be 17x7.5 the rears will be 17x8.5 . They will all have a 20mm offset. That was all they had left, sooo my question is where did some of you get your wheel spacers because I am having a very hard time findin any combos that will fit. The patterns may work but the hub bore is small. And if I find the right spacers now where can I purchse the longer studs? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!:classic:

[240ZX]

I turned my own spacers, since I was dealing with 35mm offset on a pair of 17x8 front and 17x9 rear. No one makes spacers for my application, at least that I'm aware of!

Tom

[280chisel]

That is pretty cool that you can do that! No sweet tools like that in my garage..

[hls30.com]

Arp studs,100-7708 are 11.99 Summit Racing

Will

[sblake01]

You don't really have to worry about long studs if the spacers are made right. The spacers would actually bolt to the original lugs and the wheel would bolt to the studs that are pressed into the spacer. That's how the ones on my truck were made. Pricey but made specifically for the wheels I used and the hubs on my truck. (And they were made by 'Fearless' Fred Goeske but only old guys like me who are/were NHRA fans would know who that is)

[240ZX]

That is pretty cool that you can do that! No sweet tools like that in my garage..

If you have the capacity to actually determine where you want your wheels to sit on your Z and can render some accurite demensions, then you might consider a local machine shop for the fabrication of the spacers......it will not likely be cheap however!

[sblake01]

Expect somewhere in the vicinity of $200-300 for the set of 4.

[ktm]

You don't really have to worry about long studs if the spacers are made right. The spacers would actually bolt to the original lugs and the wheel would bolt to the studs that are pressed into the spacer. That's how the ones on my truck were made. Pricey but made specifically for the wheels I used and the hubs on my truck. (And they were made by 'Fearless' Fred Goeske but only old guys like me who are/were NHRA fans would know who that is)

Only if you are running those types of "spacers", which are, in reality, adapters.. There are other spacers that are simply metal disks in 3, 5, 8 and 10 mm increments. You can find them on Ebay relatively cheaply.

The ARP studs are 11.99 PER STUD, not for a box of 4. Courtesy Nissan sells NISMO 50 mm and 60 mm studs, but they cost $70 for a box of 10.

[280chisel]

Thanks for the input! Do you think I can get away with a 71.6mm bore?

[280chisel]

Well I measured the bore on my stock rim and I found it to be 73 mm so no dice..

[jmortensen]

Only if you are running those types of "spacers", which are, in reality, adapters.. There are other spacers that are simply metal disks in 3, 5, 8 and 10 mm increments. You can find them on Ebay relatively cheaply.

The ARP studs are 11.99 PER STUD, not for a box of 4. Courtesy Nissan sells NISMO 50 mm and 60 mm studs, but they cost $70 for a box of 10.

If you're paying $12 per stud you've got rocks in your head. Summit has the studs in sets of 5 (they're Camaro studs with 12 x 1.5 thread pitch) for $12.95.

http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=ARP%2D100%2D7708&N=700+115&autoview=sku

I bought slip on spacers from Coleman racing, but the center pilot hole was too small. They are a lugcentric spacer so I had a machine shop open up the center hole until there was no interference. Works great, but the coleman spacers are a bit pricey.

[Mat M]

I have nothing more to offer this thread other than a question:

Am I going to the right tire place? I use Big-O tires for replacements. One of my cars has slip on spacers (1/4"-3/8") on the front (drive) wheels, and every time I go in, I am told those spacers are detrimental to the performance of the car, and might even damage things. Are they blowing smoke up my a$$?