help needed with wheels

jeffp · 19-01-2008, 17:12

hi can anyone tell me or know of away round this? i put a set of hi-spec 4 pot brakes on my mk3 astra .and so i needed spacers so the wheels would clear them,but bye putting on the spacers the wheel cant get sitting centre on the hub now. is there anything i can get for this problem?

Raj.GSi · 19-01-2008, 17:15

how many mm is the spacers? also when you mean wont sit centre? when you bolt them up? have you get spigot rings? as putting thin spacers on wont make a huge difference

jeffp · 19-01-2008, 17:30

hi m8 10mm on once there on the lip of the hub is covered so the centre hole of the wheel cant get centriseing, i tried a 5mm and a 2mm spacer on together and can just clear the brakes and no more but the car is bad to drive, and i dont need the spigot rings for my wheels cause there the same size as my hub

angryman · 19-01-2008, 18:57

The only way i can see around this is to get some spacers made up with the spigot dia turned on the spacer, this way your spacers will locate on the hub (assuming the bore fits snugly) and the wheel will then locate on the dia turned on the spacers

angryman · 19-01-2008, 18:58

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Originally Posted by jeffp

but the car is bad to drive, and i dont need the spigot rings for my wheels cause there the same size as my hub

Which aren't locating on the hub due to the spacers being there!

jeffp · 28-01-2008, 18:38

anyone who would know were i could get something made up?

Nemesis · 28-01-2008, 18:41

Ring round some machine shops / fabricators

You basically want a 7mm thick disc, with 4 holes drilled at a 4x100 PCD and a suitable amount of metal out from that.

angryman · 28-01-2008, 18:56

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

Ring round some machine shops / fabricators

You basically want a 7mm thick disc, with 4 holes drilled at a 4x100 PCD and a suitable amount of metal out from that.

If you don't find anyone locally, I can do them but i'm not sure what material i've got
What outer dia are we talking?

Nemesis · 28-01-2008, 19:01

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Originally Posted by angryman

If you don't find anyone locally, I can do them but i'm not sure what material i've got
What outer dia are we talking?

!!!!

angryman · 28-01-2008, 19:15

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Originally Posted by Nemesis

My spacers had about 10mm between the outermost point of the (slotted) holes to the edge of the disc. So... 110mm radius, 220mm diameter sound right? 56.6mm centre bore.

That's big isn't it?
If you take it from the edge of a hole (probably 14mm giving clearance) + 10mm + 7mm (half the hole) = 67mm radius = 134mm dia + bit for good luck 150mm dia

They will only need to be as big as the face of the hub

So 150mm O/D x 56.6 I/D x 17mm thick (allowing 10mm thick for turned spigot) and whatever the bore of the wheel is on the spigot dia

jeffp · 29-01-2008, 17:53

my wheels are mim raffinos et49 the spigot dia fits like a glove on the hub no spigot rings needed

angryman · 29-01-2008, 18:40

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Originally Posted by jeffp

my wheels are mim raffinos et49 the spigot dia fits like a glove on the hub no spigot rings needed

You will need a dia of 56.6 turned on the front face to locate your wheels on otherwise you will still have the centralising problem

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/produc...pcode=AILDR010

If you can't buy them ,I should be able to make them

jeffp · 29-01-2008, 20:51

cheers m8 for this help i will give them lads a ring tomorrow and see if they have anything for me,what thickness of spacer do you think i will need?

angryman · 29-01-2008, 21:07

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Originally Posted by jeffp

cheers m8 for this help i will give them lads a ring tomorrow and see if they have anything for me,what thickness of spacer do you think i will need?

Not sure as I haven't used these!
You mentioned 10mm in your 1st post and Nemises reckons 7mm

You'll need to check yourself what is needed to give the right clearance.

You'll also need to take into account if your wheel bolts will still give enough thread to go into the hub securely.

Remember you need spacers that will fit your hub and will locate on the bore of the wheels.
I noticed some of them advertised on other sites state that thicker ones locate, thinner ones don't

jeffp · 29-01-2008, 21:16

ok m8 i will see how it goes cheers

dhdev · 29-01-2008, 22:10

I've got a set of these eibach pro-spacers on my track nova (25mm) But they also do 10mm versions, they're proper application specific jobs, with the necessary lip etc.

http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pag...-spacers.mhtml

or

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/fra.../manranges.asp