Where to find wheel spacers???

botisto · Postby **botisto** » Wed May 16, 2012 8:31 pm

Hey guys I'm trying to build a pretty serious NA and i desperately need a couple of wheel spacers. I just got 15x8 6ULS and slightly longer tie rod end links for more steering angle on the drift track but now the front wheels scrape on the A-arms at full lock. I tried running lots of negative toe and it stopped them scraping but now they just hit on the other side of the wheel :/ This has been incredibly annoying as I've just wanted to take the car to the drift track for the last couple of months but am too afraid to now

Does anyone know somewhere i could find spacers or of any other solution for this? I figured if i got four proper DRM spacers (the ones with the wheel bolts attached to the spacer) around 25mm all round it should work nicely and i can run some nice positive toe. But I've been struggling to find even just 5mm ish dodge washer type spacers for a quick fix, Repco got close but turns out they don't understand what universal fitment means...

project.r.racing · Postby **project.r.racing** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:14 pm

ebay has 1,000,000s

botisto · Postby **botisto** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:46 pm

yea it does but everything I've seen has been international with $150 postage. I was sure i would be able to find a local dealer somewhere

project.r.racing · Postby **project.r.racing** » Wed May 16, 2012 9:59 pm

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HUBCENTRIC-W ... 2312b96087

far from $150...

Postby **NitroDann** » Wed May 16, 2012 10:05 pm

yeah 140.. Heaps far..

Dann

botisto · Postby **botisto** » Wed May 16, 2012 11:57 pm

i was reluctant to go for any dodge generic ebay ones but they look alright and not the worst price so i might just have to go with them. Cheers

Smokinscotty · Postby **Smokinscotty** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:53 am

I ran bolt ons on my 180, they were from a oz dealer, but no different to eBay product. Even came in a no name, no marking, straight out of china cardboard box.

Scotty

Edit: Mania have 25mm for 215 if local distributor is what your looking for.

lee · Postby **lee** » Thu May 17, 2012 1:00 am

In the For Sale board of this very forum

project.r.racing · Postby **project.r.racing** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:14 am

NitroDann wrote:yeah 140.. Heaps far..

Dann

for four, it is $112, not $140. just one more click on the postage section to see the actual cost would help.

-alex · Postby **-alex** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:16 am

Mania had some when I drop by the other week.

hks_kansei · Postby **hks_kansei** » Thu May 17, 2012 12:33 pm

Autobarn / Repco / Supercheap

I've seen slip on spacers at all of them.

botisto · Postby **botisto** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:50 pm

Thanks for all the hits guys, I'll chase up those used ones but I'm happy to grab the ebay jobs now if the others have sold. Also for future reference I contacted MX-5 mania and they don't sell the 25mm ones anymore, at least they didn't a few weeks ago. They do sell 5 and 10mm though. And Repco etc do sell the slip on ones but they couldn't get me anything that would fit 4x100.

Postby **NitroDann** » Thu May 17, 2012 5:52 pm

project.r.racing wrote:
NitroDann wrote:yeah 140.. Heaps far..

Dann
for four, it is $112, not $140. just one more click on the postage section to see the actual cost would help.

My apologies.

Dann

Steampunk · Postby **Steampunk** » Fri May 18, 2012 9:43 am

A mate recently bought the pre-studded ones (whatever they are called) off eBay (I think) and has used and abused them on his motorkhana Sigma for several months without any problems. I'll ask him exactly which eBay shop he got them from.