WHICH Wheel Spacers and dealer recomendations

dogranch · Post by **dogranch** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 3:37 pm

OK, let the fun begin. I think I'll put spacers on the 2003 ZR5. Front and back for improved cornering. Want it to look good too. I hear that the front wheels are wider together than the rear. With this in mind, what are people recomending, and where are they ordering from. Maybe 1.75" in rear and 1.25 or 1.00 in f ront?

Thanks,

Tom

AZS10Crew · Post by **AZS10Crew** » Mon Jun 02, 2003 4:56 pm

Well...anything less than 1.5" (I think) and you'll have to trim the studs.

I've got 2" spacers on each side in the rear of mine and appearance-wise it looks almost the same front and rear (because the rear fenders are flared a little compared to the front), but the rear track is about 1" wider than the front now.

I'd recommend new wheels with less backspacing than the stock wheels over the spacers I think.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 1:28 pm

if you push your rims and tires out, then stay with 29" or 28" tires. cuz the further you push them out, the more chances of rubbing that you'll have.

you have 15x7 with 6" of bs right now.

if you get some new rims, most of them come with only 3 to 4" of bs. and if you get 15x8...all in all, that could be 3" out on either side. then just put some 1.5 or 1.75" spacers on the rear to make it line up with the front...

MikeyZR5 · Post by **MikeyZR5** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 9:06 pm

What if you stick with the stock wheels and tires for now, Can you still get the 1.5 or 2" spacers for the rear to level-out the look?

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Sun Jun 08, 2003 11:24 pm

MikeyZR5 wrote:What if you stick with the stock wheels and tires for now, Can you still get the 1.5 or 2" spacers for the rear to level-out the look?

yes, thats what most of us have done

MikeyZR5 · Post by **MikeyZR5** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 4:57 am

Great! Sounds like a plan then.

TheBigFitz · Post by **TheBigFitz** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 5:18 am

I have 1.3" on my rear with stock rims and I think they look great. There is a GP thread on here and I got them from there, the guy cut me a nice deal including shipping and the nuts, the Gauge Store or something like that.

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 11:44 am

mickey, on s10planet.com

there is a guy who was selling some spacers on their forum. check it out. mabey you can get a deal

snowsurfer · Post by **snowsurfer** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 2:12 am

Anyone know where to get best prices for 1" and 2" spacers?

Steve

SEAYAHAWAII@hawaii.rr.com

a2b · Post by **a2b** » Wed Jun 11, 2003 2:17 pm

snowsurfer wrote:Anyone know where to get best prices for 1" and 2" spacers?

Steve

SEAYAHAWAII@hawaii.rr.com

the mod page for wheel spacer info

MikeyZR5 · Post by **MikeyZR5** » Thu Jun 12, 2003 7:49 pm

A2B:

Hey thanks for the info I was able to get the spacers for $83.00 shipped to me...I will post pics once installed.

Mike H. · Post by **Mike H.** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:45 am

I just put 1.75" spacers on the rear this weekend. Roughly $186 delivered with 10 acorn lugs from Performance, online. I got a better feeling from their information than I did from AIM.

The studs on them are the same 12mmx1.5 as factory. Keep in mind that the simple acorn lugs take a larger socket (22mm) than the factory lugs. The factory lugs are stepped down to allow screwing on those silly black caps for exposed use. Since the factory wheels cover them with the wheel center, I may buy 20 of the standard acorns and convert all of them to the larger socket size. Also, you have to use a thin-wall socket to install the spacer lugs. Performance left as much aluminum as possible when machining them. An impact socket won't fit in the hole, and I doubt a typical + shaped lug wrench would either. But, once installed they never need to come off unless you are doing brake disk or axle work.

I did notice that these have about 50% more metal thickness at the lug seat than the factory wheels do. The factory wheels are surprisingly very THIN down there.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:32 am

Mike H. wrote:I just put 1.75" spacers on the rear this weekend. Roughly $186 delivered with 10 acorn lugs from Performance, online. I got a better feeling from their information than I did from AIM.

Performance Wheel

My feelings exactly.

snowsurfer · Post by **snowsurfer** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:20 pm

Mike H!

Know the contact name, site address for Pervormance? Loking for spacers, AIM shipping is very expensive tio Hawaii more than spacers

Steve

SEAYAHAWAII@hawaii.rr.com

Mike H. · Post by **Mike H.** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:14 am

snowsurfer wrote:Know the contact name, site address for Pervormance? Loking for spacers, AIM shipping is very expensive tio Hawaii more than spacers

www.performancewheel.com And check out www.safetyspacers.com They have cool video there regarding rollover resistance when using the spacers. Also I just added a closeup picture of my spacers to my photo link below.

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