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Originally Posted by bmroxm5
aren't hubcentric bolt ons for jap style cars that have the bolts sticking out of the hub and use nuts to secure the wheel?
As opposed to BMWs that have lug bolts...
there's some pretty popular brands getting around on the forums, Macht Schenll, EAS has their own brand, H&R, Eibach etc... (and they are all naturally hub centric as they have that small lip on them)
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Thanks for that.You've just made me realise I'd forgotten that on these cars bolts are used. So i guess a hubcentric bolt on spacer would also need holes drilled and taped into them for the wheel bolts, I'm not too keen on these actually, theyre usually 6061, but I dont like the idea of my wheel bolts threaed into alumium
I guess its just best to run with the spacer and the longer bolts.
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Originally Posted by mattyv
To be honest, I read "Hubcentric bolt-on spacer" and thought to myself "does that have something to do with the flux capacitor?"  |
Hahaha. What I was refering to there is that the hole in the centre of the spacer is machined to the same size and matched with that of the lip on the hub. What is supposed to occur is that the hole in your wheel on the backside is matched to the lip on the hub, that way your studs are note taking excessive, or ideally, any load from the wheel itself.
Problem that is often found though with spacers is that clearance exists between all of these surfaces and causes undue loads on the studs/bolts.