wheel spacer

[CMF_1300cc]

anyone using a wheel spacer on their micra?

 

[CMF_frank2]

yes

 

[CMF_1300cc]

good, can u tell me more about it, whats the ideal thickness appropriate , and whats a good brand?, and where to buy except from UK...

 

[CMF_frank2]

you will get a lot of conflicting opinions on spacers, but i used to have my old cosmic (made by grayson nowadays) 32mm spacers on my stock ally,s, with extended high tensile bolts from the local bolt stockists
but my re-dished steelies have just the one 3mm shim spacer on the N/S/rear atm (to fine tune the panhard rod axle shift)

 

[CMF_1300cc]

do u have any pics of the car?

 

[CMF_frank2]

1300cc WROTE:

"do u have any pics of the car?

there,s one or two in my blog lol
http://www.micra.org.uk/threads/22225-frank-s-k11/page20

 

[CMF_1300cc]

frank2

finally fitted my wheels with 20+ offset with 3mm spacers coz its hitting the brake calipers....anyway went to tyre shop today have wheel balancing coz i can feel a bit of vibsation when doing over 100ks...tyre says the spacer is causing the vibrations....see my car at pic thread...

 

[CMF_frank2]

it sounds like they,re blagging you personally, have you tried swapping front to rear ?
and you have some poke on the front eh
(looking good tho)

 

[CMF_BEN129]

i run 5mm slip ons all round on my 13x6 +10's

but my wheels have sunken wheel nuts, which means i dont lose any thread with the spacer on. lack of thread is your only drama when it comes to slip ons. i have bolt on hubcentric spacers on my skyline to clear the front brakes and have never had a drama as long as **** is tight.

 

[CMF_1300cc]

BEN129 WROTE:

"i run 5mm slip ons all round on my 13x6 +10's

but my wheels have sunken wheel nuts, which means i dont lose any thread with the spacer on. lack of thread is your only drama when it comes to slip ons. i have bolt on hubcentric spacers on my skyline to clear the front brakes and have never had a drama as long as **** is tight.

are you able to post a pic of your wheel nuts? just curious how it really looks like....

 

[CMF_baffy]

I run the same wheel nuts as ben on my micra, they look like this.

 

[CMF_frank2]

similar to the factory fitted (ally wheel) nuts that were on my old super s eh (but with a proper locating taper)

 

[CMF_baffy]

they work well. They go deep enough to hold a spacer in place.

I had to buy them as im running chevoit hotwires and due to being so old these are the only wheel nuts that fit.

 

[CMF_1300cc]

any vibrations on your wheels when cruising above 100kph or 62mph?

 

[CMF_baffy]

Not with my wheels

Ive never run spacers. The nuts are not a dodgy fix. They are a legitimate wheel nut that is standard use with old mag wheels.