ive got 15inch gti wheels on my si, on the rear its got 20mm spacers with longer studs, but the front hubs are standard but with 3 mm spacers and can get the cap on with proper ford fitment alloy wheel nuts
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| Author: | andyleesy [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Spacer question |
right. for some reason my brain can't quite comprehend it. so i think i'll ask you guys... i've changed my wheels from Lenso's to Escort Gti alloys and i couldn't get my centre caps to fit over the aftermarket nuts i had. i went to ford and bought some standard nuts and locking nuts to replace them with to solve this problem. now my question is...IF i put spacers on then will i have the above problem again? the difference in size on the nuts wasn't huge.... also, if anyone has Escort Gti wheels how much have they spaced there wheels out? they sit a little to inside the arches for my liking. cheers |
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| Author: | - Danny Boy - [ Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:15 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spacer question |
Spacers will sit the wheels out further from the hub therefor you will have slightly less thread to wind the wheel nut onto. Does that help? |
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| Author: | fiestasiphil [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spacer question |
ive got 15inch gti wheels on my si, on the rear its got 20mm spacers with longer studs, but the front hubs are standard but with 3 mm spacers and can get the cap on with proper ford fitment alloy wheel nuts
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| Author: | onslack [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spacer question |
i had GTi wheels on my fez, i had the same issue with locking wheels nuts, so after swapping about with a few locking wheel nuts in halfords car park  i had to settle to a pretty shallow seti then fitted cossie brakes and had to space my wheels out 6mm, as said above i lost some thread but never had an issue with my centre caps never spaces the rear out tho  i'll get a pic of my wheel nuts tonight for you to show you which i had, if need be you can have mine for the cost of postage, get a refund on your new ones 
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| Author: | andyleesy [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spacer question |
thanks for the offer terry..i have fitted mine though so not sure if they will take it?  what nuts were you using? as although i'm using standard ford nuts they are still quite chunky.i think i worked out that spacing the wheels out wouldn't make a difference to the centre caps but i was having some sort of mental block last night  ...phil - how hard is it to fit longer studs? what car did you source them from etc? thanks for help guys much appreciated! |
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| Author: | onslack [ Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Spacer question |
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