Wheel spacers yay or nay?

[NW_Merc]

I was watching Chop Shop: London Garage on Discovery Channel (yes yes sad I know) and the guy building the 'super cars' was using 6 inch eek: ) spacers made of 'aeroplane steel'. What are people's thoughts on wheel spacers?

 

[Mudster]

I've often thought that anything these two build can't be safe.

The Billet steel spacers must be stressing the bolts an enormous amount.

 

[peppernick]

As long as you don't over do it with very thick spacers, or without resolving to a stud conversion if you had to use very thick spacers.

I've used spacers on all my cars over the past 6 years. No problems.

Oh ...... and use quality hubcentric spacers

 

[ibrar]

i was told, the longer the spacers, the more strain on the hub and other parts?
maybe im wrong?

 

[peppernick]

The thicker the spacer.

But anything this side of 15mm will put negligible strain on your suspension components.

 

[Chris Murray]

There are maximums set by TUV for each vehicle..

 

[GrahamC230K]

I think comparing the likes of an H&R wheel spacer and something those Chop Shop London clowns knock up is a bit extreme! One I am sure is fine if correclty spec'd, the other surely must be foolish.

Low quality entertainment that I admit to skipping through, but only for the cringe factor. Much preferred Leepu bach in Bangladesh, somehow the setting and all the manual grafting made it.