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  1. 05-21-2008 07:56 PM #1
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    Question Billet Wheel Spacers

     



    Just curious if any of you have put lots of miles on billet spacers? I am replacing my Budnik 17x11s with Real Rodder Wheels 16x10s and since they only offer one backspacing option...I need to push them outward by an inch.

    After much research on the net, I have found countless companies claiming to be the best 6061T billet money can buy. Prices range from $49 to over $200. Many of which have the exact photo illustrating their products. So now I am completely confused.

    I figured you guys might know who to recommend based upon actually running some on your own cars. Any suggestions?
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    An inch is quite a bit of spacer. My T had 3/4' ALUMINUM PATTERN ADAPTER IN IT FOR YEARS AND THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO BE A PROBLEM AS LONG AS THEY WERE CHECKED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
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    Sorry Troy, can't help. Have not used 'em since the 60's.
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    I have 1" billet spacer/adapters on my coupe and my son has 1 3/4" spacer/adapters on his sedan. Mine have been on there for over two years with no problems. My son learned the hard way that you should install these things with a torque wrench - he lost a wheel one afternoon when one of the spacers worked loose and sheared all five lug studs off the right rear axle! My advice: install the spacer/adapters onto the hubs with a torque wrench at a minimum 130 lbs/ft. If you are using spacers over 1" thick, you may want to use blue loc-tite on the axle studs. Check them periodically to see if everything is staying tight. If you ever feel any sudden or unexplained vibration that stops when you stop rolling, check for a loose spacer/adapter.

    These billet things are a lot better than the crappy old cast adapters we had in the '70's...
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