Learn about Hub Centric Wheel Spacers

Wheel Spacers

If you look closely at the sports car, you often notice that many cars seem to use a wider wheelbase than the factory-built models. This is achieved through the use of spacers that help to remove the wheels and tires on the car.

Wheel spacers are sometimes described as dangerous accessories for vehicles. When you talk to the people who use them, their response towards it is the exact opposite. if used properly, wheel spacers are pretty efficient in car handling

Types of Wheel Spacers

Bolt-On

Bolt-on wheel spacers are fastened to the existing studs to bolt the spacer onto the hub. When purchasing these, you’ll need to check and make sure they are compatible with your wheels and lug nut patterns.

Slip-On

The slip-on wheel spacers slide into the studs and leaves room for the wheel. Depending on the size of the wheels, however, they sometimes do not leave enough space. This leaves insufficient room to properly and securely tighten the wheel nuts. You may need extended studs with slip-on wheel spacers to secure the wheel.

Pros and Cons to using wheel Spacers

Pros:

Wide Flush Look

The spacers boost the appearance of your vehicle. The wheels push outside giving the vehicle a manly look.

Improved Vehicle Performance:

Wheel spacers allow large tires to be mounted in your vehicle as well as increase the performance and grip on the wheels.

Big Brake Clearance:

Wheel spacers gives the extra room clearance for fitting in big brake kits into your vehicle. They provide the extra space you need to firmly fix the brakes.

High-quality Spacers Use Billet Aluminum

When choosing wheel spacers with packaging, materials of the highest quality must be used to ensure proper operation of the vehicle. This means that you must search for products made from aluminum. This material is stronger than the wheel to which it is attached. They will also have bolts to facilitate the installation of the process. While this will change the difficulty of your low-speed bend, consider whether the wheel bolt model needs to be changed for any reason.

Get better control of the car

The use of wheel spacers makes handling the car easier. With the help of a custom spacer you have more control over your car. When the wheel protrudes, the grip of the wheel increases. The wheels are separated from the axle, which increases the robustness of the car. When the car is running at high speed, the risk of tilting is small. In turn it also becomes easier and the car will not die. The balance of the car helps to maneuver at high speeds. Large wheel spacers make moving the wheel easier when the car is turning.

Cost-effective

If you compare the price of buying a wider tire to increase the stability of the vehicle, wheel spacers are inexpensive.

Cons:

Wheel bearing failure

The use of wheel spacers means that the contact between the ball bearing and the wheel is broken. And thanks to this format design, the service life of the wheel bearing can be shortened or, in the worst case, lead to premature failure.

You must install wheel spacers on all the tires

If the wheel spacers are installed at the rear of the vehicle without the front part, only a better grip at the rear is obtained. This means that your car will want to be understeer when it approaches the corner and the front looks forward, which can affect the overall balance of the vehicle. If you place them at the front, you will get a comparable result, causing the back to get loose and potentially fishtail.

Can Cause Accidents

Safety is another important issue caused by incorrect installation of wheel spacers. Simply put, incorrect installation of wheel spacers by non-professionals can interrupt the bending of the wheel bolts due to incorrect rotation.