Hello,
I'm having a bit of a wheel spacer problem. I've had this car for about a year. I got it with the wheels, tires and wheel spacers already on it. Lately I have been noticing some rotational clicking noise when driving. A shop told me the wheel spacers are causing the lug nuts to work loose. They suggested checking and/or tightening them every 500 miles or so.
I don't know the reasons why it has wheel spacers. It looks like an attempt to both push the wheels out to the fender edges and to correct for wheels with the wrong backspacing. I included some pictures below. The front has a 1/4 generic style spacer. The rear is a 1 1/4 spacer which has bolt extensions (whatever these type are called). I don't know if the front or the rear or both are working loose. It has the 5 lug conversion as you can see. I don't know how that was done. Could the large spacer in the rear be caused by the 5 lug conversion? I don't know if the same axle tubes are used for those conversions.
I'm looking for what my options are to stop the lugs from loosening up. I've read about hub centric and specific fit spacers. For the fronts, I can get one that is less generic but the hub centric kind doesn't look like it will work. There's no place for the inset to fit into. As for the rear, I don't know. Obviously new wheels and tires is also an option. I do like these wheels and the look.
If anyone has any suggestions, that would be appreciated. Also if you happen to know what kind of wheels these are, that might help also.
Thanks,
Kevin
I'm having a bit of a wheel spacer problem. I've had this car for about a year. I got it with the wheels, tires and wheel spacers already on it. Lately I have been noticing some rotational clicking noise when driving. A shop told me the wheel spacers are causing the lug nuts to work loose. They suggested checking and/or tightening them every 500 miles or so.
I don't know the reasons why it has wheel spacers. It looks like an attempt to both push the wheels out to the fender edges and to correct for wheels with the wrong backspacing. I included some pictures below. The front has a 1/4 generic style spacer. The rear is a 1 1/4 spacer which has bolt extensions (whatever these type are called). I don't know if the front or the rear or both are working loose. It has the 5 lug conversion as you can see. I don't know how that was done. Could the large spacer in the rear be caused by the 5 lug conversion? I don't know if the same axle tubes are used for those conversions.
I'm looking for what my options are to stop the lugs from loosening up. I've read about hub centric and specific fit spacers. For the fronts, I can get one that is less generic but the hub centric kind doesn't look like it will work. There's no place for the inset to fit into. As for the rear, I don't know. Obviously new wheels and tires is also an option. I do like these wheels and the look.
If anyone has any suggestions, that would be appreciated. Also if you happen to know what kind of wheels these are, that might help also.
Thanks,
Kevin