Finally got my spacers, yay!

"Leonardo DiCabriolet" (leonardodicabriolet) 12/01/2016 at 21:55 • Filed to: None

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Ordered some one inch wheel spacers from Maximum Motorsport a few weeks ago and finally got them. They’re actually through H&R which was pretty cool to get, I imagine they shipped from H&R, probably why it took so long. Box is pretty cool, being German and whatnot.

Cool sticker as well, prominently displayed next to my Oppo sticker.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Leonardo DiCabriolet 12/01/2016 at 22:01

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My service cart came with a “Go Wide” sticker already installed inside the lid. I don’t have any Oppo stickers, but I did put a Jalopnik sticker in there.

Urambo Tauro > Leonardo DiCabriolet 12/01/2016 at 22:06

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Ooh, nice!

BTW, how’s your caliper rebuild coming along?

Leonardo DiCabriolet > Clown Shoe Pilot 12/01/2016 at 22:07

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I’m sure they just throw one in there for everything. You should definitely grab one next time somebody makes a batch, the clown shoe demands one.

Leonardo DiCabriolet > Urambo Tauro 12/01/2016 at 22:11

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Hopefully the wheels will be flush with the fenders after these. I’ve also got some 07-09 GT500 stocks that I should be able to fit on there now for funsies.

Haven’t really been able to work on it recently, probably will get to it after finals are over.

Urambo Tauro > Leonardo DiCabriolet 12/01/2016 at 22:18

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When the previous owner of my ’95 put S197 wheels on it, he used 1" spacers too, and I’m pretty pleased with how that turned out. I imagine the measurements are probably the same for your application.

Clown Shoe Pilot > Leonardo DiCabriolet 12/01/2016 at 22:19

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Stickers go on the tool boxes, because I have a problem with toolboxes.

Leonardo DiCabriolet > Urambo Tauro 12/01/2016 at 22:55

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Yup I have a 94 so we have the same measurements everywhere. Did he use bolt-on style spacers or ones that just slide over the wheel studs?

Urambo Tauro > Leonardo DiCabriolet 12/01/2016 at 22:58

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They’re bolt-on, like yours. All studs are still standard-length.

Leonardo DiCabriolet > Urambo Tauro 12/01/2016 at 23:10

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Okay great, haven’t really been able to find too many other people who have used this style, nice to hear some one has had success with them.

Urambo Tauro > Leonardo DiCabriolet 12/01/2016 at 23:44

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Don’t forget to torque them properly! The tricky thing is, you can’t put the car back on the ground to hold it still while you tighten the bolts up.

When I have to remove a brake rotor or something that requires taking the spacers back off, I’ll just zip the nuts off with an impact. But to put them back on, what I do is, just prop a short stick against the driver’s seat and adjust the seat to hold the brakes while I use my torque wrench.

Leonardo DiCabriolet > Urambo Tauro 12/02/2016 at 00:44

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Hmmm good point. These will just be used on the rear so I imagine that should be fine with just the parking brake/in gear. I‘ll try it on the front just to see how the GT500 wheels look.