NEED HELP WITH SELECTING WHEEL SPACERS

#1

I searched and couldn’t find anything.
What is everybody using? 10, 12, 15mm?
I got the TD and Konig wheels and don’t want to buy something it won’t fit or would rub.

#2

Hey what’s new? It depends on your offset…

#3

Well, I got the 20mm to use with my Racing Dynamic wheels, and they worked just fine until I went full throttle thru Riverside turn track #13 clockwise, and thats’ when I started hearing a rubbing noise, and after that the smell of burning rubber which got me concerned, and made me post really “chicken” times in morning practice, 2:20.
I switched to my Konigs, no spacers, and no rubbing, and posted a much better 2:15.
I need to either get the fenders rolled or thinner spacers for the Racing Dynamics, and definetly thinner for the Konigs, probably 15mm the most.

#4

We have the Rota RB’s in a 13mm offset, perfect fit, just enough room in the front for some 5mm spacers if need be. The wheels look great, meet the weight requirements and are tough as nails. I have been running the same 2 sets of rota slipstreams on my HC car for 5 years, never bent of broke one. And they are CHEAP, just over $100 per wheel. Buy Rotas!

http://www.rotawheels.com/

#5

Note that different E30’s have different fender sheetmetal. I have an '87 with Koenigs and 12mm spacers. They will rub a little if I go into some wild sideways slide. I’m going to roll my fenders eventually.

#6

I don’t need another set of wheels, have three already, I just need spacers for the rear that won’t rub against the fender when going 100mph on a sweeper like Riverside at Buttonwillow, 20mm for the TD wheels was too much.

#7

Ranger wrote:

I want to roll my fenders, but I don’t know how, and what tools I need.
I was thinking of a BFH (Big Fricking Hammer), but that might not work and/or damage the paint.
I know there is a tool to roll fenders, but it’s too expensive just to do two fenders, any place where I can rent that tool?

#8

Give a holler to the general NASA populace in your region and find someone that has a fender roller. Promise them a weekend of beer for bringing their fender roller to the next event and showing you how to do it.

It can be done with a baseball bat too.

Bring a heat gun to soften your paint a little.

#9

The NASA population is in Southern Cali, and I live in Las Vegas, not many local racers.
I found a place online who rents the tool kit for $50.00 for five days, so only $10.00/day which is not bad, and comes with instructions and heat gun.
http://www.rollyourfender.com/rentalinfo.html
I should be able to roll the fenders this weekend.

#10

It is a race car. Get it up on jack stands, remove the wheels, and have at the fender lip with a BFH. Problem solved!

Next question please?

#11

jlevie wrote:

[quote]It is a race car. Get it up on jack stands, remove the wheels, and have at the fender lip with a BFH. Problem solved!

Next question please?[/quote]
Dude, my friend, please, don’t answer me like that, ok?
See my threads in the Socal region, and my wall encounter, and rear fender bender events one after another last year,
http://spece30.com/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,94/func,view/id,24022/catid,23/
I tried the BFH, and body filler started coming loose. I tried hawksaw/jigsaw, but leaves a sharp edge that I don’t like.
Even though it’s a race car, I’d like to keep it clean and neat, and I do things to look professional, and well done. I asked the body shop to do it for me, but they want $300 since it’s a lot of labor, and they know about the body filler.
Next educated answer?

#12

Don’t run big ass spacers :P. I run 5mm.

#13

Elephant4 wrote:

I was going to get 5mm or 10mm the most, but then I got the 20mm recommended by a fellow racer saying it didn’t rub their cars.
Don’t get me wrong, the 20mm spacers with the TD were just fine driving around my house and paddock area, no rubbing, until I hit the sweeper full throttle and the laws of physics showed me I need a thinner spacer or roll the fenders. In my case, 18mm with the TD wheels would’ve been just perfect.
With my Konigs I’d go 15mm max, but I’ll measure using a different method this time.
What kind of wheels you have? I have a set of OEM basketweave that I need to try on.

#14

Ask around; someone locally probably has a device. We use an Eastwood device that bolts to the hub to roll the fenders. That being said, we used to run spacers, but have given up on them - had a stud come loose during a race. If you are running 15 mm ET wheels, you should be close to the max width anyway. As Simon said, if you are going to run them, then use 5 - 8 mm. We have 8 mm, but only use them occasionally with the 25 ET wheels. In the rear, you lose contact with the hub with anything wider.
Ed

#15

Well, as far as I know I don’t have any wheels with 15mmET.
This is what I have:
Team Dynamics Pro race 1, 25mm ET
Konig Minilite, 20mm ET
OEM Basketweave 15x7, 24mm ET

I used the 20mm spacer, as recommended by a fellow racer and vendor, with my TD 25mm ET wheels, and that’s when I had a little rubbing. The H&R spacers are hubcentric and fit perfectly between the wheel and the hub since it’s got a lip that doesn’t need any hubcentric ring adapter.
With the Konig wheels I could use 10-12mm spacer or less since these wheel use a plastic ring adapter which I hate, same with the OEM basketweave, if my calculations are ok, right?
What wheels are 15mm ET?

#16

Factory 3 Performance sells ET15 TD 1.2 wheels
bruce

#17

Check your rules and don’t get too wide.The Factory 3 wheels are a good answer to “within the rules, no spacer needed,made for spec e30.”

RP