are spacers that dangerous?

[LIL BLU MAN]

i was thinking of putting spacers on the rears for the mean time i sorta want 6.5s to fill the rears

[federal]

not dangerous if you arent silly with them

[af300e]

properly made bolt on concentric spares arnt

[gunbz-r]

what kind of spacer?

[af300e]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Sam_Q @ Jun 18 2008, 09:48 PM) </div>
Agreed. Best is if they are hub centric and wheel centric. And use studs that go all the way through.

[rthy]

yeah come to think of it going for longer studs would be even safer, shameless self plug time:

[puzzigully]

anyone who says spacers are dangerous havent used them.

of course slip on ones or AJPS bolt ons are, but decent quality ones are perfectly fine.

[v-tec]

Be wary of slip on spacers if you plan to use them cause they obviously shorten the amount of thread that the nuts can use.

Bolt on spacers are good as long as you get the ones with the correct alloy and studs

[AE86.cn]

i heard that if you put spacers on 0 off-set rims, you will loose a bit of power due to the increase length it travells through? is this true?

are negetive off-set rims better than 0 off-set rims?

what if i use 25mm spacers on +25 off-set rims? is it the same as no spacers on 0 off-set rims?

[rthy]

total crap, however wider tyres and heavier rims are meant to make more friction and hence more power loss.

>what if i use 25mm spacers on +25 off-set rims? is it the same as no spacers on 0 off-set rims?

same, many people do this so that the wheel clears a multi-piston caliper.