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Originally Posted by sl0wp0k3
no... people do it all the time. wider front track is better
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Wider is better... sounds familiar, didn't Pontiac use that for the Grand-am widetrack back in the 90's
ok, back on topic! Here is a blurb I read somewhere which is why I asked the question.
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My first NSX ('91) had spacers installed on the rear wheels to allow wheels with the wrong offset to be installed. After I had owned the car for a few months I heard a rattle comming from my right rear wheel. When I opened up the lug cover I found a lug nut with a piece of the stud rolling around in there (broken off!!) the rest of the lug nuts, I discovered required only 3 turns to be torqued!!! The spacers I had were just a 10mm washer like piece of metal with holes drilled to
match the lug pattern. This arrangement eliminated the "hub centric" design of the wheel and put the lug studs in a shear loading condition (they are only designed for tension). If you do use spacers make sure they are designed to attach to the hub and transfer the "hub centric" out to the wheel and not just act like a washer. Also make sure that you will have enough grip length on your lug nuts (at least filled with stud).
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Is there maybe certain types of spacer that are better than others?