Hello, I have a speedster with flares and came with 4 wheel disc 5 x 130mm and replica Fuch Porsche wheels 7" fronts 10" back. the problem is the wheels are too far in, do they make a spacer for this application I'm thinking 3" for the front and 1" rear
Thank you
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Ok, my first thought is that if you have 7” wide rims on the front and still want a 3” (!) spacer, then those wheels have a totally wrong offset for the application. If they were dished deeper (more offset outward) you would need much less of an adapter. AT MOST you should be looking at 1-1/4” spacer on a flared car in the front.
Same for the rear. If those rims really are 10” wide there should be a lot of offset outward and less offset inboard because of the interference with the suspension spring plates. If the offset dishing is done the way it should be, there should be no need for spacers either front or rear on that car - somebody simply spec’d the wrong wheels for the car.
Because of the torque forces on the wheel bearings when moving the wheel centerline around when using spacers, I would be reticent to run spacers larger than 2” (and that’s a lot, too). 1-1/2” would be a max for the VW-style wheel bearings.
@Troy Sloan might be able to provide more insight, I’m sure.
Thank you my friend, if I put the rear wheels in front it looks great, and only would need 1” to fill the opening, who sells the Fuchs replica, I’ve only seen the 7” for sale
Look On Ebay. They sell Fuchs Replica wheels in many widths. You should be able to find something that works. I have a Fiberfab wide body and I run 7X15 fronts and 8X15 rears. What brand Speedster do you have? If you have a Vintage widebody Speedster they had very very wide flares and sold them with wheels they had custom made to fill the space. The first pic is my CMC/FF style flared speedster and the next is a super widebody Vintage brand Speedster.
These are some measurements from a Vintage Super Widebody exactly like the Black one in the picture above.
The off-set on the rear wheels is 7.25 inches and the wheels are 10 inches. The tires are 255/40 17. The fronts are 5.5 inches and the wheels are 8 inches. The tires are 225/45 17. Those are pretty accurate measurements. Hope this helps.
Thank you for your quick response and no I don’t have that extra wide body just a regular plane CMC Flare type, I have sevens in the front with a 2 inch outer lip in the readers are eights with a 3 inch outer lip, as you can see in the picture the 7 inch mounted in the front it’s not feeling the wheel well you need another 4 inches to fill the space In the front the rears just one inch
I have the same speedster body as you do. I just remembered that my front disc brake hub/rotors are custom made to be spaced out to fill the wheel using the same wheel you have. In the rear less spacing is needed if a long axle trans is used. If the car was built on an early short swing axle one the space is really large. It appears you have IRS or the long axle trans if you need only 1 to 2 inches. I have 2" spacers in the rear and the special hubs in the front. Contact Carey at Special Edition he found the special 5 lug hubs for my Speedster that space the wheels out. He sorted this same issue you are dealing with on my car while they were converting it to Subaru power. Don't give up you will get this figured out. This is the fun of our cars, right?
Thank you my friend, do you have a number for Carey Special Edition? The rears I only need 1” I’m not sure I mentioned this car has 4 wheel disc
So does mine. Special Edition 574-546-4656 Cary is also a member of this forum his user name is Chines1 you can look him up and message him.
Thank you my friend you guys are the best
@chines1. See above posts.
Here is a pic of my front hub, now that I look at it he had special bolt on spacers made it appears.
I don't have Brembo brakes that is a plastic Brembo replica cover glued over my caliber.
Carey Hines at Special Edition: (five seven four) 546-4656
Thank you my friend
Hey Gordon, Why did you spell out he area code of the phone number?
@Jimmy V. posted:Hey Gordon, Why did you spell out he area code of the phone number?
So autobots don't mine the phone number from the post and start spam dialing him.
Autobots are responsible for mining phone numbers and email address from the internet to sell to spammers and other telemarketing associations. Certain parts of the phone number or spelling the @ (at) symbol or spelling the . (dot) in an email address helps since the bots are looking for digits and symbols.
Thank you for letting me know. I was not aware of this issue. I now know something new.
I have a set of 2" in stock for sure, I might have a set of 1" but I'll look and see. I normally don't use or stock them at all, but had a couple of special projects (like Jimmy's) that required them.
Otherwise you can usually find them on Amazon. "5x130 1" 911 spacers" is probably a sufficient search. For the depth you want I would certainly do the bolt on style and then just lactate and torque the inners before installing the wheels.
Actually, I was just trying to get a few more characters together for a loooonger post.
NOT!
Bob hit it on the head. I can't believe the kind of $#!+ Bots are up to these days.
Uh @chines1? "...then just lactate and torque the inners before installing the wheels."
Mkay...
yeah lactate, its the new all natural loctite :-)
@chines1 posted:I have a set of 2" in stock for sure, I might have a set of 1" but I'll look and see. I normally don't use or stock them at all, but had a couple of special projects (like Jimmy's) that required them.
Otherwise you can usually find them on Amazon. "5x130 1" 911 spacers" is probably a sufficient search. For the depth you want I would certainly do the bolt on style and then just lactate and torque the inners before installing the wheels.
@chines1 So I install them then leak milk from my breasts? Not sure what that will do or how I make it happen but if you say so. Bwaaa Haaaa Spell check can be a such a bittish.
I didn't read all the posts before I responded, glad to see others caught it as well so we could all get in a laugh.
@Lane Anderson posted:Uh @chines1? "...then just lactate and torque the inners before installing the wheels."
Mkay...
It's very important that you lactate FIRST then torque.
Been a loooooong Covid road for you guys, huh?
@speedsterDanny posted:Thank you my friend, if I put the rear wheels in front it looks great, and only would need 1” to fill the opening, who sells the Fuchs replica, I’ve only seen the 7” for sale
10" wide wheels with correspondingly wide tires would put heavy strain on the steering gear. I have 8" wide wheels all around, and I'm constantly checking my rag joint and contemplating replacing the collapsible cage with a sliding shaft, now that I've read of a recent failure due to metal fatigue.
Before messing with spacers and wheel offsets, I suggest checking if your Speedster has a narrowed beam. Mine is stock front and rear, and the difference in track width is about an inch, with the ass end wider. If you have a narrowed beam, installing a standard one would net about 2" on each side, without pudding excessive load on the spindles.
That's a good point, Eric. Definitely worth checking as a good narrowed beam can be sold or traded for a stock width one pretty easily.
@Robert M posted:So autobots don't mine the phone number from the post and start spam dialing him.
Autobots are responsible for mining phone numbers and email address from the internet to sell to spammers and other telemarketing associations. Certain parts of the phone number or spelling the @ (at) symbol or spelling the . (dot) in an email address helps since the bots are looking for digits and symbols.
Hey, maybe every new Beck will now come with an extended warranty. Win-Win!
@dlearl476 posted:Hey, maybe every new Beck will now come with an extended warranty. Win-Win!
Even if it doesn't it'll expire and you'll get a call about it.
