Wheels spacers

freaklander · May 9, 2011

wondering if anyone can shed light on this ?

I have brought a set of 20" alloy for my freelander c/w 4x4 tyres
the tyres are 255-55-20 which I am gaining a 25mm lift

(I know the speedo will be out)

I have taken them to a garage and the tyre rubs the strut (the cup under the spring) I put some washers behind (10mm to act as a spacer test) and it fitted without rubbing but I phoned an alloy wheel specailist and they said if I fit 10mm spacers then I would need longer bolts on the hub to allow sufficent fixing for the nuts. There seamed ample thread left once the wheel was fitted to get the nuts on.
Is this right as ebay sells loads of spacers and they don't warn of this?

OldIrishWulf · May 9, 2011

Unless you want to cut out new wheel arches,sell the new sissy wheels.If you want new wheels ,paint the ones already on it .

The new one looks stupid.

edit:I would like to see a photo of it with the weight on the wheels (without jack).

nathan5346 · May 9, 2011

Nobhead wheels

WindyG · May 9, 2011

Those wheels look stupidly **** and should be on a ****ty Saxo or some other chav crap in a McDonalds car park.

Mrfulwell · May 9, 2011

To actually give some serious advice and not just slag your motor off if you fit spacers then you should defiantly invest in some longer wheel bolts, I had a friend who fitted some alloys of a pug 405 on his girlfriends pug 207 which had steel wheels originally. The bolts seemed long enough but 30 miles after he put them on the osf wheel fell off and wrote the car off. Luckily it was him driving not his missis with the kid in the car. Also if you fit Spacers and the wheels and tyres stick out further than the wheel arches it's an MOT fail and the Filth are perfectly within there rights to nick you for it. 20 inch wheels
seem a little on the large side for a freelander. Have you thought about a lift kit or even lower profile tyres to compensate for the size? Either that or buy a range rover!

Mrfulwell · May 9, 2011

Forgot to add they will also wreck the suspension as well as throw the tracking out.

freaklander · May 9, 2011

Mrfulwell said:
To actually give some serious advice and not just slag your motor off if you fit spacers then you should defiantly invest in some longer wheel bolts, I had a friend who fitted some alloys of a pug 405 on his girlfriends pug 207 which had steel wheels originally. The bolts seemed long enough but 30 miles after he put them on the osf wheel fell off and wrote the car off. Luckily it was him driving not his missis with the kid in the car. Also if you fit Spacers and the wheels and tyres stick out further than the wheel arches it's an MOT fail and the Filth are perfectly within there rights to nick you for it. 20 inch wheels
seem a little on the large side for a freelander. Have you thought about a lift kit or even lower profile tyres to compensate for the size? Either that or buy a range rover!

Thanks for the advice I got the wheels cheaper than I could find any 18"s which I was looking for (and thought for the size and with 4x4 tyres thought was a bargain)
looks as tho I will have to sell them back on again
the wheels stuck about 1" out of the arches as well :doh:

Northern Irelander · Jun 24, 2011

oh dear.....................sort it out.

CHAV WHEELS

goonarmy · Jun 24, 2011

Glad yer getting rid, thems is drug dealer specials.

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