I need to find a wheel spacer 5x5

[B_BODY_1]

I need help

I have tried over 15 places only one (Murry's auto parts) had them but they were too thick (1/4 or thicker)

It is for a 99 lumina I'm putting 02 police steel wheels on it, the back fits fine but the front calipers scrape the rim

so I need 2, 1/8" spacers can anyone help me find them?

I think they are 5x5 bolt pattern?

[jeremy]

the bolt pattern is not 5x5, it is 5x115....and spacers typically aren't the best idea unless you use longer studs

[Crazy K]

i would pass on spacers.

 

have you checked to see if grinding the caliper or caliper bracket some will fix that problem?

 

I had to do this to my 95 sedan to put on the rims I bought. they just barely contacted.

 

 

meanwhile if you need to actually gain space.... another thing i prefer to have are solid rotors. if you car has composite rotors, the hats(hub surface) are thinner. you could change to solid to add spacing.

[Psych0matt]

I run small plate spacers on the front (5/16 i think) and then pair of 1.5"ers in the back. the front ones are more than fine without longer studs, but the rear ones have studs in them, so you put the spacer on as if it were a wheel, and tighten it down, and then put the wheel on the spacer's studs. I havent had a single problem, although the rear spacers are way too big, I just had to make sure it would work first. I need to find some that are like 5/8 i think. check ebay

[CSI_MuNkY]

Whats wrong with spacers? I have 1/4" spacers on the car right now and I'm using my stock studs, I've had no problems and there is planty of stud left to put the lugs on.

 

I've heard people say that its really hard to get a wheel on straight and that wheels need balancing after spacers, but I have had no such issue, infact the rims and tire I use with Spacers (my winters) ride better than my cross laces. If the steel wheels weren't so ugly (sorry Nicole) I'd keep them on there.

 

Jamie

[intern8tion9l]

i have small spacers on mine, don't remember what size. mine are the universals and they are def a pain to get centered so as not to throw the whole thig out of balance. bit of extra time with a ruler and a sharpie

[19Cutlass94]

spacers =

[Psych0matt]

spacers =

 

could you elaborate on that?

[19Cutlass94]

I dont like em. After having to deal with john's car with the wheels and the spacers, then if you have a spacer too big you need longer studs.... its just a PITA

[Psych0matt]

these are like the ones I have on back, I havent had any problems whatsoever

[Crazy K]

these are like the ones I have on back, I havent had any problems whatsoever

those are GOOD ones. most are just thig rings that are difficult to center...

 

Many people forget... the OEM rims are designed to sit tight against the hud to take advantage (and therefore center upon) the center of the HUB Using spacers defeats this purpose!

 

I believe the caliper and caliper bracket could be ground back slightly for proper fit, mine mentioned above OEM H-body rims for an olds 98, and should be about the same as the steelies he is dealing with.

[Psych0matt]

i have the ring things in the front It'd be near impossible to get a small enough one with the lugs like the ones posted above. mine are really skinny though, I needed like a hair to clear the calipers, and thats about all I have! Ive actually checked a few times to make sure I wasnt rubbing, cuz it dang near looks like it, but have never even so much as heard anything, so i guess im good

[slick]

Matt, I would grind down on the caliper mounting bracket some IMO.

 

Using spacers pulls the weight of the vehicle off of the hub itself and puts more pressure on the lugs.

[Psych0matt]

i probably will eventually, but Ive had zero problems so far Like I said, theyre really thin spacers,

[jeremy]

like ken said, those are the quality spacers.....the ones found at murrays are a completely different breed

[Crazy K]

i probably will eventually, but Ive had zero problems so far Like I said, theyre really thin spacers,

yeah but Matt..... a problem ussauly means that you rim is rolling way from you in the middle of a crowded interstat somewhere, leaving you in DEEP shit.

 

try grinding the calipers some.

 

p.s. did you ever determine is you could do your brake pads without removing the rims?

[GnatGoSplat]

Using spacers pulls the weight of the vehicle off of the hub itself and puts more pressure on the lugs.

 

That's no big deal, 99% of the time, using aftermarket wheels at all means putting pressure on the lugs.

If the center bore of the wheel is larger than 70.3mm, which virtually all aftermarket wheels are, then they're lugcentric and the lugs bear the weight. That's one thing I hate about my AE 077's, I wish there were metal hubcentric rings for them, but I've never found any.

 

Although for only 1/8", definitely just grind the caliper brackets. You can cut over 1/8" off of them with no ill effects.

 

[slick]

Using spacers pulls the weight of the vehicle off of the hub itself and puts more pressure on the lugs.

 

That's no big deal, 99% of the time, using aftermarket wheels at all means putting pressure on the lugs.

If the center bore of the wheel is larger than 70.3mm, which virtually all aftermarket wheels are, then they're lugcentric and the lugs bear the weight. That's one thing I hate about my AE 077's, I wish there were metal hubcentric rings for them, but I've never found any.

 

I never realized that. Good info Shawn!

[Psych0matt]

well, since I already had the small spacers, there was no need to grind at that point I do want some smaller ones for the back, and 15mm (.59") was the smallest i could find in the style like i pictured, which would bring the rear tire in almost an inch (at 1.5" right now)