Wheel Spacer
 

I'm putting a big brake kit on my car and the wheels don't clear. I have 3/8" spacers in my garage by happenstance and they help the wheels clear.

I ordered extended ARP studs, but now I'm wondering if that will be enough. The spacers are small, but I'm worried since I plan on doing Autocross and HPDEs with the car. What do you guys think?

Here's the brakes, by the way:

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Get wheels that fit will be the correct answer I would guess.

get adapters instead of spacers...

I can't get rid of the wheels. I love them too much. :(

No adapters that narrow. 3/8" is tiny.

Did you get 3 inch studs?

You really should use hub-centric spacers.

The Fikses? No, they are all wrong. Now sell them to me cheap. :mrgreen:

Seriously though, I would explore every other option before running a 3/8" spacer. 3/8" is not THAT small.

They are on order. Won't run spacers without them.

Smallest hubcentric spacer I can find is 20mm. That's more than twice the width. I don't mind pushing the wheel out a small amount, but I don't wish to make my car look like a joe-dirt special.

I am. I've been searching for three days now on the internet. Every road actually leads to me selling the Fikses, which, if my old OZ wheels fit, I may be doing. I'm out of other options, unfortunately.

Custom made wheel hubs for up front?

I was thinking custom adapters, but along the same lines.

They're out there.

The 1Gen CTS cars have a 5x114.3 pattern, but since (by comparison) there are a ton of more option in the 5x120 pattern, guys would get hubcentric spacers to accomodate the difference, and run 5x120 wheels without any highway vibrations.


If it would make your life easier though, just sell me the brakes and you won't have any of this stuff to worry about... Birthday's coming up! :mrgreen:

going back to oem brakes ? lol

No way. The drivers side OEM caliper froze, and I really want something stronger to match the car's power.

I found a place that will custom make hub centric spacers. That and the ARP studs, I think I should be good. Hubcentering was my only worry.