True, but if your going to do it properly then you should machine them out of steel, with a grooved section for the stud to go through and then weld them to the hubs. THey then are part of the origional hub and are quite acceptable.
I was talking about the generic ones. They are all bad news! Chris S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 7:48 AM Subject: Re: 15 > spacer arent SO bad if they are specially machined for your hub, and are a nice tight fit on.....its these ones that have slotted holes in them that are dodgy and tend to snap studs > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Chris Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 21:18:10 +0800 > Subject: Re: 15" wheels > > Longer studs are not a good idea, check back in the history, there has been > much discussion on these, as well as spacers. > > Check it out before you do it > > Just warning you, that all! > > Chris S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richie bokes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 2:55 PM > Subject: Re: 15" wheels > > > > The best way to find the wheels with the look you are after is to go > around > > and just try on different mags until you find a set that clear everything > , > > sit and look how you want. Mabe you could use a spacer to put them out a > > bit. I am running a spacer behind each of my front mags on my Wagon so as > to > > clear everything. The only trouble you might get when you run a spacer is > > that the studs might be to short for the nut to get a good grip. That > means > > you would have to buy new studs like i did and that is 10 bucks a stud. > > > > Cheers > > > > Richard > > > > > > >From: "Ross Goddard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "Ozdat (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: 15" wheels > > >Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 14:47:40 +1000 > > > > > >Hi List > > > > > >Does anyone know of a cheap source of 15 inch wheels with the right > offset. > > >I have a set of TRX rims on my stanza that look OK, but they dont really > > >fill the guards like I had hoped they would. Do Skyline rims have a > > >different offset? > > > > > >Alternatively, is there a combination of struts and diff that allow them > to > > >sit out a bit further?? > > > > > >Ross G > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > > > > > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
