Wheel spacers....

[G187]

wheres the best place to buy em from and cheapest?

[furioAL]

They come in all shapes and sizes on ebay mate... probably the cheapest aswel...

Most companies that sell alloy wheels also sell spacers... so if you are buying alloys it is well worth asking the company if they will give you discount if you order spacers with them...

Alex
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[G187]

i've already brought the wheels, but i dont want to buy a set of spacers untill i know which size i need, the wheels i brought are et30(15x7) is it possible that i can get aways with 10mm spacers? i know that i wud need 12mm to balance it to et18, but would 10mm do it?

[S34MER]

Not being rude mate, but SEARCH!!!!

here's some i found for you....

heres a few mate! (http://www.saxperience.com/forum/search.php?searchid=39207)

checkout my post, this should help mate! (http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41822&highlight=spacers)

[G187]

cheers

[furioAL]

i've already brought the wheels, but i dont want to buy a set of spacers untill i know which size i need, the wheels i brought are et30(15x7) is it possible that i can get aways with 10mm spacers? i know that i wud need 12mm to balance it to et18, but would 10mm do it?

No 10mm spacers would not do it.. they will rub... the 12mm spacers are the MINIMUM... to ensure good clearance it is recommended you make the offset ET15, so you would need 15MM spacers...

If you are getting spacers that are over 10mm in size it is recommended you get hubcentric spacers... they effectively have two sets of bolts and prevent wheel 'wobble'... the spacer bolts to your car, then the wheel bolts to the spacer.... rather than using the normal bolts...

Ebay have some pretty cheap spacer sets.... have a look in the forsale section.... if not you can try www.demon-tweeks.co.uk, www.motor-world.co.uk, www.topgear.co.uk

If you want to learn more about fitting larger alloys on a saxo read here (http://www.saxperience.com/faq/show-article.php?artid=81)
If you want to learn more about offsets and spacers read here (http://www.saxperience.com/faq/show-article.php?artid=106)

Hope that helps
Alex
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[G187]

cheers, is it true though that it depends on the width on the wheel is well, like and et30 8inch wide wheel will need a bigger spacer then a et30 7 inch wide wheel...

[furioAL]

No, not strictly true... the offset is the distance from where the bolts mount to the hub on the axle.... If they both had the same offset they are the same distance away, and would need the same size spacers... they would merely stick out an extra inch on the other side of the bolts...

Alex
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[G187]

ok mate,

got the wheels and tried putting them on it looks like 10mm spacers shud clear it, whats more important though is that i'll only be able to put them on if the centre bore is bored out slighty (2-3mm max), is this safe to do? if so how much am i looking at to get this done?