I'm new to wheel spacers.. Any advice would be much appreciated:)

Some of this may seem a bit stupid, sorry:D


Soo: What's the easiest (well, cheapest too) way to get another 20+ mm width on my 340?

I don't feel that safe going more than 5mm with a plain spacer on the current studs, which is not enough for the wheels I intend to put on.

Are new studs easy to fit? I imagine them to be pressed / screwed / welded / whatever'd very securely. Not sure though...

The type of spacer that bolts to the hub with flush fitting bolts and has studs attached to it look good.. But 340;s have studs. I could of course cut the studs down flush to the spacer and use matching nuts, but I'd like to be able to stick stock steels back on and keep the spacers / wheels if I ever sell it. And that type of spacer is more expensive.

Errrm, I don't know where I'm going with this now.

Point is that every method seems to have a downside. Which do folks with 340's prefer?

the absolute easyest and best way is to avoid weel spacers and get wheels with a very low ET value, this way the original studs can be kept.

if you have 5mm spacers there is barely 4strokes of thread on each nut holding your wheel to the hub, this is why those spacers are illegal on standard studs, you risk wearing out the thread it you torque the nut with a wrench....., best 2nd option is as you say to bolt a spacer to the hub, on most alloy rims the nuts holding that spacer will flush into the rim. otherwise a machine shop can sort that out for you.

most work is replacing the studs, espescially on the rear this can give you quite a headache

but whatever you decide on spacing etc; make sure you have a spare tire that fits too....

volvodspec wrote:the absolute easyest and best way is to avoid weel spacers and get wheels with a very low ET value, this way the original studs can be kept.

if you have 5mm spacers there is barely 4strokes of thread on each nut holding your wheel to the hub, this is why those spacers are illegal on standard studs, you risk wearing out the thread it you torque the nut with a wrench....., best 2nd option is as you say to bolt a spacer to the hub, on most alloy rims the nuts holding that spacer will flush into the rim. otherwise a machine shop can sort that out for you.

most work is replacing the studs, espescially on the rear this can give you quite a headache

but whatever you decide on spacing etc; make sure you have a spare tire that fits too....

I thought replacing the studs might be a bit of a pain in the ass.. And correct offset wheels could probably be purchased for the price of a decent set of bolt on spacers. Thankfully the wheels that won't fit (front) were very cheap! Thanks for the info:)