Caution: Before/When Installing .75 Spacers Check the OEM studs

When I put on BORA 0.75 spacers on my 2004 tacoma I had to cut the stock studs. Without cutting the studs the stock wheels (even with the pockets) would not sit flush. This is definitely an install issue, not a product issue.

 

the same people that installed them originally verified the studs were to long. I am assuming it was the GS guys that installed it. I use to work at Goodyear and most of these guys don't have the mindset of seeing if things look off, since they are use to oil changes, rotating tires, changing tires, and moving on...

 

I unfortunately cannot work on my truck since I don't have the location to do it. Reason I miss being on active duty, can always go to the Auto Hobby shop.

 

Bottom line is, the shop incorrectly installed the spacers.

 

yup

 

This..

I run BORA .75 with toyota alloys. I saw the studs sticking out but there is room in the wheel flange so no worries!

 

So, if the spacers were installed correctly there would have not been any issues what so ever?

 

Yes, thread should be titled "Do not install wheel spacers incorrectly"

 

How do you incorrectly install these spacers? Put them on backwards LOL?

The spacers are fine, the wheels should have space between the lug holes

 

Studs protruding past the spacers not allowing the wheel to seat correctly against the wheel. The problem was not identified and corrected.

 

By incorrectly, I mean they should have noticed the studs sticking out and noted that it can't be installed. To me that is incorrect installation, bad installation, whatever you want to call it. Look at the thread its plain and simple that the only way these spacers can work is by trimming the studs or buying new wheels.

 

I agree with the others that this thread is titled incorrectly..

And sorry about the damage to your truck, that sucks

 

On some trucks it may not be an issue. There are a lot of alloy wheels that have recesses between the lug holes that those protruding studs would simply fit within.


Like this...no clue what wheel this is.

 

Wouldn't adding any width of spacer require the stud to be longer than the stock ones? Using stock studs with a spacer seems unintelligent. Unless I'm missing something.

 

They come with new studs built into the spacer, these studs are what you'll affix the wheel and lug nuts too. The stock studs in your hub use a small open end lug nut to hold the spacer to the hub.

 

This would be something that in your case, would need longer studs....

 

Oh I think I see. So his stock studs were keeping the wheel from seating all the way because they were sticking too far out of the spacer?

So its more of an "adapter" than a spacer. I've run similar on Volkswagen's if the bolt pattern on the wheel was different than stock. Accomplished both spacing the wheel and changing the bolt pattern. Couldn't you just swap the stock studs with longer ones and avoid the multi-stud/nut combo?

 

So an "adapter" would allow the use of a wheel with a different bolt pattern. These truly are just spacers as they keep the same bolt pattern and only push the wheel out further.

If you ran a hub centric spacer without studs then yes, you'd need a set of longer studs.

Either style is just fine, but with OP's style spacer the stock studs either needed a recessed pocket to accommodate the extra stud or have his studs cut down below the line of the spacer.



You can see in OPs first two pictures where the extra stud length left small impressions on the back of his wheels as well as the ~1/8" of stud sticking out creating this issue.

 

Makes way more sense. Guess I didn't know there were spacers like that. Would probably be more secure than a hub centric spacer I suppose. I would think whoever installed them would notice something was amiss but stranger things have happened.

Came into this thread confused, I'm leaving educated. Relatively speaking anyway.

 

Well before you leave you should know these spacers are hub centric haha. It's ALWAYS better to go hub centric when available.

Hub centric simply means the center hole on the spacer matches the hub diameter of your vehicle, and there's an extra lip to again match the hub dimensions so the wheel has a solid lip to seat to.

But yes, you can get a design in which requires longer studs or a design where it comes with the studs built in.