What's up guys. I recently got some 17's, and when I was getting them mounted and balanced the shop recommended getting spacers. Is it really necessary to get them? I'm not sure what size to get, and does anyone know of a good website to order them from?

 

you only need spacers if the offset is wrong, if you get spacers with the right offset then you'll look like a lowrider, you know the ones with the pop-out wheels... orele vato, yato's locos foreva essay

 

:chuckles:

Maybe I'm talking about something else then....

The hole in the center of my rims is a little bigger than the stock rims.....so really only the lug nuts are holding the rim on.

For instance....after a few months the lug nut holes could wear a little, and because the center hole is bigger than it should be....the rim could jiggle around even when fully tightened. Anyone follow this?

I thought a spacer was a thin piece of metal that went between the rim and the rotor/mounting area to emulate a stock rim.

 

It's your lugs that hold your wheel on tight. Some wheel companies include hubcentric rings, that may be what they are talking about.

 

yeah a hubcentric ring will mate perfectly with the circular recess on the back of your wheel, and reduces vibration somewhat, but its not necesary, I think nearly 90percent of people on here, including myself, have aftermarket rims without the ring spacer. Its really your call, if youll feel safer doing it, then do so.

 

Cool thanks

 

usually, those rings come with the rims.