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Are adapters bad for racing? or reliability? or anything?
Do not use adapters for racing they should only be used on a weekend cruiser and even then are iffy imo. If you wanna run 5 lug do the really 5 lug swap
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Do not use adapters for racing they should only be used on a weekend cruiser and even then are iffy imo. If you wanna run 5 lug do the really 5 lug swap
Wait I meant spacers. Mine is a 5 lug swapped but the offset is bad. It apparently would rub on the inside.
I use spacers and hub rings on one of my sets of wheels which has my track tires on it. It's not preferred, though it works until I decide on and purchase a dedicated set of track wheels.
It's been suggested that running spacers will wear out wheel bearings prematurely, though I don't have enough data myself to say for sure.
I think the point is that you shouldn't be pushing your car that hard on a "canyon run". On a track you will be pushing thing to the limit more-times-then-not.
Also, ya know, canyons don't usually have run-off areas and safety barriers. So, yea.
Originally posted by Matt-B
hey does anyone know anyone who gets upset and makes electronics?
i've had adapters. regardless of any safety issue that may or may not be present (every claims they are unsafe, but no one has any proof), if you have to ask, you obviously don't trust the idea. also, they are a giant pain the in ass.
1)you have to undo double the lug nuts to take everything apart.
2)just like regular spacers, sometimes you are going to have to fight them to un-stick them from your hubs.
3)stupid offsets
summary: put the $300 towards a better set of 4x100 wheels.
So, the thing about adapters is that you generally have fasteners anchored in aluminum. This is, as a rule, sketchy without a real engineering study.
Spacers are fine to a point (and there is no difference in attachment security that I can see between studs and bolts). However, they introduce another opportunity to screw up the wheel alignment on the hubs - vibrations are far more likely with spacers than without.
Pushing the wheel centerline out does also alter suspension geometry and bearing load.
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