Wheel Spacers on GT1
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Id go 10mm front and 20mm back if you want a more aggressive look without poke.
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Does a particular brand matter?
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Any of the recognizable brands like H&R and Eibach would be fine. You'll want to make sure you get forged aluminum hub centric spacers. A lot of guys run the NGT 20mm front and back too, you can find them at www.khartunerz.com if you want to see some pictures of how they look. I found 20mm up front had a bit of poke when you're not lowered so Im currently running 20mm in the back and no spacers up front and it looks pretty good at stock height. I am considering grabbing some 10mm for my front now though.
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This linked post has images my stock 19" rims at stock height, with 20mm spacers on all 4 corners.
Non name brand amazon specials - hub centric (actual brand is - Goldenlion) - were under $100 CAD shipped, tax free!
They are perfectly round (they were made on a lathe after all) and are definately good enough for the girls I go out with.
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Non name brand amazon specials - hub centric (actual brand is - Goldenlion) - were under $100 CAD shipped, tax free!
They are perfectly round (they were made on a lathe after all) and are definately good enough for the girls I go out with.
3.3TT - 15mm spacers or 20mm spacers? (Stock 19" wheels)
I'm thinking about adding hubcentric spacers to my car and I'm considering either 15mm or 20mm. Does anyone know if 15mm spacers will fit with the stock 19" wheels? I heard that 20mm spacers fit for sure. BONOSS has 15mm and 20mm while GarageLine has only 20mm, both are high quality.
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Is there such a thing as 10mm hub-centric spacer?
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Of course, why would you think there wouldn't be? I think a lot of people confuse hub centric with thinking it only includes spacers with pressed studs in them, but that has nothing to do with them being hub centric or not.
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All too often, flat spacers with a 67.1mm bore are called hub centric.
Like these non hub centric spacers that are called hub centric.
I just haven't seen a 10mm hub centric spacer, but I suppose it could exist. 10mm is probably close to the thinnest that can exist and still be hubcentric.
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Agreed those arent hub centric and yeah 10mm is about as low as you can go to get them. I know H&R and Eibach both have true hub centric 10mm spacers.
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BloxSport makes the ones I’m running. I did buy new mag seat lug nuts with a bit longer shaft to use with them. The 10mm spacers were the thinnest I could find with the hubcentric “lip” for the wheel, but it left too little of the stud for the OEM lug nuts to safely hold the wheel on, I could only get like 7 turns. With the different longer lug nuts I could get 10 turns, and have periodically tested the torque, and it has held fast. I’m very happy with them, they are built well, and look great. They are made in China, but are not cheap. Highly recommend. But again, I would not feel safe running them with the stock mag seat lug nuts.
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Not exactly like those “ET” ones in that link, those appear to have a conical seat. These are still the basic “shank with washer” style, like the OEM ones, but the shank is longer, so it threads deeper onto the studs. My 2021 stinger came with OEM 12x1.5 mag seat lug nuts with a shank of 0.61”(minus the washer). Available on eBay are 12x1.5 mag seat lug nuts + cragar center washer 0.75” shank (again, minus the washer). That gave me an extra 0.14” (~3.5mm) worth of thread turns. I could DM you a eBay link to both the spacers and those mag seat lug nuts if you’d like to check them out. I’d post them here in the thread, but I don’t know if we’re suppose to post eBay links.
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Your stinger came with mag seat rims?
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Yep. They changed to mag seat wheels I think in 2020. No idea why. There’s a thread about it on this forum.
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I had to learn the hard way ... but if you buy second-hand wheel(s), ask for their factory wheel nuts also. See pic below. The one on the left is the type that my 2017 Stinger GT came with. The one on the right is the new version, which has a captive washer and the dome-section at the base...
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I was unaware.Yep. They changed to mag seat wheels I think in 2020. No idea why. There’s a thread about it on this forum.
Beware of Second-hand wheels! The wheel nut design has changed!
I had to learn the hard way ... but if you buy second-hand wheel(s), ask for their factory wheel nuts also. See pic below. The one on the left is the type that my 2017 Stinger GT came with. The one on the right is the new version, which has a captive washer and the dome-section at the base...
Wonder why they switched.
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On stock 19s (225/40 on 8" and 255/35 on 8.5", +34 and +46.5 offset I believe), 20mm spacers all around will work and flush the tires up nicely.
To make sure they're a good fit, you can put the spacer on without the nuts and see if it has any play, then after bolting the spacers on (with threadlocker/loctite), you can do the same test with the wheel, just a bit harder due to the weight.
I didn't do this, but I have seen guys who have very slight play in the spacer, wrap the hub in a layer of electrical tape to take out the slack and ensure it's centered. Mine had almost no movement, and I have not noticed any vibration even at 100+.
To make sure they're a good fit, you can put the spacer on without the nuts and see if it has any play, then after bolting the spacers on (with threadlocker/loctite), you can do the same test with the wheel, just a bit harder due to the weight.
I didn't do this, but I have seen guys who have very slight play in the spacer, wrap the hub in a layer of electrical tape to take out the slack and ensure it's centered. Mine had almost no movement, and I have not noticed any vibration even at 100+.
