Wheel Spacer for OEM EX wheels?

[pocb7]

If I want a wider stance for the car what would be the best thickness of the spacer (5mm,15mm,25mm)? For the oem ex wheels.

Is this a legit question or am I stupid

Anyway some answer please.

[93accordexcoupe]

ask uncle el, he has em

are u still coming to the meet?

[AccordWarrior]

You're not the only one who's thought about this

El would be the person to ask about this though.

[pocb7]

ask uncle el, he has em

are u still coming to the meet?

I was so sure about 3 days ago, but somthing came up , but I might be able to avoid it . I really really want to go though so I show of the goodies on my CB, plus this would be my first meet.

Anyway thanks for the reponse guys, I'll ask Uncle El.

[uncle_el]

ask uncle el, he has em

are u still coming to the meet?

i don't run oem wheels though.

i use 5 mm spacers, timmy0tool runs 10mm spacers. while spacers push the wheels out from the body, i wouldn't necessarily call the stance any wider, as you don't change anything about the wheels or tires... but i guess it is "wider" in the sense that the wheels are further out than they were previously.

with stock wheel studs, 5 mm is safe, 10 mm is pushing it, 15mm spacers would likely be impossible, and 25 mm would be something i wouldn't even think of! the larger the spacer is, the less room/turns you have to torque your lug nuts down.

to use 15mm and 25mm spacers, you'd have to get extended wheel studs. and they're (extended wheel studs) even a consideration with 10mm spacers.

the inherited risk of using spacers is that your lug nuts are not on as tight/as many turns/torqued down the same amount as when you were not using spacers.

overall, in my mind at least, the use of spacers is more aesthetic or avoiding complications/problem solving than it is about performance. i use the spacers to push the wheels (15 x 7, +38 offset) out and away from the body, as i think it looks better. timmy0tool is using the spacers because his wheels (16 x 8, +50 offset) will simply not fit on without hitting the suspension components.

[pocb7]

aw man, only someone like you can answer in such a professional manner with such a great knowledge. Really apreciate your response. Thank you .

[PRIMOCB7]

If I want a wider stance for the car what would be the best thickness of the spacer (5mm,15mm,25mm)? For the oem ex wheels.

Is this a legit question or am I stupid

like el said, it can be done. but i'd rather get wider wheels to begin with for a wider stance. it will handle better than pushing out the OEM wheels w/ spacers and obviously look better too.

[timmy0tool]

uncle_el owns! haha

but in all seriousness, if you had to add spacers i would add a 5mm at the most. the stock studs are very short. i'm utterly scared everytime i corner with a pair of 10mm spacers on my rear wheels . i need to get adapters...25mm anyone? LOL

[deevergote]

I never realized el was on spacers! I thought about this myself... a slightly wider stance would help cornering, I would think. Now, when I got my 7.5" wide wheels, negative camber was a definite issue. What is currently less than half a degree on my OEM wheels was a tire-destroying number with the wider Falkens. With the use of spacers, will that change the geometry enough to make camber an issue? (use of a camber kit caused even more problems, and I elected to remove the kit and run the OEM wheels... but that's for another thread.)

[gloryaccordy]

Deev- check the toe. _el doesn't run camber kits and from what I know doesn't munch through tires. My rears are dropped like my fronts, but I haven't got an alignment (I need a new front UCA...) and the rears have been good for about a year/10k miles, while the fronts are 5k in and well on their way out from inside wear. The fronts also have a lot more camber than the rears but I know for a fact my toe is messed up...

Cliff notes: toe>>>camber