Wheel spacer .. how much of it do you really need ?
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Wheel spacer .. how much of it do you really need ?
So was looking at the back of my 949 6UL today .. and noticed that the back of the wheel wasn't completely flush to the hub.
There's a X shaped rise a few mm.
For my application, I'm using a 949 15x9 +12 wheel and I need 20mm spacers in the rear. The spacer is a nice aluminum hub centric unit and already drilled for 4x100 as well as 4x114 but still weights a hefty 21.6 oz. I'm thinking of trying to further reduce weight by removing the area of the spacer that the wheel doesn't mount flush to. Similar to how Keisler's timken hubs are modified / scalloped but more extreme.
But ... figure I would ask first if this was a horrible idea or not, before I break out the grinder. I'm thinking the worse I can do is throw off the balance of the spacer if I didn't remove the material evenly enough. However, if I pretty much mirror that X, I assume it should be good as I assume that X on the wheel is balanced.
So .. LMK what do you guys think ?
There's a X shaped rise a few mm.
For my application, I'm using a 949 15x9 +12 wheel and I need 20mm spacers in the rear. The spacer is a nice aluminum hub centric unit and already drilled for 4x100 as well as 4x114 but still weights a hefty 21.6 oz. I'm thinking of trying to further reduce weight by removing the area of the spacer that the wheel doesn't mount flush to. Similar to how Keisler's timken hubs are modified / scalloped but more extreme.
But ... figure I would ask first if this was a horrible idea or not, before I break out the grinder. I'm thinking the worse I can do is throw off the balance of the spacer if I didn't remove the material evenly enough. However, if I pretty much mirror that X, I assume it should be good as I assume that X on the wheel is balanced.
So .. LMK what do you guys think ?
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The MiataCage spacers a lot of spec Miata guys use are already sort of doing some of that. They cut some away and drill quite a bit of the rest. I think most of them are just round because they are easier to make like that.
Miatacage.com. Wheels and Spacers
Miatacage.com. Wheels and Spacers
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