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I Had Local Shop Make Mine...
Posted by Peter Ingram (more from Peter Ingram) on Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:11:38
In Reply to: Re: Local machine shop, TML
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$140 for four, made of billet aluminum.
I'm running 17x7.5 on a '93 Aero. I had the spacers milled to match the wheel's bore on one side, with hubcentric flange, and on the other side, I had the bore done to match the car's 65.1mm hub.
The specs of the car's setup:
-- 4x108 bolt pattern
-- 65.1mm hub bore
-- Be SURE to have the center open to enable the hub's center to protrude through the spacer. I think I recall that 42mm was the diameter of the center hole we created in my spacers.
-- Given you're running 7-inch-wide rims, I'd recommend taking your offset down from 42mm to 30mm -- that's what Abbott Racing uses on their 7-inch-wide rims. Hence, you're looking at a 12mm-thick spacer. You can get away with a bit higher offset number, but I can tell you my 7.5-inch-wide rims at 30mm of offset just BARELY cleared the rear control arms. My only concern is that your wheels' original offset of 42mm is quite high, and hence your spacers are thicker -- this is likely to set up vibration issues. Your wheels are likely optimal for a Ford Focus, yes?
-- You'll absolutely need to obtain longer lug bolts. Measure the length of your current bolts, then add whatever the thickness of the spacer is to the original length to determine the length of the new bolts.
Hope this helps.
--Peter Ingram
'93 Aero 5 spd., 147K mi., all redone but never finished
Atlanta, GA
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