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Old 04-18-2009, 09:15 PM
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Re: Wheel Spacersssss

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Originally Posted by benebob View Post
This is coming from someone who doesn't race his car. Spacers are a way of life in the racing world and are perfectly safe if using non hubcentric wheels and lug nuts. I have some nice 5,10,20 and 30mm spacers sitting right beside our 10 inch wheels in the basement. Getting properly fitted tires and wheels for different conditions would dictate well over $10k in investment to cover the bases above when you can do the same thing for about $1500 and one set of wheels.
I thought that spacers stressed our hubs and led to premature wheel bearing failure... I think I have had my car out more recently at a race than you have anyway
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