Hey folks,

I just received the 7mm and 15mm spacers from suncoast parts in black!

http://www.suncoastparts.com/product//RSS7MM.html
http://www.suncoastparts.com/product//RSS15MM.html

1) I noticed that there were a few spacers that had the black part scratched off. would this affect the performance or reliability of the spacer? it's minor, so picture is attached:

2) I noticed an older thread (post #6 from https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ml#post2753700) that mentioned:

Also, make sure you use those 2 small screws to attach to spacer to the hub and this aligns the bolt holes also.

however, i do not see any small screws to attach the spacer to the hub. Are these RSS spacers not a good spacer to use?

3) I also remember hearing about hubcentric spacers. I notice that the 15mm spacer has a "lip", but the 7mm does not. does this have anything to do with hubcentric. If not, what exactly does hubcentric mean?

Thanks in advance for educating me!

Wolf

hubcentric

 

The screws you mention keep the spacer attached to the hub. They aren't necessary but they are convenient. Without them you'll need to adjust the hole locations. The locating pin will take care of most of that issue.

I've purchased a few wheel spacers in the past and the 5 - 7mm spacers never had hub centric guides. Their absence didn't cause any problems.

The lip on the hub centric ring fits into the bore on the wheel. That fitment centers the wheel on the hub. This is generally considered the best form of alignment. The other method is lug centric where the lug nuts or wheel bolts center the wheel.

 

Thanks for the informative answer, Alan!


Any feedback on the minor 'scratch'? I assume this is normal...?


Rep points to you! cheers,
wolf

 

It won't hurt the part. It is more of a cosmetic issue. If it were me I would touch it up with some paint.

 

You're not going to see it anyway - the wheel covers it...and after putting the wheels on and off a couple of times it will get that "aged" look anyway.

 

I thought the RSS spacers (5mm & 7mm) were hubcentric?

 

Wolf, thanks for purchasing our wheel spacers through Suncoast. Sorry to hear you have what looks to be a very small scratch on the black spacer. This will not effect fitment or performance in any way but feel free to contact me directly or the good folks at Suncoast if you would like a replacement kit, no problem.

 

looks great! The only confusion i had was if the "lip" faces outwards for the 7mm spacer, but i think i did it correctly (spacer1.jpg correct, spacer2.jpg incorrect).

It was a more pronouned lip for the 15mm spacer and it fit perfectly in the wheel, which made it more obvious.

some terrible pics attached.

Now i have the following setup:
My old Summer wheels for C2 are now my C4 Winters:
O.Z. Ultraleggera HLT
Front: 19x8.5 ET46 (295/30)
Rear: 19x11, ET36 (235/35)

Summers are now stock Turbo II Wheels (couldn't find official offsets from porsche website, so found these numbers at http://bit.ly/w1WUlK):
Front: 19x8.5" ET48
Rear: 19x11" ET36


Questions:
1) I also did not put any anti-seize paste on the lug bolts (Optimoly TA suggested in the book). Will this be an issue? I just purchased Optimoly TA from Motobins.uk since i could not find it anywhere in the US....
2) I did not put any anti-seize paste lubricant or the wheel<->spacer <->wheel hub. Is this ok or will it make it more difficult if i want to remove the spacer in the future
3) Before installing the spacer, I lightly sandpapered the wheel hub to make sure there was nothing that would be 'stuck' between wheel hub and spacer. Should i have put some type of paste or lubricant afterwards?

Thanks again in advance!
wolf

 

Anti-seize paste on the lug bolts is recommend but not essential. Just make sure to apply the paste during the next tyre rotation.

Lubricant for the spacer/hub is again not essential unless you have constant bad weather.

 

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thanks for the informative reply! We have pretty harsh winter in New England. What lubricant would you recommend for spacer hub? I will also add anti seize when I rotate back to winter tires. Cheers!

 

No problem. For the hub face, a thin layer of high temp copper anti seize (whatever brand you can get over there) should do the trick. For the rotor hat, I'd just paint them with some high temp paint.

 

Factory uses Optimol TA Paste which is an aluminum based anti seize compound.

 

I have 7mm up front, 15mm in the rear. Started with H&R spacers. The rear has the lip, the front did not. Felt vibrations in the steering wheel at highway speeds. The problem was the absence of a lip on the front spacers along with Porsche washer style lug bolts. Too much slop in mounting the front wheels to the hub caused off center balance issues (lobster fork style wheels).

Tried an eBay brand spacer without a lip - fail.

Switched to aftermarket one-piece lug bolts - helped a ton, still had some vibration at high speed.

Finally fixed with Brey-Krause brand 7mm spacers with a lip. Here's the original thread: https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...c-spacers.html

You can check the "slop" by removing the Porsche cap from the wheel while attaching the wheel. Visually inspect how much play exists between the wheel and the hub before installing lug bolts.