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Yeah I'm not really sure what caused it, they were 2" adapters from Stage 3 motorsports. This is the only picture I have left of just the spacer taken from a potato phone in 2014 lol, but you can see where the wheel was not in even contact with it. I'll keep searching for the picture, but there was a picture with the spacer still on the wheel from the back and you could see a probably 1/16" gap between the spacer and the wheel. Full discloser that was after the wheel came off so the spacer very well could've gotten bent after the fact and may not have came to me deformed but you can see the lugnuts in the middle that I used, those were what held on the the wheels prior for a few years so I know they were good, and as always spun on by hand because I was too cheap to get a impact gun lol so they were not cross threaded.

https://i.imgur.com/qH4tcp9.jpeg


Ah thanks for that. I don't think my camera was any better back in 2014 lmao. Looking at the wear markings it seems like the original lug nuts that hold your spacer on could've been the problem. If the spacer doesn't stick out further than the head of your lug nuts then your wheel won't be flush against the hub, it's basically torqued to the lug nuts. This happened to me when I bought 1" adapters for my car and realized I needed the 1.25" instead. I use impact tools so I realized when putting the wheel on - I did the usual star pattern, got the wheel flush against the hub and began my final cranks with the impact. Even with the wheel flush those lugs were still turning! I was actually bending the wheel inwards because it was pressing against my OEM lug nuts. Instead of buying aftermarket lug nuts I returned the spacers for larger ones which have been working great. If you still have those spacers I'd check the clearances with OEM lug nuts, you may find a surprise when doing so
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Hentch wrote
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Yeah I'm not really sure what caused it, they were 2" adapters from Stage 3 motorsports. This is the only picture I have left of just the spacer taken from a potato phone in 2014 lol, but you can see where the wheel was not in even contact with it. I'll keep searching for the picture, but there was a picture with the spacer still on the wheel from the back and you could see a probably 1/16" gap between the spacer and the wheel. Full discloser that was after the wheel came off so the spacer very well could've gotten bent after the fact and may not have came to me deformed but you can see the lugnuts in the middle that I used, those were what held on the the wheels prior for a few years so I know they were good, and as always spun on by hand because I was too cheap to get a impact gun lol so they were not cross threaded.

https://i.imgur.com/qH4tcp9.jpeg


Ah thanks for that. I don't think my camera was any better back in 2014 lmao. Looking at the wear markings it seems like the original lug nuts that hold your spacer on could've been the problem. If the spacer doesn't stick out further than the head of your lug nuts then your wheel won't be flush against the hub, it's basically torqued to the lug nuts. This happened to me when I bought 1" adapters for my car and realized I needed the 1.25" instead. I use impact tools so I realized when putting the wheel on - I did the usual star pattern, got the wheel flush against the hub and began my final cranks with the impact. Even with the wheel flush those lugs were still turning! I was actually bending the wheel inwards because it was pressing against my OEM lug nuts. Instead of buying aftermarket lug nuts I returned the spacers for larger ones which have been working great. If you still have those spacers I'd check the clearances with OEM lug nuts, you may find a surprise when doing so


The lugs / nuts were not the issue, you can see the contact patch in the middle of the spacer between each hole, this shows that the hub mounting surface was not exactly flat and instead of the wheel having the full contact surface it only had that little bit that it could seat to, but since the wheel was seated there the lugs / lug nuts did not interfere with the mounting.
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As a Master Tech I 100% don't recommend running spacers. I've seen multiple sets fail first hand. I had a cheap eBay set fail on me when I was younger so cheap isn't the way to go ( obviously ). So your next option is expensive and I've had to date maybe 3 or 4 customers who have had "expensive spacer " failure even though they were torqued to spec 80-90ft lbs. I personally wouldn't rely on a 100$ piece of metal to hold together your wheel to hub. It's not worth the risk in the event of failure.


Side note - if you do run spacers make sure to retorque them to spec every 100 miles / 160 Kilometres
Good luck. Cheers!
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