H&R Spacer... Lip shaved/broke off?!

flashburn · 04-21-2011, 06:48 PM

Turns out FedEx's website was wrong, and they did deliver them to my office today... after I had already gone home for the day, doh! Should be able to install them Saturday morning and go out for a quick test drive.

kenchan · 04-21-2011, 09:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flashburn

Turns out FedEx's website was wrong, and they did deliver them to my office today... after I had already gone home for the day, doh! Should be able to install them Saturday morning and go out for a quick test drive.

lol... at least you know they're ready tomorrow when you get to your work.

RuiZ- ive not had issues with Kics as i posted earlier and the Eibach (with built-in lugs) seems ok as well.

Rui Z · 04-21-2011, 07:26 PM

So whats a better spacer than the H&R?

flashburn · 04-22-2011, 07:14 AM

They are sitting on my desk now. Hopefully these last longer than 6 months.

kenchan · 04-22-2011, 09:35 AM

flashburn · 04-24-2011, 08:23 PM

Installed the new spacers on Friday. All of the vibrations I was getting previously are gone, so things seem good now. Hopefully these don't break too.

I took a couple of pictures of the broken ones, I'll post them up tomorrow.

flashburn · 04-25-2011, 04:02 PM

Pics:

kenchan · 04-25-2011, 04:39 PM

that's a clean break. i saw something exactly like this before...

flashburn · 04-25-2011, 04:48 PM

At first it looked so clean that I thought it was cut off, but looking at it closely that definitely wasn't what happened. It obviously broke apart. Cheap German crap!

kenchan · 04-25-2011, 04:54 PM

yah, im trying to find the thread where someone bought or was going to buy H&R spacers with the lip broken off. it was one of the members here that was asking about if it got the real deal or not or something. looked exactly like yours.

flashburn · 04-25-2011, 05:16 PM

Why would you do this to spacers?

flashburn · 04-25-2011, 05:21 PM

Yeah, that looks exactly the same, not completely clean cut, a bit jagged, definitely broken off I'd say. So here is that guy's answer.

kenchan · 04-25-2011, 06:02 PM

Hahaha, that's the one!

phunk · 04-25-2011, 06:09 PM

damn lol the guy who sold them probably didnt even realize... such a clean break he probably looked at them and thought "i coulda swore they had a hubcentric ring, oh well"... meanwhile the broken off part is probably still sitting in his wheels in the garage

flashburn · 04-25-2011, 06:25 PM

Yeah, I've taken off my wheels twice before this, and I never noticed. I only noticed this time because I removed my spacers to try my track wheels out. I had my rear wheels off too, so I was easily able to compare what they were supposed to look like.

I just feel stupid, since I've been driving around with this awful vibration for like 6 months or something, even got my wheels rebalanced to try to fix it, and it's been the spacers fault.

Good news is, this means I'll be sticking with my Hankook's instead of going with the DW's, since my rear's are almost bald and my front's are only at about 5/32". This whole time I was thinking it was the tires to blame.

04-21-2011, 06:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	Turns out FedEx's website was wrong, and they did deliver them to my office today... after I had already gone home for the day, doh! Should be able to install them Saturday morning and go out for a quick test drive. __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

04-21-2011, 07:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rui Z Track Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: (.)(.) Posts: 931 Drives: 8====D Rep Power: 17	So whats a better spacer than the H&R? __________________

04-22-2011, 07:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	They are sitting on my desk now. Hopefully these last longer than 6 months. __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

04-24-2011, 08:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	Installed the new spacers on Friday. All of the vibrations I was getting previously are gone, so things seem good now. Hopefully these don't break too. I took a couple of pictures of the broken ones, I'll post them up tomorrow. __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

04-25-2011, 04:02 PM	#7 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	Pics: __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

04-22-2011, 09:35 AM	#5 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521

04-25-2011, 04:39 PM	#8 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	that's a clean break. i saw something exactly like this before...

04-25-2011, 04:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	At first it looked so clean that I thought it was cut off, but looking at it closely that definitely wasn't what happened. It obviously broke apart. Cheap German crap! __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

04-25-2011, 04:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	yah, im trying to find the thread where someone bought or was going to buy H&R spacers with the lip broken off. it was one of the members here that was asking about if it got the real deal or not or something. looked exactly like yours.

04-25-2011, 05:16 PM	#11 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	Why would you do this to spacers? __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

04-25-2011, 05:21 PM	#12 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	Yeah, that looks exactly the same, not completely clean cut, a bit jagged, definitely broken off I'd say. So here is that guy's answer. __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

04-25-2011, 06:02 PM	#13 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	Hahaha, that's the one!

04-25-2011, 06:09 PM	#14 (permalink)
phunk A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 3,669 Drives: 370 Rep Power: 974724	damn lol the guy who sold them probably didnt even realize... such a clean break he probably looked at them and thought "i coulda swore they had a hubcentric ring, oh well"... meanwhile the broken off part is probably still sitting in his wheels in the garage __________________ Charles @ CJ Motorsports : Website \| Facebook \| Instagram \| YouTube Home of the 9 second, stock longblock, stock drivetrain 6MT 370z. 9.91 @ 142mph

04-25-2011, 06:25 PM	#15 (permalink)
flashburn A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 1,884 Drives: '12 Corvette GS 6M Rep Power: 19	Yeah, I've taken off my wheels twice before this, and I never noticed. I only noticed this time because I removed my spacers to try my track wheels out. I had my rear wheels off too, so I was easily able to compare what they were supposed to look like. I just feel stupid, since I've been driving around with this awful vibration for like 6 months or something, even got my wheels rebalanced to try to fix it, and it's been the spacers fault. Good news is, this means I'll be sticking with my Hankook's instead of going with the DW's, since my rear's are almost bald and my front's are only at about 5/32". This whole time I was thinking it was the tires to blame. __________________ Current Ride: 2012 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Centennial Edition Carbon Flash 6M Previous Ride: 2009 Nissan 370Z Sport Platinum Graphite 7AT

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