Wheel Spacers 101

Trips

If you're tracking most opt to go with the ver 1 stud replacement style

For non track most opt to use ver 2 that bolt on

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Driftomodachi

I wouldn't replace studs for track. Track duty sees more torsional stress on the lengthened studs which can stretch or break the studs and cause the wheel to come loose or fall off.

Bolt on spacers are torqued down on the wheel and on the spacer so there is no torsional stress on the studs.

Tell me if I'm wrong

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insocova

At first thought, I would have said that stud replacement spacers are far stronger and durable than the bolt on type. But reading the above, the way you put it, I want to change my opinion on the situation.

I was sold on only doing this using the stud replacement type spacer but now that I read it this way, it looks like the bolt on might be the better choice.

Which is the better choice from a durability standpoint and not just an "easy install" point of view?

Seems to me that the fewer mechanical connections holding the wheel to the hub the better, but now I'm second-guessing that idea.

I tend to break things that I drive and I don't want my wheels to be the weak link.