High-quality car wheel spacers can be a game-changer if you are looking to enhance your vehicle’s stance and ride quality. Wheel spacers are aftermarket components that create additional space between your vehicle’s wheel hub and the wheel itself, allowing you to achieve a more aggressive and sporty look. As long as you install them properly, genuine brand wheel spacers won’t ruin the OEM wheels or tires.
The REFERENCE torque specs for car wheel spacers can be 83.3 ft-lbs (113 Nm) to 103.5 ft-lbs (140 Nm). Please note that different wheels may need different torque values. It is highly recommended to consult a tire expert before operating. In fact, any car owner can find the correct torque value in the manufacturer`s manual or on the official Internet sources.
Can I Tighten Car Wheel Spacers Without a Torque Wrench?
No, it is not recommended to install car wheel spacers without a torque wrench. Tightening by hand is not enough. Any important wheel fasteners should be tightened with a torque wrench so it will be neither too tight nor too loose. You probably just rely on an impact gun to tighten spacers on your car, but it is hard for an impact gun to ensure each wheel bolt is evenly tightened with the same torque.
Applying proper torque when tightening wheel nuts is critical to safety. Under-torqued nuts can vibrate loose, while over-tightening can damage components. Make sure the bolt threads are clean and dry. using a torque wrench. It is best to use a torque wrench to fasten the car wheel spacers in a crisscross sequence. This ensures that all the lug nuts/bolts are forced evenly.
What Type of Car Wheel Spacers Are Best?
When it comes to selecting the best wheel spacers for your car, there are a few key factors to consider:
Material:
The materials play a crucial role in the quality of car wheel spacers. Not all spacers are made equal. High-quality wheel spacers are typically made of forged aluminum alloy, ensuring maximum strength and resistance to corrosion.
Fitment:
Proper fitment is essential to ensure a seamless installation and optimal performance. Vehicle-specific wheel spacers provide a perfect fit, reducing the risk of vibrations, rubbing, or other issues.
Hub-centric Design:
Hub-centric spacers are better to keep the wheel centered on the vehicle hub, just like the OEM wheels. They are designed to align perfectly with the hub, ensuring even load distribution and minimizing vibration.
Additional Advantages:
Aside from the base functions of the spacers, BONOSS forged active cooling car wheel spacers come with an active cooling benefit. The heat dissipation grooves are carved behind the spacers. When rotating, those grooves allow the external cold air to flow continuously inside the wheel spacer.
The air takes away the heat, so it achieves the purpose of actively dissipating heat for the braking system. Such BONOSS forged active cooling wheel spacers can boost the cooling efficiency, reducing brake thermal decay and improving road safety.
High-strength Wheel Studs:
When installed, car wheel spacers become the important parts that connect the wheels and hub assembly. Therefore, the used wheel studs are very important. In this case, BONOSS forged active cooling car wheel spacers come with the ISO Grade 12.9 wheel studs:
- Tensile strength≥1,220 MPa;
- Limited life range test≥2,000,000 stress cycles without damage;
- Ultimate tensile load≥152,000 N;
- Hardness (HV)≥395;
- Neutral Salt Spray≥500H.
These ISO grade 12.9 wheel studs are all over 66 SGS TÜV test reports certified. Make sure you are investing in trusted brand spacers. It is worry-free to use such BONOSS forged active cooling car wheel spacers.
(Hi, I’m Kevin Brian, a 30-year mechanical engineer. For a better user experience, this article is original content uploaded by humans. It is not generated by Artificial intelligence (AI) Models or tools.)
