No, you don’t need to shave the OEM wheel studs for Honda Civic Type-R FL5 spacers. If the wheel pockets are deep enough to contain the protruding studs, there is no need to trim any stock studs. So, the first thing is to check the inside of the wheels and make sure the mounting plate has pockets machines into it and isn’t solid. Then measure the cavity in your wheels to check out how much it will allow for the stud to go past the Civic Type-R FL5 spacers.
Remove one wheel and measure how long the OEM wheel stud is (the protruding part of the wheel hub). If the wheel pockets depth + spacer thick ≥ stud length, then these spacers will fit properly. For example, if the protruding OEM car stud length is 25mm and the wheel pocket depth is 6mm, then you can put 20mm spacers on your Honda Civic Type-R FL5 with no problem. It is highly recommended to process this according to the wheel structure and the advice of the experts.
What Are the Best Honda Civic Type-R FL5 Spacers?
Proper Civic Type-R FL5 wheel spacers can always fit a vehicle without hurting anything. Genuine wheel spacers from a reputable company are always the safest option. For example, BONOSS provides quality well-made wheel spacers. Years of research and development make their Honda wheel spacers safer and more reliable. Such high-quality Civic Type-R wheel spacers bring a level of reliability that also reduces maintenance costs.
What’s better, BONOSS forged active cooling wheel spacers are designed with heat dissipation grooves to make brake cooling better. The heat dissipation grooves behind the spacers boost the cooling efficiency, reducing brake thermal decay, and improving road safety. Brakes tend to fail quickly when cooling efficiency is poor. To some extent, BONOSS forged active cooling Honda Civic Type-R FL5 spacers extend the longevity of your performance brake kits.
Can Honda Civic Type-R FL5 Spacers Cause Vibration?
Hub-centric Civic Type-R FL5 rim spacers don’t cause vibration. For example, BONOSS forged active cooling wheel spacers are designed with better multi-stage hub-centric rings. The hub-centric metal ring is machined to be multi-layers, and the bevels fit the corresponding hub flange, which eliminates any possible gaps. Besides, BONOSS provides ISO grade 12.9 wheel studs to ensure a strong wheel-spacer-hub connection.
These BONOSS forged wheel studs have achieved ISO standard grade 12.9, 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, NSS ≥ 500H. These BONOSS wheel studs are approved by over 66 SGS TÜV test reports. High-strength wheel studs and nuts ensure a strong wheel-spacer-hub connection. With such high-strength wheel studs, it is worry-free to use Honda Civic Type-R FL5 spacers.
