WTB: 4 x 10mm spacers and bolts

[slater]

if anyone has 4 x 10mm spacers lying around... i'd love them.

thanks!

peter

[Hermes]

For what and how thick?

Edit: nevermind, I thought you said 4x100

[Smilez]

haha i read the same thing at 1st haha

[wsmeyer]

Just a heads up on 10mm spacers in general on e46's:

scroll down to the section "The 10mm Spacer Dilemma"

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/t-te...l-spacers.aspx

[danewilson77]

Just a heads up on 10mm spacers in general on e46's:

scroll down to the section "The 10mm Spacer Dilemma"

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/t-te...l-spacers.aspx

Never had an issue. I think that dilemma is way over played.

As with any size spacer, just make sure it's flush on the rotor hat.

Samsung Galaxy S5...

[johnrando]

I could see that potentially being a problem with smaller spacers, but I had no issues with my 10mm ones. Many people run 10's w/o issues on our cars. Maybe it's a potential on other models?

[wsmeyer]

Never had an issue. I think that dilemma is way over played.

As with any size spacer, just make sure it's flush on the rotor hat.

Possibly overplayed but it's important for anyone putting 10's on to know of the potential problem and what to look for.

[danewilson77]

Possibly overplayed but it's important for anyone putting 10's on to know of the potential problem and what to look for.

Any spacer really. Not just 10's.

I've read that a million times and don't understand why only 10's are the concern with what they are saying.

Samsung Galaxy S5...

[WOLFN8TR]

The 10's I got from John fit pretty flush. I had to slightly file the rotor hat to get them perfect. I do believe these are Turner's.

[wsmeyer]

Here's a picture that shows the problem



The picture shows a 12.5mm spacer. The red is the original hub and the green is the hub on the spacer. The original hub is designed to extend 10mm past an OEM brake hat. Since this is a 12.5mm spacer you can see there is a gap between the old and new hub and it would be 2.5mm. With a 10mm spacer there would be no gap at all and if the brake hat isn't exactly the right thickness or greater, the spacer won't fit, it will be bottoming out on the original hub. This is a very dangerous situation as then all of the clamping force is put on the very thin bridge between the spacer and the spacer hub. Inevitably it will break and once this happens the weight of the car is on the lugs. Lugs that were spec'd for tension force NOT torsional forces.