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source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

Last post 05-27-2008, 3:52 PM by Rocwandrer. 20 replies.
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  •  04-16-2008, 5:12 PM 295634

    source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    Anyone know of a place that has them?  My wheels just barely don't clear the rear brakes, I've no interest in cutting the wheels, and have a good reason for not wanting to go thicker than is necessary on the spacer.


    WTB: CSP Spyder parts. What you got?
  •  04-17-2008, 1:04 AM 295721 in reply to 295634

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    buy some 5mm eibach or H&R ones and machine them down

    David Hedderick
    Pearland (Houston), TX
    01 CRG YZ125 (FOR SALE! $2500)
    08 Mazda 3s
    02 Mazda Protege (automatic tow vehicle)
    92 Miata SE - Fun half-arsed STS2 Car
  •  04-17-2008, 9:45 AM 295754 in reply to 295721

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    that's funny!

     

    any serious answers? 


    WTB: CSP Spyder parts. What you got?
  •  04-17-2008, 9:58 AM 295756 in reply to 295754

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    Go to kitchen, borrow roll of Reynolds wrap. Cut and fold as appropriate. Cost $0
    Alan Pozner
    Slow and proud
  •  04-17-2008, 10:01 AM 295758 in reply to 295754

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    For an easily renewable and replaceable source, keep a package of thin-slice bologna with you. Whip open the package, eat a few holes in the right places, and pop 'em on! (With or without the racy red plastic stripe around them, your choice) Also comes in handy for long impound delays when you are held up and missing lunch...
    Brian Flanagan
    Serial ConeKiller
    (Empty spot in the garage that used to be)STX #98 BMW E36 328is
    Beeg black truck!
  •  04-17-2008, 10:04 AM 295760 in reply to 295634

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    How about a couple washers on each lug? 
    Too Many 2's are never enuf
    00,00,01Spyder, 91T, 93NA, 85NA>SC project
  •  04-17-2008, 10:10 AM 295762 in reply to 295760

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    Randy Eickhoff:
    How about a couple washers on each lug? 

     

    Oooohhh! Oooohhh!!! I know the answer to that one! Wink


    Brian Flanagan
    Serial ConeKiller
    (Empty spot in the garage that used to be)STX #98 BMW E36 328is
    Beeg black truck!
  •  04-17-2008, 10:16 AM 295766 in reply to 295762

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    Bimmerman:

    Randy Eickhoff:
    How about a couple washers on each lug? 

     

    Oooohhh! Oooohhh!!! I know the answer to that one! Wink

     Something you have seen happen? DevilBig Smile


    Andy Hohl

    Thanks Kyle for the drive in the Shelby GT this year
  •  04-17-2008, 11:14 AM 295779 in reply to 295766

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    96SM2:
    Bimmerman:

    Randy Eickhoff:
    How about a couple washers on each lug? 

     

    Oooohhh! Oooohhh!!! I know the answer to that one! Wink

     Something you have seen happen? DevilBig Smile

    Once or twice - or anytime that someone wants to know "what's the worst that can happen?"  Crying
     


    Rob Leone

    '07 Solstice GXP in AS
    '87 Toyota Corolla in EP
    ex - '91 MR2 Turbo in SM2 <- If you can't set a good example, serve as a horrible warning.
  •  04-17-2008, 2:51 PM 295825 in reply to 295754

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    For something that thin, you can go find your local laser or waterjet job shop, give them a dimensioned drawings, and they can cut a custom spacer out for you out of .060 sheet aluminum.  Make it full bearing.  Probably pretty cheap.
    Patrick Washburn
    STU Evo
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  •  04-17-2008, 8:44 PM 295878 in reply to 295766

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    96SM2:
    Bimmerman:

    Randy Eickhoff:
    How about a couple washers on each lug? 

     

    Oooohhh! Oooohhh!!! I know the answer to that one! Wink

     Something you have seen happen? DevilBig Smile

    See my sig, below.... Particularly the reference to my DSP car, AKA "Supertrike" LOL. There was a video Cashmore shot circulating around a few years ago of the offending wheel departure...

    "Just Say NO to washers!" - Nancy Reagan (stoned on painkillers)


    Brian Flanagan
    Serial ConeKiller
    (Empty spot in the garage that used to be)STX #98 BMW E36 328is
    Beeg black truck!
  •  04-17-2008, 8:47 PM 295879 in reply to 295878

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    I also remember when I was running the old E30 Bimmer DSP car (also 4x100), my codriver came up with some really thin spacers, like 1/8 inch or less, that he told me were factory parts from an old Fiat (he was a little bit nutty, a real Fiat freak)... may be thin enough to work, if there are any to be found and he wasn't hallucinating.
    Brian Flanagan
    Serial ConeKiller
    (Empty spot in the garage that used to be)STX #98 BMW E36 328is
    Beeg black truck!
  •  04-17-2008, 10:07 PM 295890 in reply to 295878

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    Bimmerman:
    96SM2:
    Bimmerman:

    Randy Eickhoff:
    How about a couple washers on each lug? 

     

    Oooohhh! Oooohhh!!! I know the answer to that one! Wink

     Something you have seen happen? DevilBig Smile

    See my sig, below.... Particularly the reference to my DSP car, AKA "Supertrike" LOL. There was a video Cashmore shot circulating around a few years ago of the offending wheel departure...

    "Just Say NO to washers!" - Nancy Reagan (stoned on painkillers)

    I got to see it in real time in ATL. The dismount of the offending wheel was most impressive. Smile


    Andy Hohl

    Thanks Kyle for the drive in the Shelby GT this year
  •  04-18-2008, 11:41 AM 295933 in reply to 295634

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    How quick do you need them? I have access to laser processing......  need ID, OD and it appears 4 holes on 100mm bolt circle?  Ill make them out of mild steel, there will be a small cost involved but nothing too extreme....

  •  04-18-2008, 12:10 PM 295937 in reply to 295879

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    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    Bimmerman:
    I also remember when I was running the old E30 Bimmer DSP car (also 4x100), my codriver came up with some really thin spacers, like 1/8 inch or less, that he told me were factory parts from an old Fiat (he was a little bit nutty, a real Fiat freak)... may be thin enough to work, if there are any to be found and he wasn't hallucinating.

     umm, which co-driver was that and did he get the idea from me?  Fiat X-1/9 has steel spacers about 1/8" thick but the bolt patern is 4x98.  drill em out to fit, I've been running them over 10 years cause I'm a cheap SOB.  I even have the .063 6061 AL layin around the shop, oh yeah, I'm a lazy SOB

  •  04-19-2008, 11:36 PM 296049 in reply to 295937

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    That'd be the ever-wacky and resourceful (but mainly wacky) David McDaniel. Since he has a Fiat fetish to beat all, I assume he came up with that all on his own, but who knows? At this point, I assume it's probably harder to find Fiat parts than it is to have some made, though...
    Brian Flanagan
    Serial ConeKiller
    (Empty spot in the garage that used to be)STX #98 BMW E36 328is
    Beeg black truck!
  •  04-20-2008, 11:25 PM 296119 in reply to 295754

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    If you're going to be a smarta$$ and not listen, then don't ask ;) 

    That was a serious answer. Sorry you don't like it.

    You could always buy wheels that fit  Idea 

    Rocwandrer:

    that's funny!

     

    any serious answers? 


    David Hedderick
    Pearland (Houston), TX
    01 CRG YZ125 (FOR SALE! $2500)
    08 Mazda 3s
    02 Mazda Protege (automatic tow vehicle)
    92 Miata SE - Fun half-arsed STS2 Car
  •  04-21-2008, 1:07 PM 296188 in reply to 295878

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    Bimmerman:

    See my sig, below.... Particularly the reference to my DSP car, AKA "Supertrike" LOL. There was a video Cashmore shot circulating around a few years ago of the offending wheel departure...

    http://myfastbmw.com/videos/dsp.mpg

    This one??
     


    Vinax
    1994 BMW 325i FP AutoX car.
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  •  04-23-2008, 10:29 AM 296628 in reply to 296188

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    I clicked the likn but all I got was a bunch of this:

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     I would LOVE to have another copy of that video, had it saved on a harddrive that crashed hard. (And NO, there were no washers used on my computer that caused it...)


    Brian Flanagan
    Serial ConeKiller
    (Empty spot in the garage that used to be)STX #98 BMW E36 328is
    Beeg black truck!
  •  04-23-2008, 10:55 AM 296639 in reply to 295634

    Re: source for 1/16" thick 4x100 spacers?

    I'm going to make some out of 5052 sheet stock.  It looks like there isn't anything out there for sale in this size, and making them from sheet stock will be way less work than machining down some thicker spacers.

    WTB: CSP Spyder parts. What you got?
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