Wheels and Offsets

[306 d turbo]

I currently have a set of 206 nimrods-ET28-(not yet fitted)

But im not too sure what setup to go for without causing extra wear on ball joints bushes and bearings?

1)206 nimrods with 10mm spacer-is this the correct thickness of spacer?

2)406 nimrods no spacers??

Advice please

Thanks

[Matt]

206 ones use 13mm to be correct. Make sure they are hubcentric though. I ran hubcentrics with mine and they were fine no excess wear on joints or anything

[306 d turbo]

im getting 10mm hubcentrics.

but im intersted to know how come you ran 13mm?

im going from my standard d turbo alloys to nimrods:

5.5j x 14-ET24 to 6.5j x 16-ET28

How can i work out the exact thickness of spacer required to ensure that the nimrods sit in the same position as my original alloys?

Thanks

[306 d turbo]

I was gunna go for the 13mm but i could not get extended wheel bolts to match the 13mm additional thickness

[cwspellowe]

Click me

[Scott]

The standard offset will be somewhere between ET15 and ET18 depending on which wheels you have. To bring back the nimrods at ET28, you'll need at least 10mm hubcentric spacers, though as Matt said you could also go for 13mm hubcentrics. CG Cars in Leicester used to supply 13mm hubcentrics at around £80 a pair, and I think you could probably get some longer bolts too (or at least he'd know where to get them).

10mm will be fine though

[cwspellowe]

Ideally you want as big a spacer as you can get hold of. And smaller tyres.

Lower it.

[306 d turbo]

thanks for the clicky donator

Which value on the 'table' shall i use for the spacer thickness?

Thanks

[cwspellowe]

Keep playing with it til it sits with the same offset as the original wheel

[Toby]

thanks for the clicky donator

Which value on the 'table' shall i use for the spacer thickness?

Thanks

You subtract spacer thickness from the offset of the wheel. So a wheel with ET28 with 13mm spacers would effectively be ET15.

[306 d turbo]

So 10mm should be ok as they give et18?

thanks

[Toby]

So 10mm should be ok as they give et18?

thanks

Would be fine, 306's generally run between ET15 and ET20.

[Scott]

I said all this in my post!

[306 d turbo]

Just been told by a guy at the motor factors that extended wheel bolts are a danger to life!!

Wtf is he being serious

Comments Guys

Thanks

[Toby]

They are only a danger if you buy the wrong ones

[306 d turbo]

Is it wrong to use taper to flat seat conversion washers??

Where can i get some flat seated extended wheel bolts?

Thanks

[Scott]

I'm not sure on it but personally wouldn't be comfortable using conversion washers with extended bolts. I'd get bolts which are the correct fit as there'll be enough additional strain on them as a result of being longer.

As said though, there's no issue with buying longer bolts if they're the correct fit. I'm not sure how expensive they are anymore but you could get some 10mm or 15mm stud conversion kits.

[Matt]

I found it impossible to find flat seated extensions. Just run a stud and nut converion

[cwspellowe]

If you're running spacers, stud and nut conversions are a necessity imo. Make life SOOO much easier.

[306 d turbo]

I found some flat seated extended bolts from a sole uk company which gets them in from germany

Will put some pics up when i get them