Wheel Spacers

[pnoyako85]

just finished taking off my wheel spacers...since i put them on about 1..5months ago...i noticed a vibration on the car...my car, you would feel the vibrations and steering would wobble or shake from 50-70mph...so i couldnt get away with it with normal driving..i thought it was my tires...
so i bought new ones.....
thought i bent the rims....got it check...nope...everything is fine..
thought it needed balancing.....done!....
thought it needed alignment......done!!....


thought it was my link kit arms and all connected to it...got that check.....done!..no problems....so i just dealt with it...till my lady gets in my car after her driving the girly car (x6 50i)...always always since i put them on she always tend to say ....." your car shake and vibrates like if i put my hands on top of the blender that how it feels"....i just ignored her knowing i knew it does shake..till tonight couldn't take the complaints anymore...so i did my research and quite a few has had problems with H&R spacers....25mm........So i took it off..and Bam!!!...

vibration gone!...100%.........tmrow i will check maybe put it back and make sure everything is seated right with the hub...maybe i missed something....
Has anybody had this problem on spacers?>

[SlickGT1]

I had it back in the day on my Lexus. After quite a bit of research I opted not to stress myself or my car out. Another reason I love the 4.8is. No need for spacers. Looks tits and works out of the box.

[epdarks]

The real question is... Did you have the right spacers?

They need to be hub centric to the E53.

I think mine are only 15mm, absolutely no vibration.

[DTMdan]

Mine are 25mm H&Rs too pnoyako85.

[pnoyako85]

Originally Posted by DTMdan

Mine are 25mm H&Rs too pnoyako85.

yes mine are from ECS H&R 25mm....just put them back on today..and vibration is back.....the eff up thing is ...H&R doesnt take them back........maybe ill opt out on a 20mm or 30mm from a different line....its such a big difference when i put them on ...vibration is there and wobble on the steering......from 40-70......but more on the vibration side....

[SlickGT1]

Is it possible your wheel bolts are too long and bottoming out through the rotor? I've seen this before.

[pnoyako85]

My bolts are oem. And the spacers bolts onto the hub isfrom H&R. So yeah..

[Turbo_Bimmer]

Are your spacers installed at the front?
If yes, did your alignment shop checked for loose bushings and ball joints?
Having spacers create a longer lever arm on suspension parts, and since the front is connected to the steering wheel, vibrations are more noticeable.

[pnoyako85]

Te spacers are in the rear.. Aftermarket wheels with 315's

[JCL]

Three possibilities.

1) The spacers are defective or out of true.

2) When installed, the spacer and/or the wheel hub are not seated properly.

3) Since mounting the wheel where it wasn't designed to be located puts more load on the suspension, the spacers could trigger a vibration related to something being loose in the steering or suspension; it could be not loose enough to do it (yet) with the wheels mounted in the stock location, but loose enough to have a vibration with the additional suspension loads caused by the spacer.

Safest thing to do is to ditch the spacers.