Locking wheel nuts and spacers on my hybrid!

[Paddy_g46]

i bought a set of McGard locking wheel nuts from halfrauds the other week as my hybrid didnt come with any and i didnt want the mint williams alloys knicked! anyway i went to put them on this evening starting with the rears which were fine but when i tired the fronts the bolts where to short! i then realised the guy had put what looks to be mayb 20mm spacers on the front so the bolts wont reach! so what can i do??? if i take the spacers off then the williams wheels are gonna be tucked far into the arch, if this because the williams had wider track at front therefore the wheels are fine on a williams but not on a valver???

can i get longer locking nuts??? but will they be to long for the rear???

 

[White16valver]

I assume you bought it knowing it was only an engine conversion and not with the widetrack conversion as well?

If you bought it thinking it was widetracked, you've been had! :S lol

You can just remove the spacers though - this will give you standard valver offset and the wheels shouldn't rub at all.

 

[Paddy_g46]

I assume you bought it knowing it was only an engine conversion and not with the widetrack conversion as well?

If you bought it thinking it was widetracked, you've been had! :S lol

You can just remove the spacers though - this will give you standard valver offset and the wheels shouldn't rub at all.

yeh i knew it didnt have a wide track lol but thing is if i remove the spacers wont the williams wheels look a bit lost in the arches seen as they were designed for the widetrack???

 

[White16valver]

no, they're the same offset as valver wheels as I understand it - it'll just look like a normal valver! (so yes, lost LoL :rasp

 

[Paddy_g46]

no, they're the same offset as valver wheels as I understand it - it'll just look like a normal valver! (so yes, lost LoL :rasp

lol, ok ill rip off the spacers tomorrow

 

[donsrno1]

As far as I'm aware you would have to buy two sets of locking wheel nuts to accomodate the back and the front as the extended ones would be too long for the back, and the others too short for the front. It will look much better with the spacers left on imo, but removing them won't cause any sort of rubbing or anything because as white16valver said they are the same offset as valver wheels.

 

[Paddy_g46]

As far as I'm aware you would have to buy two sets of locking wheel nuts to accomodate the back and the front as the extended ones would be too long for the back, and the others too short for the front. It will look much better with the spacers left on imo, but removing them won't cause any sort of rubbing or anything because as white16valver said they are the same offset as valver wheels.

well if i can get longer locking nuts i will put some spacers on the rear aswell!

 

[White16valver]

and then it will rub, silly lol