Mk3 spacer question/request

[Knuckles]

Can anyone with spacers do me a favour and fill in these dimensions please

Quick iPhone doodle


Would you recommend the above type with longer bolts or the bolt to hub type?
If you recommend the bolt to hub type what is the thread size?


The reason I'm asking this is we have a few blocks of aluminium at work that aren't being used, so I've got my eye on them to make some spacers.


Cheers

 

[Knuckles]

meh.

i was persuaded to make bolt to hub spacers... gonna whack a wheel off next week and design them from scratch to get a couple of dimensions im missing.

had 5 mins free in work so made this

my plan is to model it properly and get the stress guy at work to tell me if theyll be ok to use on my car (wont shear off and kill me)

 

[Joe#]

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[Knuckles]

lol what was it you said?

 

[Joe#]

I have some 25mm hubcentric ones for sale. Then I realised you didn't want to buy any. And mine wouldn't fit your car anyway. Double fail lol.

 

[Knuckles]

flol, id buy some for the right price... but if i make some (and get charged for materials by work) ill save around £60-£80

 

[Joe#]

Might as well then

 

[105e]

If your making from aluminium id certainly make the design that uses longer wheel bolts, bit dodgy (imo) having the bolts screw into the alloy and holding the wheels on.

 

[Knuckles]

its swings and roundabouts isnt it; if i use longer bolts, theres extra stress on the bolts.

and arent 'off the shelf' bolt to hub spacers made of aluminium?

 

[105e]

Theres no extra stress if the bolts are tight i wouldnt think, and yes they may be made from alloy but do you know the grade/type.

 

[Knuckles]

i can find out...

i work in aerospace, the aluminium was for a job, but its now left over as we sub conned the work, so id expect it to be decent