19x8.5 wheels.....what size spacer???

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Sep 10, 2003 | 08:05 AM
  #1  
Hey guys I'm buying a set of 19x8.5 BBS challenge wheels for my 99 clk-430. The offset is 35 all around, so I was going to run a spacer in the rear to get a nice flush look, does anyone know what size I'd need or who sells them the cheapest? (oh yeah current tires on the rims are 235/35)

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Jeremy
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Sep 10, 2003 | 11:23 AM
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Re: 19x8.5 wheels.....what size spacer???
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Originally posted by CiLKY
Hey guys I'm buying a set of 19x8.5 BBS challenge wheels for my 99 clk-430. The offset is 35 all around, so I was going to run a spacer in the rear to get a nice flush look, does anyone know what size I'd need or who sells them the cheapest? (oh yeah current tires on the rims are 235/35)

Thanks
Jeremy
Congrats... I saw those wheels on our classifieds section...

if you want a flush look, i think a 10-12mm spacer should be good. just make sure they are hubcentric spacers...

15 or 20mm is a little too extreme
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Sep 10, 2003 | 03:15 PM
  #3  
I'm running a 12mm, but a 15mm would be ideal. Good luck, let's see the pics!!
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Sep 10, 2003 | 03:30 PM
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I would also say 12mm-15mm. Make sure you purchase a H&R spacer (so it is hubcentric), and buy at least a 10mm spacer in order to have a hubcentric lip built into it. There isn't much room on the stock hub, so with some wheels & a 5mm spacer, no hub is left over for the wheel to rest on.
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Sep 10, 2003 | 05:01 PM
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ok sounds good everyone.......so who has 15mm H&R Hubcentric spacers? I had a link to a site but my computer has crashed since then and I've lost the link. The cheaper the better!

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Jeremy
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Sep 10, 2003 | 05:47 PM
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Originally posted by Mach430
I would also say 12mm-15mm. Make sure you purchase a H&R spacer (so it is hubcentric), and buy at least a 10mm spacer in order to have a hubcentric lip built into it. There isn't much room on the stock hub, so with some wheels & a 5mm spacer, no hub is left over for the wheel to rest on.
So can you have a 5mm sapcer with hub centric ring as one piece?
cause you mention about at least a 10mm spacer in order to have the hubcentric lip built into it.

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