Should be some already known advice but......
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Maybe someone can correct me on this but hub-centric spacers should be fine. The wheel sits on the hub not the wheel lugs, so you need a spacer that also sits on the hub, and also has it's own lip for the wheel to sit on to make sure it's like-for-like.
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What's the issue with using a spacer? Years ago with my first MB, a W126 SEL500, I made 5mm spacers and upgraded from the stock 14" wheels to 16" from a SL. Spacer was sandwiched between the wheel and the hub/rotor with lug bolts torqued as always. Completely chaged the handling of the car in a positive way and never had any issues.
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Well I just went through 3 or 4 different hub centric spacers and they all caused different variations of vibration, the last one felt like i was driving a Jeep with the death wobble I work in the tire/wheel/automotive industry and a lot of these spacers now are junk even if they're hub centric. Once I took them off, vibration/shakiness went away.
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only thing is I still have a vibration sometimes at 90+ and I’m not sure if maybe my drive shaft needs to be rebalanced or what
sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn’t but most of the time it does
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Folks who are preoccupied with "looks" are too often unaware that spacers require longer bolts and compatible seat geometry in addition to the correct bolt diameter. IMO, too much $$ and risk just to hurl stones out of your tires at the windshields of others.
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I had the correct length lug bolts on and still had the vibration, I used to own a wheel and tire shop for years so I’m pretty sure about correct lugs I just took them off and decided to stay away from spacers
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I recall reading another thread where someone experienced wobble and it was due to an incompatible lug bolt conical seat with wheels designed for ball seats. I thought about using a set of wheels and tires with my G550 that would have required bolt pattern adapters that needed to be 3/4" thick, but decided against it because of the change in offset.
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I recall reading another thread where someone experienced wobble and it was due to an incompatible lug bolt conical seat with wheels designed for ball seats. I thought about using a set of wheels and tires with my G550 that would have required bolt pattern adapters that needed to be 3/4" thick, but decided against it because of the change in offset.
You know now that you mentioned that, i think thats what my issue was and it totally flew over my head!!
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On a side note, anyone know why my front parking sensors go off whenever i come to a stop, showing 2 red lights on both sides of the sensor? Car is lowered but not slammed
