All too often, a car is towed into my place of business after experiencing a wheel separation due to the use of aftermarket wheel spacers. A wheel spacer is a small round disc that is placed between a ...
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Wheel spacers & adapters - good or bad

Are wheel spacers safe? Are wheel spacers a good idea? How will wheel adapters affect handling? What effects will wheel spacers have on suspension geometry? Wheel spacers can help with fitting big ...
"Let's buy the more expensive ones and save some cash." This line is always a lie unless it's you trying to sell the wife on a Jeep part or the wife trying to sell you on some new curtains. Just ...
Walk into a tire shop with 20 mm spacers on your ride, and you might get the kind of look usually reserved for people who ask for tire shine on bald slicks. It's not personal — it's legal. Shops don't ...
So you finally found the perfect set of "ultra-rare" wheels, only to find the offset doesn't push them out as far to the fenders as you would have liked. Do you simply shed a tear and sell the wheels ...
Some might argue that if you've never fought to remount a rear wheel you're not a real motorcyclist. Just like a slow, lonely tip over in a parking lot or getting your visor douched at a stoplight by ...