- My model of MX-5 is: __
- I’m based near: __
- I’m looking for technical help or recommendations on: __this is not specific to Mazda just a general question on wheel spacers is it alright for a wheel to fit flush to a spacer ie not on the hub so in effect all the weight of the wheel is taken on the studs
Not unless ÿou change the studs. Best to buy spacers that bolt to the hub.
25mm hubcentric should fit fine and flush the wheels out nicely. You bolt them to the hub and then bolt the wheels to them,
As pointed out above, hub centric is the way to go
Check out ‘Direnza’ online
I seem to remember from my youth that wheel spacers were considered to be highly dangerous and should not be fitted under any circumstances.
Has something changed?
Donald
I had 25mm hubcentric Wheel Spacers fitted to my ford mustang for 5 years with no issues and it’s a far heavier and more powerful car. Provided you buy precision engineered high quality ones and they’re installed correctly there shouldn’t be an issue.
I have the 25mm Diernza hubcentric spacers on mine.
They are decent quality and fit well.
Mine is also lowered on MisterR Coilovers.
I can’t see why spacers would be dangerous and avoided at all costs…?
I guess a long time ago smoking was considered beneficial to health… 
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no nothing has changed they weren’t dangerous then and there not dangerous now
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All the “weight” is taken by the studs regardless.
You put the studs (bolts) in tension so as to provide a compression between the hub and wheel wheel mounting faces and create a static friction at the interface. That is what is supporting the loads, not the spigot, which is a clearance fit anyway.
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