question about spacers

**CoreyRandmetz** · 09-13-2008 10:39 PM

i searched, could not really find the answer i was looking for. if this has been answered before please link me to the thread.

anyways here is my issue, i recently put 19" enkei's on my car and in order for them to clear the front brakes i needed spacers...i ordered 4mm spacers they clear my brakes fine. for some reason while im driving it seems like i hear the tires//pavement meeting but its too loud for it to be that. i can hear it over my system when its bumping pretty hard. i have eliminated the sound from the rears (no spacers in the rears...yet). is this common for the first few days of spacers or is there something wrong or??

just a few notes:
The car has not be re-aligned (doesn't seem like an alignment would be the cause for this noise), tires are balanced, and the tred on the tires is about %60 at the least on Kuhmo's.

**Quattro** · 09-14-2008 12:03 AM

search under user name "superman99" or something and put spacers... he started a thread dedicated to spacers, pics etc.

check to see if you have tightened the screws, seems like that could be your problem...when running spacers that are not hubcentric, sometimes its hard to get the wheel bolts in straight.

**CoreyRandmetz** · 09-14-2008 07:38 AM

thanks randy

**vtracer20** · 09-14-2008 08:10 AM

just double check everything for any rubbing, i just put some spacers on my front (10mm) and everything seems fine

**CoreyRandmetz** · 09-14-2008 08:19 AM

nothings rubbing...not even lowered yet

...i kinda stumbled across these rims and couldnt say no. The spacers are hubcentric, but I do have the rubber hub that came with the wheels that I would use even if I did not have spacers. ill be taking them off again today for another evaluation because they are being ridiculous.

**john@fifteen52** · 09-15-2008 05:14 AM

Spacers shouldn't make any difference in noise at all. If you bought the wheels/tires used and they have 60% tread left, it is most likely tire noise. Some tires make a lot of noise when the tread wears down. The car they came off of also could have had a bad alignment. Inspect the tires for uneven wear or cupping. You can also try to swap wheels from front to back (or side to side if non-directional) and see if the noise changes.

I had a set of BBS CH with Yokohama Parada tires that started making a howling noise after 5k miles. It was so bad I thought I had 4 bad wheel bearings. Swapping to stock wheels eliminated all noise. Tire Rack and Yokohama worked me out a deal on the (then new) Parada Spec 2 which was supposed to have reduced noise and I never had the same problem.