I'm thinking of running spacers on my 1200 but really I'm not a fan but I'm too pov to buy wheels with the right off set till I've sorted everything out!
I want to no your thoughts on bolt on spacers as you can get all different one like STD style or you can get from 114.3 4stud to 114.3 5stud which opens us up to alot off wheels and offsets
Any thoughts would be good, also need it to be safe for over 200kmh
Cheers nick

I guess in general I'd lean toward 'only use them if there is no other way'. but I'm also a realist.

I don't know who/what brands are out there, but in general I'd tend to want onee that have an inner diameter that mounts them snug (and therefore in perfect alignment with) to the hub, and then have an extended sleeve/lip/hub section so that the wheels are also still perfectly centred to the hub via the centre, not a 'close but possibly a few thou out' fit relying on the studs or long shanked mag wheel nuts.

You could always get spacers that don't feature the above stuff, then turn a couple of sleeves up on a lathe to insert/locate the spacers and locate the wheels too.

well i have 3'' studs and am running 15mm spacers on the front but im looking into new setups every day and cant make my mind up on what to do till i ffind the right setup then ill do some wheels to suit the setup im happy with!
as for spacers i dont really like them but they are getting better and safer these days like you said with locating sleeves ect
just thought id put it out there :]

better offset wheels are perhaps a better option, less headaches in the end. However a 4-5 stud converter could be good as Im sure you really dig the old Torana and other bathursts wheels with massive offset?

I've used bolt-on spacers on the 180SX track car for years, hitting up to 210kph at lakeside. No problems.

I eventually bought a set of wheels that fit without spacers for the semis, but still use the spacers on the road wheels.

I've used bolt on and non bolt on spacers and never had a problem daily used and driven hard daily

you should really only use them if the centre hole of the spacer properly seats onto the wheel hub,
and the centre of the wheel properly seats onto the spacer, so that the hub is carrying the load if that make sense?

you dont wanna travel at 200kph+ and be crashing over ripple strips if your just relying on your wheel studs...

but in saying that, ive done it before with no hassles. but probably wouldnt with a heavier car than a 1200

wheels that fit are a better option, you can never have enough mechanical peace of mind when blasting around the track

Yeah my thoughts were that, I have Bolton on my skyline and that's seen over 200kmh but I don't like them!
So I'll buy spacers till I sort out what I'll end up running 100% then will get a mate to sort some custom d1's or so for me!
What size tyres are ppl running 15+??

195/50 all round on track , 175/55 F & 205/50 R street

we have been down this road with wheel spacers and the center location of the wheel before and still it keeps raising its ugly head , you are free to do anything you want so please dont take this the wrong way but if you want to do over 200kph are you realy concidering using the 4 to 5 stud conversion spacers , iv'e seen them break just from cornering loads on cars with slicks , granted spacers are sometimes unavoidable but avoid the multi stud ones and only up to about 20mm max for the solid ones , botom line if you can't afford the correct wheel/hub/disc combo wait till you can as you will be spending good money after bad if you opt for the quick fix, oh and by the way wheel spacers are not ADR approved an no signatory engineer will sign off on them