Non hubcentric spacers safe?

[MiKe1_golf]

I'm going to run some non hubcentric spacers on the front of my golf. Probably only to nats and back again. Shouldn't be a problem huh?

[Jace]

How thick are they?
I'm assuming slip on spacers?

Hub-rings are like $5 iirc.

[Tim]

Running non hubcentric spacers can lead to balance issues thats probly the biggest concern. The idea of the spiggot is to locate everything centrally so it spins true.

[Jace]

If you do, just take care in fitting the wheels and don't give the car a thrashing.
Check the nuts when you go to leave nats.

[sports racer]

Stop worrying. Back in my day when EH Holdens ruled the world we never heard of hubcentric anything and made spacers out of 5mm aluminium plate, a jig saw and a drill. If we wanted anything wider we just put 2 on. Lasted for years without any problems and we drove those cars hard.

You'll find that the wheel nuts locate the wheel exactly where it should be so no balance problems.

[MiKe1_golf]

they're 15mm
So if they run true no wobble or anything it should be ok to run them for a putter the 30km to nats.... and back.

[Jarred]

yea i wouldn't worry too much mate.

Just take a cross bar with you and just make sure everything is done up tight. you've got longer bolts yea?

If you feel or hear something funny going on, pull over and double check the bolts. should all be ok though. you wouldn't be the first to do it!

[Tim]

You'll find that the wheel nuts locate the wheel exactly where it should be so no balance problems.

Some cheap arse spacers have slotted holes. Its those that tend to have balance issues if they arent installed carefully. A bit of silicone helps to keep them located whilst youre attaching the wheels usually.

[MiKe1_golf]

Yeah I know the ones you mean, these aren't like that. They're machined to suit a mk1. So they sit centered on the locator bit but then the wheel has nothing to center it's self to..

A good tip for those cheap ones to keep them centred is:
spacer on, wheel on but only do the bolts up finger tight or looser so the spacer can just move around, then spin the wheel and thump the tyre as it's spinning, had always worked for me on other cars.