Wheel Spacers......from (Irish) micks garage

[Ryeman]

It may be a solution for some
Wheel Spacers - What You Need To Know

[donweather]

Can anyone confirm or otherwise if wheel spacers are legal in QLD please?

[Dutch77]

Not legal unless fitted to the car from the factory.

Not likely to cause a problem though unless you want to make a claim on insurance - use at own risk.

Or buy the right wheels.

[Hillbilly]

Can anyone confirm or otherwise if wheel spacers are legal in QLD please?

They are, as Dutch said ILLEGAL and in all States in Australia unless factory fitted as in some Porsches.

'Far better to buy wheels with a different offset to give a safer result that looks the same.

It is worth noting that the link above takes you to a UK site where they MAY be legal.

[dylan8]

They are, as Dutch said ILLEGAL and in all States in Australia unless factory fitted as in some Porsches.

'Far better to buy wheels with a different offset to give a safer result that looks the same.

It is worth noting that the link above takes you to a UK site where they MAY be legal.

This, I believe some HSV come standard with them now too.

[Hillbilly]

This, I believe some HSV come standard with them now too.

Maybe so but if they arent on the model you want to fit them to they are illegal as are HID headlights which if fitted must be under 2000 lumens to be able to be used without auto levellers and washers

[Ryeman]

If they were legal it would solve the snow chains problem.

[Hillbilly]

If they were legal it would solve the snow chains problem.

Buy some wheels with the offset to give you the same aspect then Would be far safer than sticking longer bolts in and then putting chains on to put even more strain on them.

We used to have a spare set of cheap rims with snow tyres on for the winter and just changed them over when it snowed.