Advice on wheel spacers and sway bars needed!

[WeeYari]

My 2 cents;

Since I live in an area which lays down large quantities of salt during the winter, I prefer wheel spacers. I don't particularly care for the way salt and aluminum play together.

With wheel spacers, I just remove them when switching over to snow tires in the fall. Put them back in come spring time when I swap the summers back on.

May be paranoia, but I don't relish the thought of a hub spacer corroding on me.

[Lars]

Originally Posted by WeeYari

My 2 cents;

Since I live in an area which lays down large quantities of salt during the winter, I prefer wheel spacers. I don't particularly care for the way salt and aluminum play together.

With wheel spacers, I just remove them when switching over to snow tires in the fall. Put them back in come spring time when I swap the summers back on.

May be paranoia, but I don't relish the thought of a hub spacer corroding on me.

WeeYari, saw this from you on an archived thread:

So yes, it is as simple as all that.

- pull of drum
- start a lug nut onto the stud to protect threads and tap out with a hammer
- insert new longer strud through back of mounting plate. There are only a couple of spots within the drum where there will be enough room to slid the new studs in.
- slid on washer and nut, and tighten down

Done.

This made me understand a little bit more of what I'm up against...

I have disc brakes in the front and drums in the rear... so I guess I need to know how to disassemble drum brakes and disc brakes to be able to install my wheel spacers... sounds a lot of fun!!

But... I have zero tools, so I think I'm gonna install them next to a car auto shop... and I'll buy the tools as needed

PS: Cali, I found an online distributor with free shipping in Germany for orders above 100 eur... so... yeah... not sure if ordering from the US will be an option, but you can still let me know of your rate!