Fitting Guide for Adapters and Bolt-on Spacers
This guide assumes that the work will be carried out by a competent person that has the equipment and knowledge and as such your new adapters/bolt-on spacers are easy to fit at home in just 9 simple steps.
If you have any doubts about your ability to fit these parts, please use a professional mechanic.
Before You Start
- Check that you have received the correct parts. Please contact us if anything is missing or you have received the wrong parts.
- Check all the bolts are the same length.
- Check you have the correct bolt seat for your wheels.
Please follow the test fitting instructions in Step 1 carefully.
Step 1
It is vital that you test/trial fit the adapter or spacer to the new wheel first.
This is to ensure that your original wheel bolts from your vehicle or the bolts we have supplied don’t protrude through the back of the adapter.
With the wheel bolt you intend to use, push it through the front of the wheel. Holding the adapter flush/flat to the rear of the wheel, tighten the wheel bolt into the thread of the adapter.
Did the bolt stick out of the rear of the adapter?
Yes. Stop! Do not fit the adapters/spacers.
You will need to seek shorter wheel bolts for your vehicle or wider adapters/spacers if your vehicle allows it.
No.
All is well and you can continue to step 2.
Step 2
Remove the wheel bolt from the wheel and adapter. Remove the old wheels from the vehicle if necessary.
Step 3
Wire brush and wipe the wheel hub and rear of the new wheel (must be dirt and rust free). This part is vital for the adapter to sit flat to the hub
Step 4
You may wish to use a little copper grease (or similar) at this stage to stop the faces sticking together. Gently mount the wheel adapter onto the wheel hub, taking care not to damage the machined surface.
Step 5
Check that the adapter is sitting flush/flat against the hub with no visible gap or rocking movement.
Step 6
Using the retaining bolts provided, carefully bolt the adapter/spacer to the wheel hub through the large tapered/countersunk holes. Torque these bolts up to the specification of the vehicle manufacturer using a hand socket wrench.
Step 7
Gently mount the wheel onto the wheel adapter, again taking care not to damage the machined surface.
Step 8
If the wheel is flush, check that you have the correct bolt seat for your wheels—tapered (cone), radius (round/ball) or flat seat. If your bolts are correct, bolt the wheel to the adapter. Making sure not to cross the threads, start screwing them in by hand before torquing them to the manufacturer’s specification.
Step 9
Whilst the vehicle is still jacked up, rotate the wheels to check they are rotating freely and not catching on the retaining bolts.