wheel spacers

Both sets of wheels I have owned from Hall Pantera had spacers front and rear around a 1/2" thick. These are really nice spacers that actually are bolted to the wheels. You won't find them at your local auto parts store, but I'm sure they can be duplicated.

No complaints from the performance of the wheels or spacer just have to make sure you have enough threads on the studs to have good engagement of the lug nuts. The Hall wheels use mag style lug nuts that go deep into the wheel and spacer not an acorn style nut.

Why would a wheel made specifically for a Pantera need a spacer??!!

Ron

Not sure, I'll try and post some pictures later.

When I first got my wheels from Hall, I loved the look but was surprized that with all the offset info they had the wheels didn't fill out the wide body wheel wells. It reminded me of a London taxi. Most folks I checked with scoffed at the idea of spacers and I heard every reason why not to use them. But the spacers Hall supplied were a piece of art. I'd have to take the wheels off to check again, but I think they were 3/4" or 1" in back and 1/2" or 3/4" in front. Solid billet, they bolted to the wheel with 6 or 8 fat countersunk allen bolts. I needed new studs for the wheels, of course, but they looked great and are safe and solid. I have put them to some extreme tests over the years. Drifting wide into sidewalks has dinged a nice chunk out of the wheels a few times, but the centers and spacers are solid. I've also had spacers on my SVT for years without any issues.

Deeb,

I drag raced with 1/2 spacers for years and never had an issue ... if they fit and bolt up nice with longer studs ... NO ISSUE.

Ron

On my 73' I found that on the rears I could use a 7/32 spacer and retain the stock studs. I am using 2002 mustang rims and needed to space out the rim to prevent rubbing against the lower uprights. This was with a 10.5" rim. The common mustang 4.5 X 5 bolt pattern worked fine. I played around with sizes and found the 7/32 was the smallest that worked.