Ok, so I picked up some OEM C5 thin spokes a few weeks ago. (18's rear [275/40Zr18] and 17's front [245/45Zr17]) After having to bore out the center to get the 18's to fit on my car and also "redesigning" the inner rear-fenderwell on my car, I got them to go on. Go On. That's it. Whenever I turn or accelorate a little too fast, they rub. Baadddd. However, at the moment, I can't afford to go out and blow $ on spacers. Having no current job and also a ticket to pay for within the next few weeks, any money that I do get, has to go to that. So I'm tryin to come up with a few ways to space them out a little further. First, I don't want to go banging on my car any more. I already have gone past what I feel "is acceptable". And also, I don't want to go grinding on the 17's to get them to fit on the back just for the time being. I would just say forget about it and just drive, but it's slick out here and I find myself sliding around a lot and them rubbing. So that can't happen. So here's what I thought of. I was thinking that I could just use about 3 washers between the hub and base of the wheel on each wheel stud to space it out a little for about a month or so. I won't be driving at any crazy speeds since it is wintertime, and I think 3 or so would be just enough to keep them from rubbing until I can afford real spacers. Anyone else got any ideas? Any have PROVEABLE reasons to NOT put the washers on? Thanks.

 

Washers aren't very reliable, bad idea I think. Are they running on the inner fenders? If so, just get a big ****ing hammer and start bashing the **** out of your inner fenders. I have done this on my last two camaros to gain enough clearance so my 17 315's won't rub, and it WORKS.