Hello everyone.... First time post! I have a tech question I'm hoping someone else has dealt with or at least has suggestions about. I recently installed a Calmini 3" lift on my Sport, but I don't want to buy new rims for it just yet. The vehicle will be my daughter's first car when she starts driving next year (she's so excited too! lol) so I want to wait and let her pick out her own rims. Anyway, I'm looking for some info on spacers to get me by for now. I know the bolt pattern is 6 x 5.5 and I have the aluminum OEM 16" rims on it now. I think the backspacing is around 4" but haven't actually checked it yet. Calmini suggests a backspacing between 3.5" - 5". I would like to keep the stance as wide as possible for stability. I have found spacers that have recessed holes for the lugs to bolt up to the axles and studs in them to bolt the rims to (more like an adapter than a spacer). I was wondering if anyone has installed adapters for this configuration and what thickness they used, where they purchased them, if they had to change the original lug length, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm having a very difficult time just finding someone who makes aluminum ones for my vehicle.

BTW, sorry this post is so long..... lol

What you are describing is a spacer. You want the spacer to be bolted tightly to the hub, then bolt the wheel to the spacer.

Personally, I would stay away from those if there is not a need. You can get your wider stance when you buy new wheels. The issues that comes up occasionally, is that the bolts that hold the spacer to the hub can come lose and you won't know it until the wheel and space leave the hub.

Just remember that with spacers or a "wider" offset to your rim, you can run into other clearance issues. Moving the tires out, makes the arc of the tire, while turning, hit things that it would hit otherwise.