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Originally Posted by MatthewAMEL
Gotta be honest, I find a 26mm spacer alarming. I've never heard of anyone tracking anything close to that.
You haven't had any issues?
How much do those things weigh?
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They are
perfectly safe as long as everything is sized properly and you are maintaining net offset (wheel offset minus spacer thickness) similar to the original offset the car was designed for. People get into trouble when they push the centerline of the wheel way further out (reduce net offset a lot), which increases loads on the wheel bearings. Of course you also have to make sure you have long enough studs to still have adequate threads for the lug nuts. Otherwise, no problems. I get way more nervous about the bolt-on wheel adapters, which add lots of extra stress risers and opportunities for manufacturing defects.
Assuming they are machined from aluminum - which they should be - spacers aren't very heavy in the context of any typical Camaro6 wheel/tire combo. Even if they added a whole pound of unsprung weight (which I seriously doubt), that's still less than 2% of a typical wheel/tire combo.