spacers adaptors

[kimbosound]

Hi all, i saw a post a while ago regarding wheel spacers. In order to get my beddy truck registered i have to get the rear brakes serviced, this will no doubt cost a bob or 2 so when it comes to replacing the diff after rego with a high speed version, i am planning to do what i did to one of my previous beddy vans and have a 9 inch center grafted into it and retaining my axle housings and axles and brakes. As the front end has HQ disc set up i want to have HQ on the rear as well....[more choices in mag wheel set up] Is there an adapter plate on the market that i can bolt on over the beddy pattern and have HQ stud pattern? i have heard of people running these on the front but it places stress on the stub axle....i dont see this as a problem on the rear? Any help will be much apreciated. I have attached a pic of what i am looking for

Unless of course someone here in WA has a high speed diff for sale that will bolt straight in. Freight from the east negates buying one from over there.

[outriding]

I would like to find some adapters also.
It's almost impossible to find rims with the bedford pattern here.
I have seen that some people manufacture these plates but if there were some already made and certified that would be much better.

If not, I will have to have some made in the future,
A nice set of rims gives the van a completely different look.

[able]

anyone know if they are legal in all states?

and are they problematic in any way?

[outriding]

There only problematic if the quality is low... they can break.

Cheap cast aluminum spacers probably made in China:

[ben]

gee thats a bit scary huh:

[obsession]

yup

[able]

thankyou for the heads up on the 176 issue! not putting those on with my kids in the back.

what is the opinion of spacers made by Australian engineers? or is spacer's generally considered a less then safe option?

[Bas NZ]

There has been a lot of debate on spacers, the bottom line is get them made by a trusted engineer, don't by ones pre made. I ran these on my Bedford, Bedford stud to Holden stud, no problems at all and my rear end carries a lot of weight. The centre of the spacer has to have a flange to sit into the rim. And if you want to go the extra distance you can also get the engineneer to grove out the outer surface of the drum by a few mils and flange the space to fit this as well. Soild steel is the way to go.................. Bas

[rubman]

I know that in vic they are illegal,what is the 176 issue able?

[able]

I know that in vic they are illegal,what is the 176 issue able?

can you not see the pick above?

it has a pic of a badly broken spacer and it has 176 cast into it.