Hub flange

[meb]

10mm wheel spacers are not available for the current model Mini Cooper. If I look at the hub design, which is pretty much standard fair across run of the mill rigs, a 10mm spacer does not work because it removes the function of the flange. Now, I'm no engineer, but I assume that the flange is responsible for resisting some load generated by the tires as wll as centering the wheel - hubcentric.

I ask because I just ran into an entire group of folks whom have layerd two 5mm spcaers together. To my way of thinking, the studs should not bare all the load. It's madness to my brain!

The hub flange on this car is 10mm.