Wheel bolts and spacers

[bacillus]

I'm presently using 18" Monza 2s on my golf. If I were to use 5mm spacers, would the oem bolts be long enough or would I need to get longer ones?

[scopes]

I would have thought you would have needed longer bolts 
5mm is 5mm lest of a thread holding your wheels on

[bacillus]

Whilst I see your point, do you know what length of thread protrudes from the hub with the standard bolts+Monza combo?

[E30Dom]

Whilst I see your point, do you know what length of thread protrudes from the hub with the standard bolts+Monza combo?

Longer bolts on anything 5mm or greater... you should have min of 7 full turns into a hub I was told...

[bacillus]

Longer bolts on anything 5mm or greater... you should have min of 7 full turns into a hub I was told...

Ok, so what bolts should I be looking to get?

[E30Dom]

Measure yours and add 5mm, noting whether radiused or tapered... loads of places supply bolts to suit, try dpm performance...

[Top Cat]

I would test them first, before splashing out, i reckon you should be close to the originals being long enough.
 If you do a search on here for the member,  "The Wheelman'" one of his threads should come up with good info on replacement bolts, sizes. 

[fab5freddy]

Standard bolts are 27mm iirc 

[keano]

My wheel fell off using standard bolts and a 5mm spacer.

£700 down the line I'm still paying for it! Get some extended ones mate

[vRSAlex]

Issue with running 5mm spacers is that the wheel doesn't sit on the hub any more and this can cause wheel wobble.  I would always advise running a 10mm hubcentric spacer and longer bolts to suit.

[Tfsi_Mike]

Issue with running 5mm spacers is that the wheel doesn't sit on the hub any more and this can cause wheel wobble.  I would always advise running a 10mm hubcentric spacer and longer bolts to suit.

How can I do away with my 3mm buggers

[keano]

Issue with running 5mm spacers is that the wheel doesn't sit on the hub any more and this can cause wheel wobble.  I would always advise running a 10mm hubcentric spacer and longer bolts to suit.

How can I do away with my 3mm buggers

Grind your brakes down! Or change wheels!

[Tfsi_Mike]

I'll not have to worry about my bolts not being long enough anymore 

[bacillus]

Just to bump this up, if using longer bolts what do folk do about a locking wheel nut?

[GNJ_Motorsport]

Just to bump this up, if using longer bolts what do folk do about a locking wheel nut?

We do extended locking bolts and normal bolts mate