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Offline candy turbo

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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #30 on: April 20, 2009, 08:58:48 pm »
i have to agree the h&r ones do look slightly better machined , i showed them to a mate who s an engineering boff today and the only thing he could come up with is that the holes for the bolts are a few mm bigger than the bolts so a certain amount of rotational movement could have been possible !!!  any way they are being sent back to venom tomorrow wh said they will send me a replacement set but i said i dont want any more so ill wait to hear what they have to say when they ve recieved them ! :rolleye:
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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #31 on: April 20, 2009, 08:59:25 pm »
Quote from: jamiekip on April 20, 2009, 08:54:36 pm
Quote from: gazbutS3 on April 20, 2009, 07:55:32 pm
^^^^^I agree^^^^^




I agree too...
... I'm a fan of spacers... good for the stance of the car and I also notice a negative difference in cornering performance when ever I have removed them  :happy2:

Robin - what have the brakes got to do with the purchasing decision?

possibly some people need a spacer to clear the spokes ?, i had to on my last car (thankfully they were only 3mm ones though)

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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #32 on: April 20, 2009, 09:00:06 pm »
Quote from: matt a on April 20, 2009, 08:06:58 pm
FK are very hit and miss with the quality of their products, I'd trust H&R or Eibach, but never FK.

Thanks for the tip!

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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #33 on: April 20, 2009, 09:07:40 pm »
Quote from: 182_blue on April 20, 2009, 08:59:25 pm
Quote from: jamiekip on April 20, 2009, 08:54:36 pm
Quote from: gazbutS3 on April 20, 2009, 07:55:32 pm
^^^^^I agree^^^^^




I agree too...
... I'm a fan of spacers... good for the stance of the car and I also notice a negative difference in cornering performance when ever I have removed them  :happy2:

Robin - what have the brakes got to do with the purchasing decision?

possibly some people need a spacer to clear the spokes ?, i had to on my last car (thankfully they were only 3mm ones though)



Ahhhh, got ya - that makes perfect sense..... as we were talking about parts failing I asumed brake forces were getting pulled in to the mix.... but that point makes way more sense  :rolleye:
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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #34 on: April 20, 2009, 09:08:38 pm »
^^perhaps im wrong LOL, just thats what happened to me  :laugh:
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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #35 on: April 20, 2009, 09:14:42 pm »
Quote from: jamiekip on April 20, 2009, 08:54:36 pm

Robin - what have the brakes got to do with the purchasing decision?


....As 182_blue has now posted.
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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #36 on: April 20, 2009, 09:45:46 pm »
I've run H&R spacers in both 10mm and 15mm fitments on my last 3 cars over a total of 50K miles without a single problem :happy2:
I did actually buy some FK ones for my old Bora many years ago and sent them straight back for an exchange to H&R's without even fitting them as using my wonky engineers eye it was obvious they were far from the last word in quality... take a search over on the vortex and you'd send yours back too...

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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #37 on: June 22, 2009, 05:56:33 pm »
hi i wont to buy some 10mm spacers for my gti are there any pictures with and with out
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Re: warning ...wheel spacers
« Reply #38 on: June 22, 2009, 05:59:33 pm »
I had a set of FKs that did exactly the same as yours.

I only buy Eibach or H&R now.
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