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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: ed30Lewis on March 23, 2016, 10:57:22 am

Title: Wheel Spacers Edition 30
Post by: ed30Lewis on March 23, 2016, 10:57:22 am
Hi all,

Wanting to know what the largest spacer is which I can run on the front wheels of my Edition 30. It has the standard Pescara alloys but is lowered on the H&R Springs.

The car is driven hard from time to time and i dont want it to rub/scrape at all from hard cornering. Ive searched the forum and cant seem to find a definitive answer.

What size spacers are people running with the same/similar setup to mine? Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks  :happy2:
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers Edition 30
Post by: slix on March 23, 2016, 11:10:50 am
I'm running 15mm on stock suspension and the wheels sits exactly flush with the arch and catches sometimes when I hit a deep hole fast. So I'm guessing you wouldn't be able to go that wide. Probably doesn't help you but just my 2 pence.
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers Edition 30
Post by: ed30Lewis on March 23, 2016, 11:19:28 am
I'm running 15mm on stock suspension and the wheels sits exactly flush with the arch and catches sometimes when I hit a deep hole fast. So I'm guessing you wouldn't be able to go that wide. Probably doesn't help you but just my 2 pence.

Thanks for your response dude, appreciate it  :happy2:

Im thinking 8mm, 10mm or 12mm (absolute max) to avoid any rubbing but cant seem to find any solid answers as to which one i can squeeze in there to give the widest stance possible :fighting2:

Hopefully someone will be able to confirm or feedback their findings  :smiley:
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers Edition 30
Post by: Dan648v on March 23, 2016, 04:00:37 pm
Id go 10mm all round. Better looks and no real chance of scrubbing.
I'm spaced 10mm all round all the way down on Ap coilovers with no problems  :happy2:
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers Edition 30
Post by: Kam88 on March 23, 2016, 09:14:06 pm
i used to have 15mm on front and 20mm on back
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers Edition 30
Post by: ed30Lewis on March 24, 2016, 12:03:39 pm
Id go 10mm all round. Better looks and no real chance of scrubbing.
I'm spaced 10mm all round all the way down on Ap coilovers with no problems  :happy2:

Perfect! Just what I was after. Thanks  :happy2:
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers Edition 30
Post by: ed30Lewis on March 24, 2016, 12:04:13 pm
i used to have 15mm on front and 20mm on back

Was you lowered and did it rub with passengers or under hard cornering?