Wheel spacers

[Lazer Viking]

so i'm looking to pick up some wheel spacers
my wheels are 17x7.5 et 43 rs4 celebration's with 225/40/17's
my car is pretty low so clearance may be an issue in the front
(read as: im tucking tire)
i was thinking about 8's-or 10's in the front and 15's-or 20's in the rear

but lets see what kind of spacers you guys are running, sizes, pictures comments on them etc...

[Lazer Viking]

bump it

[soupie69uk]

My ronals are et43 and 7.5" wide with 225/45/17 tyres.

I have 15mm on the front and 20mm on the rear.

I have gone through 10mm on the front and 15mm on the rear then swaped the rears to the front and got the 20mm ones.

Here are some pics of the 15mm fronts with the 20mm rears on both my sets of wheels.










And here is without the spacers.



Hope this helps a bit.

[audiness]

do wheel spacers degrade the life of hubs/bearings?

[Lazer Viking]

thank you very much soupie

audiness: it shouldnt have any more effect on the wear on things then the wear from a set of wheels with a lower et

[AudiSport12]

10mm in the front and rear.
I could step it up to 15mm F/R except the front already rubs decently with my 215/50/17s.

[Lazer Viking]

^ rubs what the fender lips ?

[AudiSport12]

^ Just the fender liner. But now there is a hole rubbed in so it doesn't too much anymore haha

[Lazer Viking]

i cut mine when i rolled the fenders

do you feel that your would still rub with cut liners and or rolled fenders ?

[biketsai]

Spacers put more stress on the bearings I believe

[AudiSport12]

i cut mine when i rolled the fenders

do you feel that your would still rub with cut liners and or rolled fenders ?

Yeah, I never rolled the fenders or cut the liner. It for sure wouldn't rub with that done- probably even if it had 15mm spacers

[onemoremile]

Spacers put more stress on the bearings I believe

So do wider tires or stickier tires. The also increase the scrub radius. The end result really is nothing to worry about.