Going to pull trigger on H&R OE springs for my S5. Should I get 15mm or 20mm spacers?

[Longwolf]

The Car: 2013 S5 with 19"x8.5" RS5 5-spoke wheels. I am not looking for "stance life" look, but just want to fill out the fenders once the car is lowered. What's your experience/thoughts?

[Omegahare]

8.5" wheels? I say 20mm easy.

[jjh2oman]

20mm for sure, some go 20mm front 25mm rear. I'm at 15/20 and not fully happy with that setup

[JetCityQuattro]

20mm for sure, some go 20mm front 25mm rear. I'm at 15/20 and not fully happy with that setup

I have the 19" OEM Rotors and I did 15/20 and am doing OE springs next week. What offset are your wheels?

Fronts on mine look like they are very slightly outside of the fender at the top of the tire with the 15s, so I am hoping with the OE drop that they come in a little and are flush.

[jrabakker]

Exactly, I think you need to know ET to determine size of spacers.

My winters are the OEM peelers 19 x 9 ET33, and i have 10/15 spacers. My summers are hartmann rotors 19 x 8.5 ET38 and have these with 15/20.

[new2s5]

I went with 20/25, and love the way it looks.

[JetCityQuattro]

Exactly, I think you need to know ET to determine size of spacers.

My winters are the OEM peelers 19 x 9 ET33, and i have 10/15 spacers. My summers are hartmann rotors 19 x 8.5 ET38 and have these with 15/20.

Do you have pics with the rotors on? I want to see what the OEs look like with 19" rotors and 15/20 spacers (although yours will be a little further out than mine given ET38 vs ET33). Much appreciated..

[jrabakker]

Sorry, don't have pics with the OE springs and the rotors, when the springs went on I also switched to my winter setup....

[bruno7652]

Hello Longwolf,

I have a 2013 S5 Prestige, 6MT with a lot of options, I installed the H&R OE Sport Springs with 15F&20R mm spacers on Titanium 5 Arm rotors on Michelin 255/35zr/19 PSS A/S3.
I like the stance that the lowering springs and the spacers gave my car. I have posted several pictures detailing the look.
I have the 9"x19" et33 wheels.
Best of luck with your decision

[doug97gxe]

Hello Longwolf,

I have a 2013 S5 Prestige, 6MT with a lot of options, I installed the H&R OE Springs with 15F&20R mm spacers on Titanium 5 Arm rotors on Michelin 255/35zr/19 PSS A/S3.
I like the stance that the lowering springs and the spacers gave my car. I have posted several pictures detailing the look.
Best of luck with your decision

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[bruno7652]

hey doug97gxe,

Thanks for posting my pictures, the older I get the dummer I get, I forgot to attach the pictures to my posting.
Thanks for bailing me out.

[Mops@Nemesis]

Hello Longwolf,

I have a 2013 S5 Prestige, 6MT with a lot of options, I installed the H&R OE Springs with 15F&20R mm spacers on Titanium 5 Arm rotors on Michelin 255/35zr/19 PSS A/S3.
I like the stance that the lowering springs and the spacers gave my car. I have posted several pictures detailing the look.
Best of luck with your decision

OP, I would go with this. And your wheels are 9".

[doug97gxe]

hey doug97gxe,

Thanks for posting my pictures, the older I get the dummer I get, I forgot to attach the pictures to my posting.
Thanks for bailing me out.

no prob.. looks stunning btw

[Mops@Nemesis]

no prob.. looks stunning btw

Yea it does. Sergio, what tint film are you running?

[bruno7652]

Thanks.

[bruno7652]

Hey mops,

To be honest with you, I purchased the car in mid November as a CPO and the tint was already installed.

[Longwolf]

Hello Longwolf,
I have a 2013 S5 Prestige, 6MT with a lot of options, I installed the H&R OE Springs with 15F&20R mm spacers on Titanium 5 Arm rotors on Michelin 255/35zr/19 PSS A/S3.
I like the stance that the lowering springs and the spacers gave my car. I have posted several pictures detailing the look.
I have the 9"x19" et33 wheels.
Best of luck with your decision

Thanks. From what I am calculating, your setup of 9"/33mm would result in the wheels sticking out 2.4mm more than the stock (18"/8.5"/29mm). Plus your spacers. Car looks great in the pics. Thanks.

[Longwolf]

I have the 19" OEM Rotors and I did 15/20 and am doing OE springs next week. What offset are your wheels?

Fronts on mine look like they are very slightly outside of the fender at the top of the tire with the 15s, so I am hoping with the OE drop that they come in a little and are flush.

So here is stock on my S5: 18"/8.5"/29mm
Then I upgraded to Hartmann RS5 reps: 19"/8.5"/25mm, which results in the wheels being pushed out an additional 7mm over stock. So I may want to keep it safe with only 15mm.

Please let me know how it goes with the OE install, thanks!

[Longwolf]

Exactly, I think you need to know ET to determine size of spacers.

My winters are the OEM peelers 19 x 9 ET33, and i have 10/15 spacers. My summers are hartmann rotors 19 x 8.5 ET38 and have these with 15/20.

Thanks Jrabaker,
So from my math, when you went with 19"/8.5"/ET38, your wheels actually moved in 9mm, so your spacers are making up for that. So you are now pushing out 6mm front/11mm rear.

[JetCityQuattro]

Hello Longwolf,

I have a 2013 S5 Prestige, 6MT with a lot of options, I installed the H&R OE Springs with 15F&20R mm spacers on Titanium 5 Arm rotors on Michelin 255/35zr/19 PSS A/S3.
I like the stance that the lowering springs and the spacers gave my car. I have posted several pictures detailing the look.
I have the 9"x19" et33 wheels.
Best of luck with your decision

Just to be clear, you reference OEs but your signature says OE Sports. Pretty sure you have sports from the look of the pic - OP was mentioning the OEs.