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    Veteran Member Three Rings
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    cheaper wheel spacers

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    Has anyone found some wheel spacers cheaper than the ECS ones? $70 seems like quite the price for 2 small discs of aluminum.


    Looking to see whos had success with the cheaper ones around

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    Veteran Member Four Rings Tanner's Avatar
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    ECS spacers are machined from billet aluminum I believe. Cheaper spacers most likely using cast aluminum - not as strong as billet and the billet has better uniformity.
    Mike

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    Veteran Member Four Rings MrFunk's Avatar
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    I've gone through A LOT of different spacers. You don't want a cheap set necessarily. Yes they are small disks of aluminum but any defect can have you vibrating all the way down the street. Ask me how I know... I've gotten defective ones from ECS also. $70 is not a lot for a quality machined piece of metal that affects your alignment and wheel track.

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    Deactivated Four Rings
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    Adaptec Speedware aka Motorsport-Tech

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    Veteran Member Three Rings
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    Did the spacer thing but prefer having wheels with the proper offset and using OEM lugs.
    Mein ist grau

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    Senior Member Three Rings BAHNSTORMER's Avatar
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    Bought ECS flush mount kit for my peelers last year. Looked great, but I had a vibration. Took them off, sold them, and back to stock, which looks fine to me.
    Daily driver: 2012 S4 P+
    Phantom Black Pearl Effect / Sports diff / Alcantara / S-tronic / MMI Navi + / B&O / 19" Peelers / Carbon Atlas inlays / advanced key / rear camera / Supercharged badges

    Previous Audis: 1984 4000S Quattro // 1989 200 Quattro // 1994 S4 // 2005 S4 // 2010 A5 3.2

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    Veteran Member Three Rings
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris@EPL View Post
    Adaptec Speedware aka Motorsport-Tech
    Lenny Stahl is the man! I've sourced umpteenth sets of adapters off him over the years. So many, they put my previous car on a T-shirt.


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    Veteran Member Three Rings
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    those seem more expensive

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