MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: SteveS on September 24, 2010, 03:18:09 pm

Title: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: SteveS on September 24, 2010, 03:18:09 pm: Is there a point apart from using them to get in bigger brakes and maybe looks?
Do they help with handling?....
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: Top Cat on September 25, 2010, 10:41:26 am: I cant see one. Yes you would get a slightly wider track, but nothing that you could notice in the real world. :happy2:
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: BeezerDiesel on September 25, 2010, 01:53:17 pm: Depends on the car and the width of spacer really. Wider track on the front will slow turn in somewhat and wider track on the rear sharpens turn in. So naturally understeer and oversteer will also be amplified.
Widen both tracks and it shouldn't change the actual handling balance but it will make a difference to the centre of gravity of the car.
And your missus will be able to kerb your alloys more easily (sore subject in my house this week!).

Your average punter fits them for looks. All you read on forums at the moment is stance this and stance that and this stance is usually achieved with the help of spacers on the average youth's car.

Standard ET51 wheels on a mk5 (or mk6) GTI do look better with 10mm spacers on the back.

Don't forget to tell your insurance company!
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: SteveS on March 19, 2011, 04:37:50 pm: Anygood? im assumng no...

pic 1 (http://gallery.sjssites.co.uk/Golf%20GTI%20ED30/spacer1.JPG)
pic 2 (http://gallery.sjssites.co.uk/Golf%20GTI%20ED30/spacer2.JPG)
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: Carrera2RS on March 20, 2011, 09:43:08 am: 10mm all round should be okay as an ET 45 8x18 fits fine and do the maths this placed the wheel centre 6mm further out, add 1/2 of the 1/2" and the outer lip will be 6mm+12/2mm= 12mm further out than stock.
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: rich83 on March 20, 2011, 09:47:11 am: If you are gonna get some... make sure they are hubcentric.
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: Carrera2RS on March 20, 2011, 09:51:21 am: Definately hub centric.

I ran my E92 M3 with 10mm H&R hub centric from new :happy2: Looked superb, filled the arches and made the arches more obvious.
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: SteveS on March 20, 2011, 11:22:29 am: i found these in my box of car bits, i think i got them when i bought the car... only 6mm
but my offset if different cuz of the breaks, not sure what it is though.

there not hubcentric ones r they? :-\
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: rich83 on March 20, 2011, 12:38:12 pm: No they arnt steve.
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: SteveS on March 20, 2011, 12:45:27 pm: bin then :driver:
Title: Re: Wheel Spacers?
Post by: GOLDENBOY on March 20, 2011, 12:59:25 pm: I looking at fitting spacers to mine, with pescaras alloys should i put h&R 10mm spacers on just the rears or would you have them all round?? :wink: