Wheels Spacers...

[dubroots125]

i just bought some 5mm spacers from halfords, i didnt realise everyone here used 20mm ones, they sound massive,

when i look at my rear wheels they only need to come out a little, it looks like if i put 20mm ones on they would hit the arch,

im gunna put them on and see how it looks, the guy said they were for 4x100 pcd so i guess they should fit???

is there anything i should know before i fit them?

thanks

 

[Adam R]

i just bought some 5mm spacers from halfords, i didnt realise everyone here used 20mm ones, they sound massive,

when i look at my rear wheels they only need to come out a little, it looks like if i put 20mm ones on they would hit the arch,

im gunna put them on and see how it looks, the guy said they were for 4x100 pcd so i guess they should fit???

is there anything i should know before i fit them?

thanks

i have some 20mm ones on my car and it looks like this:

few more pics HERE

 

[dubroots125]

do you have a picture from behind?

r u sure they are 20mm? ive just fitted some to mine and they are 5mm and it looks about the same as ur car

 

[Adam R]

yes im sure mine are 20mm

over all each side of the wheel has been pushed out 20mm, so thats 40mm in total.. thats alot more than what your talking about.

i do have more pics but cant acess them here, will do when i get home though.


front track (distance between front wheels)
rear track (distance between rear wheels)

basically I KNOW the rear track is around 36mm SHORTER than the front, this makes the car unstable in hard cornering and hard breaking.

if i put 20mm spacers on the rear, i push the wheels out 40mm... so that now means that my rear track is 4mm wider than the front.
this makes the car much more stable.

 

[dubroots125]

thinking about it i have aftermarket wheels on my car so maybe there wider than your wheels???

cos ive just fitted the 5mm spacers on the rear and theres noway i could of put 20mm ones on without it stiking out of the arch

 

[Adam R]

you have a different offset then, thats probably why

 

[ibizacupra]

what size wheels and what offset do you have?

 

[SEATCOOBER]

those bolts are made of cheese that you get with the ebay spacers and i had to cut the bolts down so they would hold my wheel on tight aswell!!

 

[Cupra_Girl]

I have these 20mm spacers and bolts on the rear of my cupra, didn't need to cut the bolts down at all although as has been said the bolts don't appear to be the best material I've come across!

 

[clarkey-cool/s]

iirc the spigot length on mine was 13mm.
I have 20mm ebay spacers which fit fine but didn't come with bolts, so ended up buying a stud conversion kit. Which turned out to be ****.

 

[MIkey kc]

ive got these spacers, and worked fine for me. im using standard cupra rims

 

[markmeus]

I have them too. Never mentioned spigot length when I ordered mine. They fitted perfectly and the bolts didn't need trimmed on Cupra R OZ Super T's

 

[Ibiza125]

My car has the ebay 20mm spacers on it. Pictures are in the link below (will be further on in the thread).

 

[dubroots125]

i dont know wot my ofset is, the alloys i have came on the car, but they must be different to standard cupra alloys, if i put spacer on the front the wheels would hit the arch over hard bumps,

i could probly put a couple more mm on the back but they look ok on 5mm spacers so ill wait till i slam it and then see wot i think

 

[mr_D]

i have the ebay crap and they are great. no issues at all

 

[Razor]

So what spacers then did the 1.4 people go for ?
Im looking a set now, after getting new wheels

 

[Ibiza125]

I went for 20mm and found they were too big for me. I've got some 10mm for sale if you want them

 

[Mat]

i have 20mm on my rear

 

[Razor]

What is the deal but as the 1.4 rear brakes are drum NOT disc
Will they still fit ok, or do you have to amend ?

 

[Adam R]

What is the deal but as the 1.4 rear brakes are drum NOT disc
Will they still fit ok, or do you have to amend ?

yes razor. they are fine... if you rear the thread, i have 20 mm spacers on the back, and i have drums on the rear.