Wheel spacer/extended bolts

[aka_kerrly]

chan61922 said:

Success! Fit fine no issues-happy days, only problem is I think I preferred the black sparcos I had on lol one issue the old wheel had spigot rings on them but I didn’t put them on the newly fitted wheels, is this a big no no? Will it cause any issues? Many thanks for all help guys

Wheels and fitment look good , its highly likely your Sparco wheels have a large centre bore in order to fit a wider number of cars hence you had the spigot ring to reduce the size. Your OEM wheels will not need spigot rings because the centre bore of the wheel will be the correct size for the hub , 57.1mm I think.

The tinted rear lights are suspect though.... Fwiw I had tinted lights on a few cars but swapped back to regular or all red

[bigothunter]

chan61922 said:

Morning guys

So currently have following set up 19inch 5x112, et44 and 8.5j, 11mm spacers front and 16mm spacers rear with extended bolts in

Hoping to put the stock wheels back on which are 19inch 5x112, et50 and 8j. Again with 11mm spacers front and 16mm rear.

Question is would going from 8.5j to a 8j mean I require slightly longer bolts? And would the et make a difference has et44 is wider than a et50. I forget the exact measurement of the extended bolts I have as there currently on the car and I need to fish out the invoice if I can find the sodding thing. Stock bolts I believe are 26/27mm so I previously had the 8j and et50 wheels in with not spacers and 26/27mm bolts


Hope this makes sense, confusing myself here lol any help appreciated

Cheers

What effect are these spacers having on scrub radius of front wheels? Could you be going from negative to positive scrub? Do you care?

[chan61922]

Lol yeah the rear tints do look abit suspect in that pic, but they seem to work in the flesh, I got abit carried away with the all black theme, the factory lights were already a dark tinted red and looked quite smart. The sparco wheels had a lot more poke out the arches which i think I preferred if I’m honest gave the car a more wider stance, problem is they were black and as much I like the stealth look I got bored of it after a year, thought I’d mix it up for a while.

By scrub radius you mean any rubbing? None at all surprisingly considering there a 19 inch wheel

[bigothunter]

chan61922 said:

By scrub radius you mean any rubbing? None at all surprisingly considering there a 19 inch wheel

No I mean scrub radius which is critical to vehicle stability

[chan61922]

I don’t think 11mm front and 16mm rear will cause any issues with geometry tbh, if anything the wheels I was running Before would’ve knocked it out further as the were a et44 and 8.5j I’ve now reduced the stress and angle and gone et50 and 8j. Lots of folk go 20inch wheels and a lot bigger J figure and even run 20mm spacers, haven’t heard of any issues whatsoever. My only concern is rubbing my set up clears fine

[bigothunter]

chan61922 said:

I don’t think 11mm front and 16mm rear will cause any issues with geometry tbh, if anything the wheels I was running Before would’ve knocked it out further as the were a et44 and 8.5j I’ve now reduced the stress and angle and gone et50 and 8j. Lots of folk go 20inch wheels and a lot bigger J figure and even run 20mm spacers, haven’t heard of any issues whatsoever. My only concern is rubbing my set up clears fine

If you're happy then all is fine