Wheel spacer/extended bolts

[chan61922]

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

[chan61922]

Thanks mate, problem is I’m having new tyres fitted at Same time and plan to do the swap during that window, fitter will more than likely use a impact drill

[chan61922]

Many thanks for helpful response, I can confirm the bolts on the wheel at the min (extended bolts) are 40mm front and 45mm rear, based on them numbers you think it will be enough? As I said no issue whatsoever on a 19inch et44 8.5j with spacers added

[chan61922]

Thanks for the helpful input, in still slighty confused if I’m honest lol not in the things you say but wether or not they will fit. I guess the only way to find out is through trial and error. I’m having them changed out and fitted Tommorrow, think the best thing to do is just take the stock bolts with me and the spacers and extended bolts, I can’t see it being a issue, 27mm (stock) fits fine with the addition of 11mm (38mm front) and 40mm extended bolt, and tears 27mm (stock) with addition of 16mm spacer (43mm rear) and a 45mm extended bolt, should be fine on paper, I’l think I’m just lettting the ET figure confuse me, when in reality the only thing is should be looking as is the inner wheel face been bolted up to the hub

[chan61922]

Genius lol only I don’t fancy going out a d jacking the car up to check at this hour, the neighbours will surely think I’ve finally lost it lol I have work during the day tommorrow and wheels booked in to be done in the evening so sod it I’ll just see what happens, worst case scenario I’ll just go spacer free. The wheels going back on are OE the ones coming off are aftermarket sparcos. Thought it would make more sense to get my new PS4s tyres on the OE wheels

[chan61922]

Thanks for help guys, so based on that pic the only thing affected with a different offset is the poke outside the arch? Hub mating go inner wheel face remains unchanged?

I have no idea if I have a handbrake mechanism on the rear wheel set up, the car does come with an electronic handbrake though? The actual wheel bolts are the same type I think radius seat from a reputable company too, had my current sparco wheel and spacer set up for almost a year now no issues whatsoever, just about if I get enough turn into the hub and if the bolt itself fully goes in, based on the pic above should be okay I think

[chan61922]

You sir are a legend makes complete sense now! Thank you bud. So my oem wheel is basically sitting further inside the arches therefore in theory shouldn’t be any issue, I do believe I have correct extended bolts there a radius seat with hopefully the right degree/angles on the hex part of the bolt head. Hopefully all goes tickity boom later today, worst case scenario I’ll just go spacer free and original bolts. The crazy thing is I’m not even running any huge big brake kit on the car just running 4pots lol purely doing for cosmetic purposes and I’m abit OCD with wheels sinking into arches and a huge arch gap. The real fun begins when I do beef up the breaks, I’ll be going out my mind with offsets and spacers lol many thanks guys appreciate help, let you know how I get on later...

[chan61922]

Waste of time mate grrr, popped into Costco this evening had the Mrs follow me with 2 boxes of wheels in her car and 2 in mine lol turn up only to be told my cars to low for the ramp/jack to get underneath, I suggested use a manual jack, he tried but no joy he was too scared he’d damage my side skirts, great! On the plus had a new set of tyres fitted to the wheels I want to put on the car but means I’ll have to pop in to another garage Tommorrow to do the swap, typical lol got a guy local to me in a tyre shop who will whip it on/off no problems, just a pain in the Arse having to go back and do the same palava again

[chan61922]

Suppose your right mate, better safe than sorry I guess. Funnily enough the bloke I’ll be taking it to Tomorrow is a back street garage have no issues with them whatsoever, he don’t mind cash in hand to avoid any paperwork etc and it suits me fine too, in and out in 10 mins, wheels all balanced up and ready to go. Back to the original dilemma now, will then sodding spacers and extended bolts work lol

[chan61922]

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

[chan61922]

No cheeky comments about the car choice please lol

[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

[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