8.5J with track spacers???

[Guest kennyf]

Would 8.5J with track spacers;

 

http://www.performancealloys.com/alloy_wheel_spacers.asp

 

give the car the same handling set up as with 9.5J or just the appearance of a wider rear but without the handling?

[Guest kennyf]

Any ideas anyone?

[Ian W]

i personally wouldn't use spacers at all mate, no matter how good they claim to be.

[absz]

just a word of caution.

i bought some wide spacers for my car. but noticed that the fitment was not quite right as when the spacers were bolted on to the hub there was a gap between the hub and spacer, which is only noticable when checking using a feeler gauge. so had the centre bore re-machined on all 4 spacers.

also the nyloc nuts supplied with the spacers did't seem like good quality.

[Chris Wilson]

Would 8.5J with track spacers;

 

http://www.performancealloys.com/alloy_wheel_spacers.asp

 

give the car the same handling set up as with 9.5J or just the appearance of a wider rear but without the handling?

 

DO NOT use spacers, tjhey are a total cock up, buy wheels that fit, in every respect. Of (say) 10 MKIV's i see with aftermarket wheels you can bet only one will have ones that actually fit correctly. maybe even a lower percentage than that. And no, 8.5 rims with spacers are totally different to 9.5 inch rims in every respect.

[Guest kennyf]

Ok no spacers then but would this set up fit a mkiv

 

Fronts 18x8 - ET 30

 

Rears 18x10 - ET 25

 

with a PCD of 114.3?

[RICHARDA]

Ken,

 

Try and stick as near as poss to stock offset of 50mm front and rear.

 

I am running 30mm front and 40mm rear but this will only ever be a compromise.

 

PCD is correct AFAIK.

 

HTH

Rich