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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: sidecarphil on 15 June 2009, 19:12
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hi all
need some advice
got my coilovers set well :cool: :cool: :cool:
BUT :cry: :cry:
the rear tyres (205/50/15) rub slighly on the spring mount
i want to fit some spacer to stop it and was wondering if any one runs spacers and how big they are and what is safe and ok for the car handling wise ???
cheers in advance Phil :wink: :wink: :wink:
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3mm to 5mm should be fine and you can use standard bolts.
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cool
thanks for that :)
5mm it will be for extra space :)
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cool
thanks for that :)
5mm it will be for extra space :)
No worries, I ran 3mm on the back of my mk3 for a short while until I switched tyres.
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i've got 3mm spacers all around and personally i think it handles better, not much better but still an improvement.
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i think i will try 3mm front and 5 rear
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I've got 3mm on the front to clear my brakes and it's ok.
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the spacers your all running , are they the cheap ones ??
if so how do you centrilise them on the hub ??
mine are a crap fit and they caused wheel wobble :(:(
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I cut a long piece of threaded rod (same pitch and thread size) into 2 pieces.
I then wind these into the disk, now put the spacer on and then the wheel. Bolt up the remaining 2 bolts, remove the threaded rods and the spacer should be centre. now bolt up the remaining two.
follow?
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I cut a long piece of threaded rod (same pitch and thread size) into 2 pieces.
I then wind these into the disk, now put the spacer on and then the wheel. Bolt up the remaining 2 bolts, remove the threaded rods and the spacer should be centre. now bolt up the remaining two.
follow?
that my friend is pure genius :wink: :wink: :wink:
i will do that :)
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They are the work of the devil and your wheels are more likely to fall off.
Plus that method of centralising your wheel may seem like a work of pure genius, but it'll seem a lot dumber when you don't have the thread bar to fit the wheel up with at the side of a road, in the dark, when it's raining.
If you MUST run spacers then maybe think about fitting wheel studs and bolts, like proper cars run - put spacer on, put wheel on, easy.
They still introduce a world of bodging into your car that is totally unnecessary, with the right fitment wheels.
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i am only running them to stop a slight bit of rubbing on the rear tyres to strut because of the 205/50/15 tyres i have , as soon as they are worn out then i will fit 195/50/15 or 205/45/15 but it is just a tempory measure
i doubt my wheels will fall off as 5mm is nothing really and my wheel bolts are long enough ones from a BMW :wink: :wink:
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Just make sure the surfaces are whistle clean - any grit on them (and you now have double the surface area for grit and muck to sit on) will increase the chances of things 'settling' once the wheels have been torqued down.
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yeah ok
i allways re torque after a road test any way
ta for the advice :)
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They are the work of the devil and your wheels are more likely to fall off.
Plus that method of centralising your wheel may seem like a work of pure genius, but it'll seem a lot dumber when you don't have the thread bar to fit the wheel up with at the side of a road, in the dark, when it's raining.
Ive been in that situation but lucky i had spare threads in the boot :smug:
ive binned my universal spacers for some hub centric ones now though
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that is the ones i really wanted but the thinnest i could find were 25mm and i only wanted max 5mm