BBS RX11 and Spacer advice

[Leroy]

Once again if i can bathe in your pool of knowledge.....

I bought my anni and the 7.5inch BBS RXII's were shot to bits so i thought i was clever and sourced some 6.5inch RXII's off a Bora. Now obviously i'm an inch down already and the alloys are tucked up in the arches and i want some spacers to push them out, but i remember the old ones didn't fill the arches well either.

I could just do with someone who knows what they are talking about who is maybe running BBS RXII's with spacers to advise me what the best size to get is, so i get it right first time and the alloys are more flush with the arch.

Cheers guys.

[clancy]

simplest thing in the world to work out tbh mate. go outside with a tape measure and measure how much further you want the wheels to sit.
might be worth getting like a spirit level to hold verticly off the arch so you have something to measure too. take off a few mm to be safe

[Screech16v]

Hi mate ive got 6.5 rx's on and 25mm spacers with 195 tyres on the rear,they only just about rub the plastic arch with passengers in the rear when i hit a dip at speed 

[Leroy]

Thanks guys, top advice, Screech16v i can see from the photo that yours is looking how i want mine to look.

Much appreciated guys.

[Ess_Three]

Once again if i can bathe in your pool of knowledge.....

I bought my anni and the 7.5inch BBS RXII's were shot to bits so i thought i was clever and sourced some 6.5inch RXII's off a Bora. Now obviously i'm an inch down already and the alloys are tucked up in the arches and i want some spacers to push them out, but i remember the old ones didn't fill the arches well either.

I could just do with someone who knows what they are talking about who is maybe running BBS RXII's with spacers to advise me what the best size to get is, so i get it right first time and the alloys are more flush with the arch.

Cheers guys.

Well, Anni wheels are 7.0 not 7.5 wide.
Mk4/Bora are 6.5...so you are 12mm down on width, 6mm less per side.
Mk4/bora run ET42, Mk3 ET43...so you are a total of 5mm further in at the outermost point.

I run 10mm spacers on 7.0 wide RXIIs...so you should be able to run at least 15mm spacers with absolutely no issues, on 215 wide tyres...or, as said, 25mm spacers on 195 wide tyres.

[Screech16v]

Thanks guys, top advice, Screech16v i can see from the photo that yours is looking how i want mine to look.

Much appreciated guys.

No probs,ive actually got my winters on at the mo (longbeach ) and cant wait to get the bbs back on 

[Leroy]

Love the BBS too screech, just a shame vw chose to put great wheels on that rot so easily!

Thanks for the advice as well Ess_Three. 25mm spacers on order.

[Screech16v]

Yeah they go proper manky dont they
This is what mine used to look like

[Leon27]

 

That's quite a transformation?! Who did that for you? Looks like a great job

[Screech16v]

Me and a bit of elbow grease