Wheel Spacers...

[Falken]

Ok guys just wondering would it be dumb to put spacers on the mk3 with the mk4 TT wheels? and have any of u guys used spacers before if so how is it?

 

[giterboosted]

I think there's already quite a few threads on this but the basic answer is, sone do some don't, me personally I don't, it depends on the tire I think, my car is currently not with me, but as soon as I go to it next time I'll let you know what size I'm running

 

[supraman7mgte]

i put spacers on my wheels because the just didd'nt stick out far enough.
be careful tho,if you need any work done on your suspension/brakes some shops won't touch the car with the spacers on it

 

[Falken]

Oh ok cool thanks... Did your aligment mess up. What size spacers would work with mk4 TT wheels?

 

[PureDrifter]

buy good quality HubCentric spacers (from H&R, Eibach, Project Kic's, etc...) and be happy.

 

[supraman7mgte]

get whatever makes your wheels stick out to your desired taste,but don't go too wide risking style for safety.

 

[Falken]

Ya safety is a first and thanx for the type of spacers to get drifter. Ya i was going to buy rims with bad ass offsets but to much money for those kind of rims so ima just stick with my clean TT wheels lol

 

[A. Jay]

get whatever makes your wheels stick out to your desired taste,but don't go too wide risking style for safety.

Yea, all we can do is give you opinions, so here's mine (from http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?125470-MKIV-TT-wheels-questions):

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Since the stock mkiii wheels are the same width and offset all around, I'll have to do something about the mkiv wheels so that they'll have the same distance from the outer edge to the rotor in respect to each other.

Mkiv tt wheels are 8"/9.5" wide front/rear, +50 offset all around. That means the rear wheels will "stick out" more than the fronts, and my solution will be to get a spacer for the fronts. I made the calculations, and it looks like the rears stick out 19.05mm more than the fronts, so I'll need 20mm spacers. The results will be like .7" farther out than stock all around. My goal is to only have to buy one pair of spacers while still having the wheels stick out more, which seems like it's possible(...)

 

[PureDrifter]

Yea, all we can do is give you opinions, so here's mine (from http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?125470-MKIV-TT-wheels-questions):

biggest problem with what you've done though is that the front and rear track widths are NOT the same. a better way is to physically measure out the fender gap, and use that as a baseline for the front and rear pairs separately to determind the spacers you need to "even out" the fitment.

if you REALLY want to get into the mechanics vs. the style aspect start calculating the change in roll center from pushing the contact patch out, and use THAT to determine the spacers you want/need....lol

 

[Enraged]

my car has MKIV TT wheels with project kics spacers, 25mm front and 15mm rear IIRC, dropped on eibach springs.

 

[Falken]

some good more info... but it would suck if you do buy the spacers and u dont get the right size, waste of money and time lol

 

[KaliSupra88turbo21]

need help on figuring out what size of wheel spacers can i use for the front of my car, the front carry's an xxr962 18x8.5 35offset i have a 235/40/18 non stretched tire which sucks cuz i didnt have any more to buy stretched tires for the front. so now that im thinking to buy falken's 452's tires stretched for the front should i stick to 235/40/18 or would a 225/40/18 look better & with wut kind of wheel spacers n size should i use to have this kind of look like the on the bottom =] loooks pretty sick! i just want that aggressive look just as this picture.



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