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Spacers
- Thread starter Daks
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TheMuffinMan
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Virginia
I mean, there's not much to it. If you were on OEM wheels, get any of the 'flush' mount spacer kits that are out there. ECS has a bunch of options.
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
H&R, end thred.
This?
https://www.parkautomotorsports.ca/...ush-kit-mk7-7-5-vw-gti?variant=39310300512369
Didn't know this shit was that expensive.
Can't say without the specs. H&R or any other regular spacer suck for aftermarket wheels. They only work well for OEM 57.1 hub sizes. I am ordering rear spacers for my Motegi wheels from Motorsport-tech.com. The problem with the smaller spacers is that they will eat up the space were the hub ring will fit, not allowing it to center the wheel properly. If you torque your wheels properly, you should have no issues, but in the event that you mess up slightly, you will get vibrations.
My wheels are 18x8.5 et 42, and I am only doing spacers in the rear. 5mm spacers with 57.1 hub centric and 66.56 wheel centric.
Specs from the website.
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2019 VW GTI
Your Bolt Pattern: 5x112mm
Your Hub Diameter: 57.1mm
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Type: Spacer
Hub Centric to Car & Wheel Centric to Wheel
Thickness: 5mm
Center Bore: 66.56mm
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My wheels are 18x8.5 et 42, and I am only doing spacers in the rear. 5mm spacers with 57.1 hub centric and 66.56 wheel centric.
Specs from the website.
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2019 VW GTI
Your Bolt Pattern: 5x112mm
Your Hub Diameter: 57.1mm
*********************
Type: Spacer
Hub Centric to Car & Wheel Centric to Wheel
Thickness: 5mm
Center Bore: 66.56mm
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JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
Daks, that is their flush kit but I bought mine from either USP Motorsports or ECS. Pretty sure it was USP and it wasn't all that expensive but you are up in Canada so it'll cost you more.
Maiden69, not sure why you think they suck. I use them on my aftermarket wheels, VMR and Enkei Racing, without any issues. They are solid and hub centric and my Enkei wheels use a hub ring and still have zero issues.
El_bigote_AJ
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Las Vegas
- Car(s)
- 2019 GTI bunny
Send a side profile type shot from your rear side, and also what’s the current tire and wheel specs.
I’ve spend a good bit of time dialing in spacers and alignment to get this certain/exact fit I was after. Lol
I’ve spend a good bit of time dialing in spacers and alignment to get this certain/exact fit I was after. Lol
I used H&R on almost all my VW cars, but only with OEM wheels, and only when it was a 10-25mm spacer. The problem with VW's is that the bottom portion of the hub taper is wider thank most other brands, and on a 5mm spacer you don't have the protruding centric portion that will allow you to use your hub centric ring. This makes the hub ring wobble in the little bit of hub that extends past the spacer, unless you use a regular hub centric ring with the small taper section.
Not my picture, but for reference.
Regular spacers
H&R
It is hard to use a ring with H&R due to it's profile. Unless H&R changed their profile in the last few years (This is my first VW since 2014).
JerseyDrew77
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Virginia & NC
- Car(s)
- 2016 TR GTI S 6MT
Damn bro, that's tighter than a 16 year old virgin! Not speaking from experience.
I'll have to take some pics of my 5mm spacer that I use on my Enkei wheels with hub rings because I do not get that wobble you are talking about.
I know... as I said about I have used them for quite some time. When I was stationed in Germany they were one of the only ones TUV certified. Anything 5mm or smaller will not have the hub centric part, those are the ones I had problem with, which is why I went with custom built ones. I think that even the 5mm will not be allowed to use in Germany because of how little hub sticks past them.
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El_bigote_AJ
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Las Vegas
- Car(s)
- 2019 GTI bunny
Looks like you can get away with 8mm front and 15mm rears, and still be safe - do you plan to lower?
Nope - and thank you
Cosmic Heretic
New member
- Location
- Abbotsford, BC
- Car(s)
- 2019 GTI Autobahn
I am running DAP 20mm front and 25mm rear on stock 18" Pretoria's and tires not lowered. No vibration at all and love the slight poke!
