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Wheel Spacers
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:32 pm
by kaisersolsay
Hi guys,
Thinking about a set of wheel spacers to fill out the arches on my B6 S4. Anyone got any advise on which ones are best? Anyone got any pics?
RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:31 pm
by Virdee Autos
I would use either H&R or Eibach myself
Both are excellent quality and H&R ones are TUV approved. And both AFAIK are hubcentric which is what you want
RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:17 pm
by kaisersolsay
Thanks for that. You got any pics with them on?
RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:47 pm
by Virdee Autos
There some pics in the RS4 B5 section, under "New wheels", but obviously they're on a RS4, plus on different wheels.
Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:34 pm
by jvbates
I asked a similar thing in this
thread, and got a reply from philipwalker, who said...
You could fit a hub center 10mm spacer, say Eibach or H+R . Generally any spacer less than 10mm does not have the center lip for the wheel to mount on.
It should not put any extra loading in the components, it would be the same a lower et number wider wheel.
Ring or PM me if you need a set.
Philip
01437 563793
He (by the looks of it?) runs or works for these guys...
http://tinyurl.com/2yxvgn
Hope that helps.
Jay
Re: RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:24 pm
by P_G
kaisersolsay wrote:Thanks for that. You got any pics with them on?
If you go to the TT Shop website IIRC they have pics of H&R hubcentric spacers on the hubs if that is what you are looking for. You will also need / get longer H&R TUV approved bolts if using H&R spacers.
MTM also supposedly do hubcentric spacers ITH.
RE: Re: RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:19 am
by Virdee Autos
IMO your just paying the extra premium for the MTM badge!
They are more than likely made for them by either H&R or Eibach. Both AFAIK are TUV approved.
RE: Re: RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:42 pm
by kaisersolsay
What does TUV mean?
RE: Re: RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:13 pm
by jvbates
TÜVs - Technischer Überwachungs-Verein, or Technical Monitoring Association in English!
It's the German motoring standards agency. See
wikipedia
Re: RE: Re: RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 1:48 pm
by P_G
R33V-Spec wrote:IMO your just paying the extra premium for the MTM badge!
They are more than likely made for them by either H&R or Eibach. Both AFAIK are TUV approved.
The MTM spacers actually have a bigger diameter and cover the entire face of the hub whereas H&R's there is a 5 mm lip round the circumference.
RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Wheel Spacers
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 4:48 pm
by kaisersolsay
What size would you recommend for a standard B6 S4? Don't want to foul the arches, but want to fill them out a bit.
Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:12 pm
by P_G
I had 10mm hubcentric spacers largely because of the RS4 front brake upgrade I had done to get the Avus wheels back on; however at the same time when looking straight down from above the wing the edge of the tyre and wheel were in line with the edge of the arch.
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 9:03 pm
by NotNormal
P_G wrote:I had 10mm hubcentric spacers largely because of the RS4 front brake upgrade I had done to get the Avus wheels back on; however at the same time when looking straight down from above the wing the edge of the tyre and wheel were in line with the edge of the arch.
I have the same, 10 mm hubcentric H&R with matching bolt.
The whole car looks better, well worth doing IMO.
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 3:47 pm
by jvbates
I was reccomended by someone (and I can't find the post!) that 15mm at the rear and 10mm on the front was just about perfect!
Posted: Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:22 pm
by MarkB
jvbates wrote:I was reccomended by someone (and I can't find the post!) that 15mm at the rear and 10mm on the front was just about perfect!
This post?
http://www.rs246.com/index.php?name=PNp ... highlight=