H & R trak + wheel spacers
 

Hi All,

Looking to get some of these in the very near future,I have the D2, 8.5J, 20 inch alloys,which I know require 25mm spacers each side for the rears,but what size for the fronts,or do we not bother?

I see from an earlier posting of Oli,s , he managed to get some for around £70 off ebay!I cant find any, near that price at all,so does someone know of a place that I can per chance?

All the best

Rich +++

That was quite a while ago Rich, and they've gone up a lot since then!
I had a set of 20mm Trak+ for the rears and some 15mm eibach pros for the front which ive just sold to Amar/Jugga for their BAJ1T car but the whole set cost me the best part of £200 new plus £20 for extended bolts on the front ones! I would expect to pay £200 ish at the moment unless you can find some second hand ones

£200?? I bet you can find somebody to make them from scratch for less then half of that, ask around some engineering workshops.

Guys. Would you put Bonko tyres on your car?
Speaking for myself, I'd like a good pedigree for any parts on which me (and my families) lives depend

I agree Nick, and the Trak+ is precision machined and includes bolts to bolt your spacer onto the hub and machined holes to bolt your wheel to, all in a lightweight hubcentric fitting.
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1313029041
The Eibach Pros are just as well made but 15mm and still lightweight and hubcentric +++
http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1313029041

That's exactly why I went for Neil's. Its all about the quality when it comes to stuff like this. I could have got some from eBay for a third of the price!

I will agree on tyres but I have only been fortunate enough to afford new premium sets twice when I was in Denmark and could get them at 38% price, rest of the time I have gone for second hand premium brands instead of cheap new ones and always checked that they are no older then 3 years for summer tyres and 2 years for winter when buying.

But spacers are pretty basic, specially the thinner ones with bolts going through them, anybody could turn them up from a piece of aluminum in lathe. Now the thicker ones that bolt down to hub and then wheel bolts to them are a bit more complicated and I would rather have them made from steel. That would not be lightweight but a whole lot cheaper. If I were still in Latvia I would just go to nearby college workshop and make them myself.

I would worry about bolts first and extra strain on bearings that spacers put on them and how it will affect wheel track in the corners before worrying about the spacers them self. All that being said I never had spacers and not looking to use any in foreseeable future.

I'm with ainarssems on this, when I was involved with the (serious) performance industry (not the jack up & spoiler brigade) we never used spacers on our project vehicles, or recommended them to customers, due to the additional strain on other components. We advocated the use of a wider wheel with the correct offset for the application.

Hi Rich,

I purchased mine from here, great price and a great service, H+R Trak plus Hubcentric.

http://www.motorsportworld.co.uk/fra...es.asp?code=34

They are listed as widening track per pair hence you will require the 50mm set at £95.68.

They are very light and great quality, agree with all the previous comments.

Cheers Guys .for all the comments,being a toolmaker myself in a previous time,it is a doodle to make these,if you have access to the relevant ,lathes, millers or jig borers,but fully agree that its best to purchase from proven known manufacturers.

What size do we generally go for on the front?Is it 15mm per side or 20mm?

Cheers Frankow,will probably go with them+++