Spacer options

[Adrian E]

Just to round this off, I acquired a set of the H&R Trak+ spacers in 20mm per side for a very reasonable price from Euro Car Parts using a discount code from the AudiSRS site. They came in at £71.81 including delivery.

Very well packaged and supplied with a TUV approval from Germany and some suitably detailed instructions.

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

As a manufacturing engineer I actually prefer the thought of spacers retained by separate bolts and the wheel then bolted to the spacer. So long as all bolts are correctly torqued and the threads in the spacer are correctly machined it's no more likely for a wheel to fall off a spacer than it is off a hub. With longer bolts at these sort of spacer widths I would be concerned about the quality of the bolts used and whether they were up to the job. Not saying they can't be, mind!

Some before pics showing how inset the wheel looks:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

Did the nearside one first and it bolts up nice and tight and square to the hub.

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

It looks a little odd here as the car hasn't been moved so the suspension is sitting funny and the wheel is sticking out further at the top than in normal use.

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

After moving the car they settle to this position:

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

http://forum.a8parts.co.uk/attachmen...1&d=1393236347

I took Nollywood out for a run in the car after fitting them and there were no issues with clearance. I do need to load the car up and check again, but I'm hoping the stiff sidewalls of my Michelin Super Sports will help here! If they rub at all they will come off as I don't want to machine a groove in my expensive tyres, thanks very much!

We were loosing the light by this point so I didn't have a chance to grab a pic of the old girl's new fat ass

Have left these as links rather than embedded pics as they're coming up HUGE again when I preview the post!

Adrian