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Old Apr 11, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Default Re: New Wheels in, need help

Max, you have tons of photos in your gallery, I'm still looking. The spacer did fix the depth problem caused by the grease cap, but the cap doesn't fit now because the cap is for a smaller bore and falls inside the wheel. Must be the wrong size cap. And guess what the 20mm H&R spacer fit perfectly over the grease cap, no machining needed. Strange thing is that the spacer fits perfect on the front and back hub and perfect inside the wheel bores. The wheel bore didn't fit perfect over the hub and comes with a hardwarre kit to shim the bore to fit better (I guess not using the hardware kit shim helps fit audis and VW's that have a larger wheel bore?) Weird, but it works.

Krazy, these wheels are available in 43mm or 35mm offset for the 19"X8.5" and only in 40mm or 45mm offset for the 20"X10". Like I said, I am set on these wheels, not looking for a different kind that would take less work that are actually made for our cars...... yes hard headed. I even called TSW and Tenzo and tried to get them to custom make a set but they were not even interested. I am trying the 8.5" wide wheels in front becuase so many members have done it successfully (like Les) with the perfect spacing.

Silverwolf, I wish I could wait to mount my tires until you have fit yours for compairison.

Les, thanks for the info again! After putting the 20mm spacers on tonight I think your right on. I can have the rear 20mm spacers turned down to 15mm and I should try to 10mm spacers to verify before I buy them.

Here are pics of the front wheel, jack under lower "A" arm to load it lifting it off the jack stand. The wheel has the 20mm spacer on with it. Clearance from the upper control arm to the inner wheel lip is now 20.5mm. I guess it was about .5mm clearance before, I just heard the build up of road grim on the upper "A" arm touching the inner wheel lip last night as I spun the wheel around. With the 20mm spacer it looks way too far out now. It sticks out 12mm past the outside of the out fender......

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And here is the back with the 20mm spacer and now have about 28mm clearance from the closest part of the inner wheel lip to inner fender wheel well. Looks to be about 3-4mm outside the outer fender, but these pictures didn't have the jack loading the lower "A" arm though....

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