What size wheel spacers?

[stoney369]

2.0T S-Line QUATTRO, Recently had it lowered 45mm on H&R springs, wanting to put a set of hubcentric spacers on to set it off.

As its a Quattro, is there any reason i should be worried about putting different size spacers front and rear?

Measuring my clearences from tyre wall to the arches, it seems i can fit 12mm spacers on the front and 15mm spacers on the rear.

Any suggestions? things i should know? advice? or anyone have the same car as me and fitted spacers themselves?

Any responses will be greatly appreciated, cheers.

[A-BlacK_MambA-4]

I guess my first suggestion would be to post what wheels (specs included) you are applying these spacers to.

[Schweini]

it would also help knowing exactly what look you're trying to achieve with the spacers. Do you want to be flush, poke out or wheel tuck at all?

[McGovs2.7TB5]

2.0T S-Line QUATTRO, Recently had it lowered 45mm on H&R springs, wanting to put a set of hubcentric spacers on to set it off.

As its a Quattro, is there any reason i should be worried about putting different size spacers front and rear?

No. I have 10mm in front and 15 in back on my avant

Measuring my clearences from tyre wall to the arches, it seems i can fit 12mm spacers on the front and 15mm spacers on the rear.

Any suggestions? things i should know? advice? or anyone have the same car as me and fitted spacers themselves?

Just be sure to get bolts that are appropriately longer to accommodate the extra space

Any responses will be greatly appreciated, cheers.

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[stoney369]

cheers McGovs2.7TB5, thought 10mm on the front might be safer to avoid any rubbing when turning. In response to the first 2 replies, im running the standard 17" split 5 spoke S-line wheels, 7.5j ? et45 ? i think... just want the wheels flush yea, not poking out just running smoothly in line with the arches.

[stoney369]

main concern was running different sizes front and rear with the car being a quattro or am i worrying about nothing?

[Schweini]

main concern was running different sizes front and rear with the car being a quattro or am i worrying about nothing?

In that case, you're more than fine. I think the majority of people on here with spacers are running offset spacers with the rears being larger. I was as well. Like what was already mentioned, make sure you get the proper sized bolts

You're good to go

[McGovs2.7TB5]

I've had mine on going on three years with out issue.

[stoney369]

Cheers all, i'll get them ordered on payday then ;)

[CTAudiDriver]

To get a flush with fender fit, you'll want your offset to be ET 32 up front and ET 29 in back so whatever spacer it takes to achieve that with your wheels will get your wheels sitting flush F&R. If they're ET 45 then you'd ideally want 13mm spacers up front and 16mm spacers in back, not sure they make those sizes though... 12 & 15 F&R like you said should be good with no rubbing issues unless you're running massive tires, stock sized tires will clear no problem.

Keep in mind that this will make your wheel spacing wider in the rear than front thus changing your handling dynamics. I'm prone to say that it will cause more understeer which is not desirable on our under steer happy B7's but I'm not usre about this. I ended up making my wheels ET 32 F&R for this reason.

[Hugh@EuropaParts]

I'm et 25 in front et 20 in rear for flush...

[Schweini]

I'm et 25 in front et 20 in rear for flush...

and I'm et 35 for flush : p

[Charles.waite]

main concern was running different sizes front and rear with the car being a quattro or am i worrying about nothing?

You are worries about nothing. Spacers only push the wheels farther out. What makes a difference with the Quattro Diffs is rolling radius. And theres absolutely no way a wheel spacer could alter that. So yeah, you're good.

[CTAudiDriver]

You are worries about nothing. Spacers only push the wheels farther out. What makes a difference with the Quattro Diffs is rolling radius. And theres absolutely no way a wheel spacer could alter that. So yeah, you're good.

It does change your turning radius front to back but I agree, I don't think it will hurt the quattro whatsoever. The center diff needs to accommodate different turning radiuses between the front and rear wheels anyhow.

[Solarsuplex]

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[B708blk]

I have a set for the front h&r hub centric spacers 10mm ill sell u

[esm]

I have the OEM 17" sport package wheels. Just put 15mm rear and 10mm front ECS spacers in when I installed my Billstein PSS9 coils this week. Looks great.

[stoney369]

awesome responses, nice one guys :D