Wheel spacer brand recommendations?

[War]

What brand wheel spacers do you all recommend? I don't want to skimp out and have problems. I was thinking 10mm in the front and 15mm in the rear if that makes a difference to anyone. Thanks.

[Qwik23]

I'm running h&r 10mm in the rear. Think I'm going to run a smaller Novustech one in the front.

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[djnuge]

Here are 12 and 17 mm spacers.20230409_171730.jpg20230409_171718.jpg20230409_171702.jpg20230409_171645.jpg

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[8STTRS]

It's not really about the brand, per se. It's more about the proper way to use spacers. I, personally, wouldn't go any further than 5mm spacers on the stock studs and even then, that's pushing it. If you get something that has spacers larger than that, get a longer stud or a plate that sandwiches between them to space it out. Even then, I wouldn't recommend doing any hard driving on them. I'd always suggest just getting wheels with the proper offset than get a set of spacers.

[djnuge]

It's not really about the brand, per se. It's more about the proper way to use spacers. I, personally, wouldn't go any further than 5mm spacers on the stock studs and even then, that's pushing it. If you get something that has spacers larger than that, get a longer stud or a plate that sandwiches between them to space it out. Even then, I wouldn't recommend doing any hard driving on them. I'd always suggest just getting wheels with the proper offset than get a set of spacers.

I agree that getting the correct offset on aftermarket wheels is the way to go. But if you want to use the stock wheels and you want to push them out a little bit to make them look good, then spacers is the way to go. Most spacers longer than 5 mm come with longer bolts.

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[billk1967]

If I read your post correctly you are looking for recommendation of brand of spacers, not the width of them. For me H&R are number 1 however I have used ECS spacers without any issues as well.

As for the spacer width it will all depend on the tires size. As an example, I had 10mm spacers on all 4 wheels on my tt rs with the stock tires (pzero 255/30/20's) and this setup worked perfectly with no rubbing (even with H&R sport springs installed) and now I have 275/30/20's on the same wheels with no spacers and on really hard bumps now Im getting a very light rub on the rear driver side (again the car is on H&R sport springs).

Hope this helps.

[djnuge]

I have used these on most of my cars.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/38414194662...mis&media=COPY

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[rnlabas]

While on the subject, also note that Audi Ball Seats are R13 - there's a difference, and the wrong radius on the ball could be as bad as using cone seat lug bolts on a ball seated wheel...

and : the standard bolt spec is M14x1.5x35 - that 35 is from the bolt back of the head, and includes about 7mm worth of depth for a floating ball-radiused washer - this is described by Audi as a "2-part" lug bolt. But it's important to understand what this floating washer is for. It essentially spins freely against the bolt head, so that when you torque it down, the bolt itself is not 'twisting' directly against the wheel seat, but rather against the other side of the free-spinning washer. The seat of this 2-part bolt remains stationary against the wheel seat while tightening, allowing the bolt threads to 'stretch' into the receiving threads, making the structural connection to hold the wheel onto the hub. All RS cars use these typical 2-part bolts.

With 35mm to start, and 7mm taken up by the washer, that leaves just 28mm or so to pull the connection. The previous post on 5mm spacers was correct - using anything more than about that (or less) would REQUIRE LONGER bolts to ensure a solid connection. [And care must be made to not use bolts that are too long either - or you could cramp the hub on the other(in) side.]