20mm spacers

[ticki]

hey guys

If have 20mm spacers on my standard BBS's, will i nee my arch's rolled?

thanks

[Tim_GTi]

Nope, I think you'll be just fine. if your riding a really low stance though I'd recommend 15mm.

[ticki]

Here is some pic's for maybe a better idea of my clearance etc. Im runnin 195/45 R15 Yokohama S drives. (these are quite wide 195's imo)

Despite being on FK Coilovers, Im not very low at all you can say.

[ticki]

after that info, will i need my arch's rolled for 20mm spacers?

[Tim_GTi]

Right, judging by my calculations your wheels will be sat pretty much exactly the same as mine.

Here's mine:


I only get scrubbing if I'm cornering really hard and hit a bump in the road. In otherwords it's not an issue at this height at all. I was about 10mm lower and that did scrub, but my current stance is lower than you are now, so that irrelevant.

So given that, I'd say you'd be fine!

However.... I have 165/50 tyres, and you have 195/45s. I'm not saying this would make any difference (as your wheels are slightly wider than mine) but it means my calculations can't be 100%.

Hope this helps mate

[ticki]

that does mate, alot. its the stretch that helps im guessing.

195's im worried will cause impact not just rubbing with the arch, if i go over a bump.

anyway im looking at these 20mm hub adapters type, they are steel, which concerns me but they are cheap.

any comments

http://www.lkperformancestyling.co.uk/p ... roduct=608

[Tim_GTi]

well thats the thing., mine are only 6j wide, so theres no stretch really. they do add a nice slant to the sidewall tho.

have you considered 15mm to be safe?

[ticki]

15mm wont fit over the spigot on mine

i actually have 2 sets of 15mm spacers that my bro gave me a while back.

they fit perfectly on the fronts but fail on the rears

[Tim_GTi]

That sucks. I thought spacers normally accomodate space for the spigot?

[ticki]

VW decided to have longer spigots on the rear hubs for some reason

[ticki]

so im going for 15mm in the front and 20mm at the back

15mm on the front? do you think its too much? win or fail?

[Tim_GTi]

i think that'll be nice! although i'm not a personal fan of staggered stances (for understeering reasons) it's still a win for me.

[ticki]

oh dear, i never thought of that.

all ive ever done on my polo is to try and dial out the understeer.

Coilovers
Rear Anti Roll Bar
-1º camber on front wheels


well on Sunday I tried just one spacer on the front just to have a look. I didnt drive it.

with spacer on


with spacer on


Passenger side with no spacer

[Tim_GTi]

They do look good. It depends what's more important to you though I suppose. My car is more for looks, but am still not a fan of the whole staggered thing as it literally (although subtly) cripples the handling.

[ticki]

thanks for the heads up mate.

I have to try it out and see, what happens.

Looking at my front wheel there. Do you think im gonna get scrubbage?