Wheel spacers

[Red Mist]

Whats the view on using wheel spacers to solve wheel/brake clearance problems? I noticed on the thread about VOLKS wheels, someone suggested using 4mm spacers on a car that sounds destined for serious use.:eek: As I may (or may not) have a clearance problem ( Steve Hill MSport will be checking for me Monday), I could do with knowing in advance whether spacers could be a way forward - the car is used for frequent trackdays.
Any views on maximum spacer widths/front only or use all round/replacing studs??

Thanks

Darryl.

[moses]

i will be using 2mm spacers coz i have evo 6 wheels on my 4 so once the evo 6 panels are on i will be using a spacer and anything over 2mm mate u will do damage to your wheel bearings

[ive got one]

cant see much of a problem using 2mm-3mm spacers just make sure you get decent machened spacers not cast ones , as they say you get what you pay for !

[EvoAz]

make sure that the centre bore of the new wheel sits on the hub tight (i think its 67.1 mm on the 6), i tried a tried a couple of diff wheels on my car couple of weeks ago and had a real nightmare getting a decent fit. Most of the wheels i liked had a centre bore of 75mm and i need a spacer aswel. The only way out for me was to get some custom made spacers made, not sure whether i'm gonna go that route yet. The wheel co. i went to were totally against using there standard spacers on high performance cars and would not sell the wheels unless they were happy with the fit.

hope this helps.

[N.Ring]

or get some MOVIT brakes! The calipers/rotors are ca. 10mm more inwards!!