5" hub central spacers?

[SMKellogs]

Hi all I have a MK1 GP would like to widen track would 5" hub central spacers be enough to bring tyres to edge of wheel arch or does any one now best size spacers or is it a bad idea regards

[Bokers]

I doubt you meant 5 inches... 5mm... probably not enough.
But, just buy some decent lightweight wheels to go on instead with the correct width and offset already, no spacers needed, better looking wheels and less rotational weight. 17x7.5 ET 30-35 would do the job.

[paulmon]

If you dont happen to have a spare £1800 for new wheels and tyres then you can use spacers if you want. I've just fitted some 13mm spacers which I bought from 1320 mini The size you get depends on the ET of your current wheel and how much wider you want to go. If you don't know the ET of your wheel then it should be stamped on the inside.

WP_20151210_15_05_06_Pro by Paul Monaghan, on Flickr

My current wheels are ET48 and didn't leave much clearance for the callipers.

Don't forget you'll need longer wheel bolts. The ones sent from 1320 are chrome and my wheels are dark so my OCD went into overdrive and I've now sprayed them with black stove paint

Edited by paulmon on Friday 11th December 23:27

[mon the fish]

I had the JCW R95 alloys on my R53 (with JCW suspension - same as the GP). I fitted 13mm spacers, and the extra unsprung weight on already big & heavy alloys really ruined the ride quality.

IMO keep the OEM 18s in the garage, and source some aftermarket 17s - for example Rota wheels come in decent offsets & aren't too expensive. 17s = cheaper tyres and better ride/handling, win win

[addz86]

I've got 12mm eibach spacers on my GP, they scrubbed a tiny bit of the inner arch when I did a track day but it is pretty low on coilovers



Picture kindly taken by someone on here I believe