Largest spacer without longer bolts??

[fluffy01016]

Thinking about spacers for my Superb, but not sure whats the largest I can use without having to use longer bolts. I know 10mm will require bolts (£62.50 for the spacer and bolts) but if I can get away with 6mm without the longer bolts, then it will only cost me about £15 and I get to keep my locking nuts.

Help willl be gratefully recieved

[devonutopia]

I would have said no spacer at all. I would match any spacer with bolts which are longer by the amount of the spacer, if not a bit more.

Edit: You might get away with 4 longer bolts and one short one (locking) with a 10mm spacer.

[MichaelD]

Originally Posted by devonutopia

You might get away with 4 longer bolts and one short one (locking) with a 10mm spacer.

But you might not? Taking a risk when attaching wheels to your car isn't a particularly good thing to do. Remember, the bolts would be most likely to fail when you'r putting the most load on them, i.e. when cornering fast. And having a wheel come off when cornering fast might just be a bit uncomfortable

[bigj2552]

question....

putting on spacers...

would it affect the insurance at all ?

and does it affect handling ?

is it worth the effort / cash ?

make a differance ?

[Goochie]

10mm spacers should always be accompanied with 10mm longer bolts.

[boyced]

Originally Posted by Goochie

10mm spacers should always be accompanied with 10mm longer bolts.

the spacers I have bolt to the hub, and then the bolts screw into the spacers. I think

[Baker21]

Originally Posted by bigj2552

question....

putting on spacers...

would it affect the insurance at all ?

and does it affect handling ?

is it worth the effort / cash ?

make a differance ?

To answer your questions IMO:

Haven't mentions anything to my insurance company.

Handling is effected in some cases it's better and in some cases it's worse.

I believe it looks a heck of a lot better and is very much worth the money!!

I did have a group buy running on these but I have had little interest:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/group...-feeler/55187/

[Baker21]

Originally Posted by boyced

the spacers I have bolt to the hub, and then the bolts screw into the spacers. I think

Are you sure?

[fluffy01016]

Originally Posted by Baker21

Are you sure?

I have seen these before. I think they are in sizes over 15-20mm. I was looking for some when I had my Leon Cupra. The benefit is that you can keep your existing locking nuts, the down side was that they are about £90 a pair

[WW_VRS]

These do indeed exist. That said I'd make sure you buy quality stuff if you go for that particular variation for obvious reasons (and I'd imagine you'd get that when you pay 90-odd quid).

Insurance wise it's risky as it's a modification to the suspension-related parts of the vehicle. If there is even a remote chance of this being a reason for an accident occuring, you can guess the outcome.

On a more positive note - yeah they look good

[Baker21]

Originally Posted by WW_VRS

These do indeed exist. That said I'd make sure you buy quality stuff if you go for that particular variation for obvious reasons (and I'd imagine you'd get that when you pay 90-odd quid).

Insurance wise it's risky as it's a modification to the suspension-related parts of the vehicle. If there is even a remote chance of this being a reason for an accident occuring, you can guess the outcome.

On a more positive note - yeah they look good

I am not convinced by people's insurance worries, I have had a few cars now and on my last two I declared all mods to the insurance company, now I have declared a few choice mods on this one. IMO you have to make sure that if you do have an accident you remove what you can at the scene, done this before and caused no problems (obviously small mods that can be removed, not suspension and bodykits).

My best friend had a highly modifed Golf MKIV and never declared any mods, he wrote it off big time and the insurance company investigated it and wouldn't pay out, in the end after several letters, they paid out the full amount. It's very rare that they will not pay out IMO?

Spacers are things that people wouldn't notice IMO?

Granted I will eat my words if something terrible happened!!

[WW_VRS]

It just kinda depends I suppose on the insurance companies involved.

Didn't want to emphasise the insurance too much in this thread in particular.


If something is a good quality product and properly fitted it should be absolutely fine from a safety perspective. In case of anything to do with keeping the wheels on the car & road etc a bit of healthy paranoia is good