Hello guys, I know there are a lot of topics about this subject, but I didn’t really found the answer to my question.

I’m thinking about using 25 mm spacers back on 19’ Xtreme alloys, I’ve seen most people use 20 mm on back but would 25 mm create any problems in terms of handling, rubbing, I’m thinking 5mm is not that much of a diference..?

 

I want to do this on a hathback, stock suspension Octavia. Thank you!

It should work 👍

 

I still have 20mm spacers on the back with 19 x 8.5j et43 and the wheel sits perfectly flush with the arch and no scrub. Cars lowered. 

I used 25’s on the rear of my PFL Estate, lowered, and it was about as far as you would want out and it worked flawlessly.

Your vRS sat perfectly Sasha.

What spacers did you have on the front?

Thanks, had 20mm on the front and 25mm on the back plus 40mm H&R lowering springs but I only went 20 on the front for the brakes.

 

 

Hi can you please tell me in are there any advantages of using spacers apart for cosmetic purposes thanks 

4 minutes ago, babymanor said:

Hi can you please tell me in are there any advantages of using spacers apart for cosmetic purposes thanks 

They should increase stability due to increased track width. I’d say it’s pretty unlikely that any difference can be noticed here with daily driving. A negative is the additional unsprung mass... but again really unnoticeable with daily driving. 

hello,

seriously mad spacers on here, recommended by a vag specialist garage not to go above 8mm unless you've got shares in the wheel bearing company for a daily driver.

just sayin..

hello,

it's front wheel drive and front engined, so as designed by vag, prone to (safe) understeer.

i run negative stagger - 5mm front, 3mm back to offset this, and they clear my nqsbbk's.

20mm front and 25mm rear is....shall i say different,

just sayin..

sorry, should have said to "try" to offset this...….

133k on that car when sold, 21k with that spacer setup and even more with just 15mm on the back, 2x track days, a lot of B road blasting and it still had all original wheel bearings on it with no signs of wearing out when sold...

hello,
installing wheel spacers on a car will increase the leverage on the wheel bearing. The larger the spacer, the larger the leverage becomes. reducing the life of the wheel bearing as they are not made to take leverage forces and can therefore wear faster.....guess you lucked out.

hello,

guess where your abs sensor takes it's pickup? the wheel bearing. had a bearing blow at ahem mph on the m3, and losing the abs introduced a somewhat moist underpants situation.

just sayin..

2 hours ago, ponk said:

hello,
installing wheel spacers on a car will increase the leverage on the wheel bearing. The larger the spacer, the larger the leverage becomes. reducing the life of the wheel bearing as they are not made to take leverage forces and can therefore wear faster.....guess you lucked out.

 

Putting a spacer on a Skoda wheel bearing will have no more effect than the OEM offsets that other cars in the VAG group use with the same (or sometimes smaller) wheel bearing (they are the same part number). They are the same MQB architecture and use offsets that mimic a Skoda wheel with spacer.  They are designed like this and do not wear bearings any faster either.

 

Some manufacturers (such as Porsche) have used spacers from the factory.

 

For some reason Skoda wheels have always used high offset wheels that look tucked in. Skoda even used spacers on their show cars along with ratchet straps to lower the springs.

 

The issue I have with spacers are they increase shear force on the wheel bolts (even hubcentric ones) and can result in bolt failure especially with the dubious extended bolts supplied with some of the ebay special spacers. I have seen it happen to supposed good spacers fitted correctly. It is why I pick an OEM wheel with a lower offset instead.

hello,

i agree to a point, increasing the wheel offset without changing the tyre width will act the same as a spacer. however putting a wheel on with the correct or model specific offset is not the same as adding 40mm to the track width by adding 20/25mm spacers.

regards shear, that's why i run studs not bolts even on my piddly 5 and 3mm spacers.

just sayin..

 

Edited 21 March, 20215 yr by ponk

hello,

each to their own on this one,

correct offset wheels expensive, spacers cheap, loss of abs sensor pickup in the bearing due to bearing failure...… potentially fatal!

your research free.....ho-hum

just sayin..

Loss of ABS potentially fatefull! - I must have been really lucky to not have been killed driving the scores of non ABS equipped cars I owned in the past, and that was when I drove like the road was my personal racetrack.

 

My ABS triggered the other day, I had pulled out to overtake 2 vehicles & while passing the first I saw that the front one was indicating to turn left into a side road across my bows, my error but compounded by having a RHD car in a LHD country, anyway it was the first time in several months, maybe even longer, that the ABS had cut in.

 

In the late 80's I had Sierra XR4x4's as company cars, my first ever ABS equipped drives, as the roads were then still my personal racetrack the ABS would cut in at least 4 times on my 20 minute drive to work on a dry road

 

I have a warning light now to tell me if the ABS is not functioning, just as well because I need it, the fault light that is & not the ABS.

Edited 21 March, 20215 yr by J.R.

Personally I wouldnt use spacers on any car I own. I would always be worried about the increased pressure on the hub and bearing. I have had a few friends have issues with spacers and bearings.

However you will get slightly better handling with a wider track. However none that you would actually be able to notice on the road. I personally dont feel the wheels are too bad as standard. They sit inside the wheel arch to help with aerodynamics.

I’ve cleaned up the posts that were starting to degenerate.
 

Please keep things on topic and civil.

Also a polite reminder that posts need to be in English 👍

Edited 24 March, 20215 yr by cheezemonkhai

how have you cleansed the posts?

 

How - Because I am

a site moderator and got a notification of reported posts.

 

Why, because an argument isn’t necessary, especially on this thread, so all argumentative posts are gone.

Both sets of relevant and civil posts are still here. 
 

So please don’t carry on down that road, as otherwise it won’t just be polite words of advice.

On 21/03/2021 at 13:21, ponk said:

hello,

guess where your abs sensor takes it's pickup? the wheel bearing. had a bearing blow at ahem mph on the m3, and losing the abs introduced a somewhat moist underpants situation.

just sayin..

 

Seems like you're the only one to have a wheel bearing blow, Polk 

 

Just sayin.. 

sorry,

could you explain what "Polk" means? can't be bothered to google urban dictionary

15 minutes ago, ponk said:

sorry,

could you explain what "Polk" means? can't be bothered to google urban dictionary

 

Well I just Googled "Polk" and it's actually a really nice looking audio brand, so I've learned something new today! 

sorry. 

none the wiser as to context?