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Old 06 March 2014 | 10:13 AM
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I have standard wrx wheels on my 2002 wrx and have noticed they sit in the arches a fair bit has anyone fitted spacers to these to beef it out abit if so what size spacers pics would be nice?
Old 06 March 2014 | 11:13 AM
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Measure from the wheel to how far you want them to sit out, ie wheel to edge of arch 15mm, then buy 15mm spacers., if you want a 20mm extra width buy 20mm etc etc
Effectively changing the ET the lower the offset the more the wheel sticks out from the car.
IMO on 4wd cars you should match the front and rears so have the same size spacers all round.

I'd also only ever use hub centric spacers.
Failing that buy wider wheels or wheels with a lower ET

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Old 06 March 2014 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by EssexJamie
Measure from the wheel to how far you want them to sit out, ie wheel to edge of arch 15mm, then buy 15mm spacers., if you want a 20mm extra width buy 20mm etc etc
Effectively changing the ET the lower the offset the more the wheel sticks out from the car.
IMO on 4wd cars you should match the front and rears so have the same size spacers all round.

I'd also only ever use hub centric spacers.
Failing that buy wider wheels or wheels with a lower ET
Cool il give that ago just want it to look a little better till I get some new wheels
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Did you ever get round to doing this mate

PICTURES !!!!!
Old 29 May 2014 | 08:27 PM
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No I didn't pal as I'm thinking of selling the car so didn't want to spend no more on it!
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Anybody have any before and after pics ?
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i do have a set of 4x15mm wheel spacers that i am not using.sorry no pics
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Thanks mate I've ordered some 25mm hubcentric jobbies, fingers crossed they arrive in time for my wheels going back on but Im not holding my breath
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Originally Posted by Captainfunbags
Thanks mate I've ordered some 25mm hubcentric jobbies, fingers crossed they arrive in time for my wheels going back on but Im not holding my breath
Hope the wheel bearings are up to the job . . .


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Do a search mate, appreciate it's a lot but plenty of people running them or wheels with similar offset with no issues.............

Time will tell I guess
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With regard to wheel bearing problems; there is no difference in running spacers compared to changing the wheels to a set with a different offset.
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