02-10-2015, 10:14 PM | #23 | |
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I've explained what I have seen first-hand and what others could expect by using spacers improperly. There's your facts. And remember, I don't care if you use spacers or not - it's not my car.
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02-10-2015, 11:03 PM | #24 |
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guys I tried finding spacers for the F15 but no luck... I wish to add 18mm to the rear... is there a link to a product where I can purchase it or is it exactly the same as the E70?
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02-11-2015, 01:07 AM | #26 |
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From personal experience, never had problems running spacers on my track car or my x5. During my time working at Redline time attack as a tech inspector when classing cars, I noticed many cars(even well known sponsored race cars) ran spacers. Yes in theory running the load further out will put more load on the bearings, however I have never first hand seen or heard of "catastrophic failure". Also as paicapo posted previously, running lower offset on the same width wheel, e.g. 19x9 et40 vs et25, puts the same load as adding a 15mm spacer.
Also the only other thing is you'll need to run longer bolts/lugs. I'm not a physicist, but I can imagine it "increases risk" of shearing Imo, if it is for your daily driven street car, I don't see any danger in running spacers. If it is for a track/race car, I could/would mean premature wear of your wheel bearings. I purchased mine from ezaccessories.com (local to me). Quality is excellent, fitments is spot on, and great value. Also purchased extended 10.1 grade bolts. |
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