x-post: Spacer Sizing Tests
08-30-2008, 10:09 AM
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I stayed with 10mm (per wheel) as to not strain the wheelbearings to much...
If you go to the outside too much, the wheelbearing starts working outside the parameters it was designed for.
The D2 is a ET48 car and as Audi made wheels with 8Jx18" ET39, the 10mm spacer modifies the ET to 38. Only one mm outside Audi's specs.
That one mm will not kill the wheelbearings as the bearings of the A8 are quite strong.
In my heart i would have loved to go with 12 or 15mm spacers as it makes the car look even better but i kept it to 10mm per wheel for the beforementioned technical reason.
The D2 is a ET48 car and as Audi made wheels with 8Jx18" ET39, the 10mm spacer modifies the ET to 38. Only one mm outside Audi's specs.
That one mm will not kill the wheelbearings as the bearings of the A8 are quite strong.
In my heart i would have loved to go with 12 or 15mm spacers as it makes the car look even better but i kept it to 10mm per wheel for the beforementioned technical reason.
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