bpp

Anyone using wheel spacers and doing HPDE'S? Any concerns?

Bob W.

what's HPDE, high-pressure donut encounter?

rutiger77

high performance driving event, but i like the donut idea too

Bob W.

are there low-performance driving events? they're just DE's.

bpp

lol...howd you know this? :P

bpp

You're clever tonight. LPDE''s for the "slow learners"....get it? :P

Bob W.

...I've auto-x'ed several times in my old TT which had 25mm spacers, and noticed several Porsche guys at the same events with spacers, so I don't think it's an issue, as long as: a) the spacers are hubcentric, and b) the wheel bolts are the appropriate length. I'd also suggest torquing the wheel bolts with the wheels OFF the ground (i.e. jacked up), just be very careful when you do that, and try not to have the car fall on your toe.

Some may say that the spacers place undue stress on the wheel bearings and such, and that may be true, but I never had a problem with them on my TT over nearly 50k miles.

Jet Jockey/A4 Pilot

Bob! What did I tell you in my e mail to you about this year? You don't need spacers. :-)

bpp

....., yes you did. I sorry.

bpp

In addition, I was hoping you would have a clever comeback to my clever "slow learners" comment.