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Question for SteveMondragon
Steve,
I was wondering if you installed the MTM spacers you had ordered. I have a similar car to your (2.0T S-Line, quartz gray) and I have a set of 10 mm H&R hubcentric spacers and longer lug bolts I can put on my car. Just wasn't sure if the wheels would stick out. I am not planning to do any mods to my leased car, but I already have the spacers (I was using them on my Passat). I am sure the back will be fine with the wheels pushed out 10 mm, but the front looks pretty flush with the fender already. My wife will drive the car once in a while and I don't want to risk curb damage to the wheels. Any thoughts?
I was wondering if you installed the MTM spacers you had ordered. I have a similar car to your (2.0T S-Line, quartz gray) and I have a set of 10 mm H&R hubcentric spacers and longer lug bolts I can put on my car. Just wasn't sure if the wheels would stick out. I am not planning to do any mods to my leased car, but I already have the spacers (I was using them on my Passat). I am sure the back will be fine with the wheels pushed out 10 mm, but the front looks pretty flush with the fender already. My wife will drive the car once in a while and I don't want to risk curb damage to the wheels. Any thoughts?
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I put them on and then took the front 10mm spacers off since I didn't like the look of how the wheels lined up with the fender. I left the 15mm in the rears and the car now sits very good and agressive looking. My car is lowered with no fender gap so that is the setup I went with. On a stock height car, 10mm all around may look alright.
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Thanks! Do you see any ill effects from just having rear spacers?
I think I will leave the front wheels alone, but I'm tempted to add the 10 mm spacers on the back.
I don't know if the front and rear tracks are identical on the stock car and what adverse change adding 10 mm spacers in the back only might do, but I'll go ahead and try it out.
Just curious, did you think your car needed to be lowered more than the stock suspension? I am happy with the stock ride height of the S-Line, but yours looks pretty darn nice (not slammed, a look I don't care for).
I don't know if the front and rear tracks are identical on the stock car and what adverse change adding 10 mm spacers in the back only might do, but I'll go ahead and try it out.
Just curious, did you think your car needed to be lowered more than the stock suspension? I am happy with the stock ride height of the S-Line, but yours looks pretty darn nice (not slammed, a look I don't care for).
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I like all of my cars to have little to no fender gap
I'm just picky about the stance/look of the car, whether it be on stock or aftermarket wheels. FYI, running the Sportlines on the A4 S-line with stock shocks and stock 18" wheels, it rides so much smoother than my old NSX lowered on the Pro Kit springs, with Bilstein shocks and 18/19" wheel combo (35 & 30-series tires).
So overall I'm very pleased with the look of my Sportline springs. The car does not look dumped at all, but just clean and lowered with no fender gap. The spacers actually help the visual look of it and makes the stance more agressive looking. On a stock height (factory sport suspension = approx 2 finger gap), I would go with smaller spacers like 10mm or no spacers. When you lower the car, you get some neg camber so the spacers will push the wheel out to help make the wheel look more flush with the fender flare.
So overall I'm very pleased with the look of my Sportline springs. The car does not look dumped at all, but just clean and lowered with no fender gap. The spacers actually help the visual look of it and makes the stance more agressive looking. On a stock height (factory sport suspension = approx 2 finger gap), I would go with smaller spacers like 10mm or no spacers. When you lower the car, you get some neg camber so the spacers will push the wheel out to help make the wheel look more flush with the fender flare.
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