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[lee4206]

I know a few people have been looking for these in the past and there are some for sale on ebay.  I had a set delivered today and they seem good quality i should get them fitted tomorrow so i'll let you know what there like.

link
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20MM-Hubcentric-Wheel-Spacers-Vauxhall-5x110-612_W0QQitemZ220240601324QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_3?hash=item220240601324&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

lee

[waspy]

Ooh matey, they'll put a wide stance on your Mig

[Albatross]

They'll be fine on the back. I'm pretty sure they'll be fine on the front too. That's a damn good price; a lot less than I paid for the Eibach ones.

Mine has 25mm on the rear and 18mm on the front. I did it this way becasue I have always felt that the rear wheels look more "tucked in" than the fronts. Since I fitted the spacers my new wheels have a higher (more inset) offset of ET45 rather than the standard ET38, but this only detracts the addition of the spacers by 7mm on each corner.

These will give you a rough idea of how they help.

[lee4206]

They'll be fine on the back. I'm pretty sure they'll be fine on the front too. That's a damn good price; a lot less than I paid for the Eibach ones.

Mine has 25mm on the rear and 18mm on the front. I did it this way becasue I have always felt that the rear wheels look more "tucked in" than the fronts. Since I fitted the spacers my new wheels have a higher (more inset) offset of ET45 rather than the standard ET38, but this only detracts the addition of the spacers by 7mm on each corner.

Thats the reason i got them i've changed my wheels for 17" vec gsi ones and they look so far in i had to do something about it and hopefully by widening the track it should make it handle a little better too.
All i need now is a decent set of wheels and more power (noz kit ready to be fitted when i get time) and i'll be sorted.
lee

[Turk]

The car looks excellent, but I've always been advised they put undue stress on the axles.

[BigAl]

The car looks excellent, but I've always been advised they put undue stress on the axles.

How? I have had them fitted to a previous sports cars without any impact.

[Turk]

It's just something I've been advised.
I was chatting to the techie whilst having a full geometric done and we got onto wheel spacers. He refered to them as "Boy-Racer bolt-on not-so-goodies".
I asked why and he said they lead to preamature failure of bearings and un-due stress on the axles.
He likened them to go-faster stripes, but that go-faster stripes only damaged the drivers street cred and not the car.

When you say "without any impact", do you mean there was no detrimental effect...or that they did nothing at all. Which takes us back to the Go-Faster tag.  

How about W.I.M...surely he can put us straight on the subject.