Front strut brace + wheel spacers

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:32 am

Wheres the best place to buy one? has anyone bought one and had any experience? I want one to tighten up the handeling a tiny bit more

Also wheel spacers...
Take a look on page 4
http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... highlight=

What would people suggest? and what bolts would i need?

Thanks in advance

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:56 pm

I have an OMP front upper strut brace. Got it from Demon Tweeks http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk Personally I did find it to make a difference, initial turn in seems sharper.

Also got an OMP lower front strut brace that I've never got round to fitting

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:11 pm

Ah brilliant, don't suppose you could show me a picture of it? not too much hassle to fit?

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:07 pm

Couple of quick pictures. Problem being a red strut brace on a red car doesn't show up very well!

Some more pics, and a brief explanation of how I fitted mine here: http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... hp?t=16927

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:27 pm

Thanks, thats that ordered then

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:19 pm

Hey Chris, the car's looking good (damn, I want a black GTI

)

I can help you with the spacers, though. I'd recommend eibach or H&R spacers, as they come with longer bolts. IIRC, the GTI wheels are 6J, so a 20mm spacer would widen your car's track by 0.7874 inches. A 20mm widening is ideal, and there's room for wider spacers if you so desire. I hearing somewhere that anything less than 15mm isn't a hubcentric spacer, and a hubcentric spacer is what you need,

Spacers should be around Â£50/Â£60 for a pair. I'm due to order mine from http://www.mstuning.com who distribute H&R, BBS, sebring products. I hope to have mine ready for E38

There's a dude on the forum who sells them (DPM autostyling) and he should do you a good deal on a set of H&R or Eibach spacers. Also, have a gander at http://www.europerformance.co.uk, for Eibach spacers.

The only downside is that they don't come with locking nuts, and have to be ordered separately. I need a set before E38, too

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Apologies for length.

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:48 pm

Hey Ollie, cheers for the the info there on spacers!

I can't help but feel that if i had 20mm spacers, my wheels would be catching the lining of my arch all the time, as at the moment they're under the arch and there's a lot more room for taking corners abit faster than usual lol.

I'll catch up with you at E38, and you can show off your spacers for me

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:57 pm

Yeah, touch wood that I should have them on by E38. You should be ok with the spacers, I may take a measurement to see how tucked in my RXII's are, and see whether they're suitable for 20mm spacers.

Dee-vub · Post by **Dee-vub** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:18 pm

have you had your arches rolled or anythng chris. looks a nice stance to it. I would like that kinda drop but cant help but feel they would scrub ALOT! How much of a drop is it??

olop_chris · Post by **olop_chris** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 3:53 pm

Dee-vub wrote:have you had your arches rolled or anythng chris. looks a nice stance to it. I would like that kinda drop but cant help but feel they would scrub ALOT! How much of a drop is it??

Hey, nope not had my arches rolled. My car doesn't really scrub at all, only around sharpish corners abit too quick sometimes.

Apparently i've got a 60mm drop!