[Torsen4M]

Does anybody have the following information:
(1) weight of each piece of H&R 12mm spacer;
(2) do you find wheel mounting more difficult to handle with H&R spacer on the wheel hub, particularly on alignment of bolt holes, and coupling together of the wheel centre bore with the centering ring of the spacer?

 

[lithiumfox]

put spacer on hub, then put wheel on spacer. there are tools that help you keep them aligned, you can get them from ECS. it takes a bit of getting used to get aligned.


http://ecstuning.com/stage/edpd/pag...el=Passat B5&submodel=FWD&category=Suspension

ECS wheel installation guide tool on the bottom.

 

[Torsen4M]

Yes, i have a piece of "guide stick" which came with my B5.5 inside the tool pack in the trunk. I have never needed it changing wheels. I don't find it very helpful maybe because I'm not using spacers.

But I'm thinking about spacers now.
My question is if I use H&R spacers, can I still change wheels without the help of such guide stick or other special tools?

TIA !!

 

[lithiumfox]

i see no reason why you shouldnt be able too. i dont use guide sticks when installing my wheel with spacers. if you get h&r spacers that are hub-centric i think you wont have a problem getting a wheel on.

 

[turbo2000]

It takes some getting used to to get the wheels on with spcers, but once you do it easy to just change the wheels without any problems.

Just make sure if you get a spacer over 10mm that you get longer bolts to go with it. Oh and i really like my H&R spacers. You pay alot more for them but your really don't want to cheap out in the area IMO. Be sure whatever spacers you get that they have a place for the hub centric ring to go.

 

[Torsen4M]

Thanks for the above replies, those are the answers that i want to get.
I'm thinking about H&R 12mm spacers. I've seen from pics shown in other threads that they do have hub centering rings.

So anyone who happens to know the weight of a 12mm H&R spacer?

 

[99blackmagic]

FYI www.metalnerd.com has those install guides for a lot cheaper than ECS... made of aluminum.

 

[turbo2000]

Thanks for the above replies, those are the answers that i want to get.
I'm thinking about H&R 12mm spacers. I've seen from pics shown in other threads that they do have hub centering rings.

So anyone who happens to know the weight of a 12mm H&R spacer?

I have 15mm on the fronts of my b5 the weight is not even a factor. They are way less that a pound. Why do you want to know?

 

[Torsen4M]

I have 15mm on the fronts of my b5 the weight is not even a factor. They are way less that a pound. Why do you want to know?

I want to know cos' i don't want to increase the already heavy weight of my Oettinger RZ wheel which weighs 29 pounds!

 

[turbo2000]

it's not going to be enough to matter....