[V8] Wheel Spacers

[Mike Arman]

>From: DieMarthaDie at aol.com
>Subject: [V8] Wheel Spacers
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>Save me a few minutes of headache if you have added 16" A4 5-spoke rims to 
>your 1990 V8 and tell me which H&R spacers you needed... please :)
>Thanks,
>John
>90V8 with spiffy new rims, waiting...in the garage...


That's *exactly* the combination I'm using. And yeah, they ARE spiffy!

If you have the UFO front brakes, it takes 20mm spacers, NOT 10mm. The 
rears actually don't need any spacers at all, but the track will be oddly 
narrow.

I've ordered a set of four 20mm spacers plus the 20mm longer wheel bolts 
from a company in the UK - they were pretty reasonable (half the price of 
H&R, and yes, they are hubcentric as needed), but the postage would have 
been  almost $100! Fortunately, I have someone bringing them over as 
carry-on luggage in a week or two (and you should hear him piss and moan 
about my "damn car-in-a-box" that he has to drag onto an airplane, but he 
OWES me . . . )

I was able to determine the required thickness by buying a stack of 
washers, and shimming out the wheel so it would clear the "bell" of the UFO 
disc. It indeed does take all of 20mm.

Anyway, I'm putting together a deal with the UK supplier of these wheel 
spacers so that I will have some in stock, and can save some serious 
freight because I'm buying a bunch of them, and they are coming ship 
freight, not post office. (And the $100 postage was surface mail from the 
UK - these sucka's are HEAVY!). I'm sourcing the lug bolts domestically, 
and yes, they will be less than $3.00 each (remember you need 20!).

In the next few weeks, I'll have the spacers and make sure everything fits 
properly. I'd say by mid to late February or so, I'll be able to supply 
most of the common 5 by 112 Audi sizes, 5mm, 7mm, 10mm, 12mm, 15mm, 20mm, 
from stock already here, and with lug bolts - I should be able to undercut 
H&R by probably 30% - we'll see.

Best Regards,

Mike Arman