Wheel spacers with speedline 2118 ET43

[richardspeed10]

Ordered some speedline 2118 last week and for some reason there only come in ET43 so I think it’s time for some wheel spacers I’m currently running pro race 1.2 which are ET35 and I’m after a bit of a wider track than the pro racers. I’ve never fitted spacers before, I’ve done a lot of research on here but just after a little advice on what other ppl are running on the same set up.

Thanks in advance

 

[imprezaworks]

What colour are your pro race?

I would say no more than 10mm if you want it to handle really well.

 

[Louis]

20mm up front, 10mm at the rear. Handles fine, but I never ran the 2118s without spacers.

 

[richardspeed10]

What colour are your pro race?

I would say no more than 10mm if you want it to handle really well.

 

[richardspeed10]

What size wheel bolts would I need if I went for the 10mm spacers 37mm as I’ve only seen them in 30/40mm.

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah 10mm on the 26 standard.

Plenty of places sell 36/37mm. Mark may point you in the right direction

@Dr Jekyll

 

[Jekyll]

Can you get 10mm hubcemtric spacers?

I would personally go bigger. What Louis mentioned above is perfect for et43.

 

[richardspeed10]

Can you get 10mm hubcemtric spacers?

I would personally go bigger. What Louis mentioned above is perfect for et43.

What would you advise pal can’t find any 10mm spacers

 

[JamesBryan]

Look at pure motorsport for spacers.

I'd say 15mm with their stud kit or their longer bolts.

 

[Jekyll]

Personally I think 20mm but what James mentioned above will be good also. It's nice to have a little tuck in my opionion.

Like James also mentioned, going down a stud route is a option. You've probably got better size options for those.

 

[adamlstr]

Renault Clio 172 Cup by Adam Lister, on Flickr

You could go 25mm all round like I did, but it handles like s**t, and they lasted about 3 months before one failed.

 

[imprezaworks]

looks decent though lol

 

[Louis]

I'd go for the 10mm rear hub spacers and then just hubcentric up front. I personally changed over to a stud and nut conversion as didn't want to run long wheel bolts. Either that or go for the more expensive bolt to up spacers, and use your existing bolts.
Had no issues with my current setup.
Some pics on my thread for the stance.

 

[adamlstr]

looks decent though lol

Yeah, it really did. 😂

 

[richardspeed10]

Thanks for the advice boys Could somebody tell me why ppl run bigger spacers on the fronts over the rears also if I bought the pms stud kit would 15mm 100% fit

 

[imprezaworks]

It’s because when you lower the car, the best is to have the front lower, hence larger spacers.

 

[JamesBryan]

15mm spacers with the stud kit 100% fit. @Niall has that setup with ET35 pro race 1.2's

 

[Coops Mk1]

I'm running 20mm front and 15mm rear hubcentrics (bolt to hub on the fronts, longer bolts on rears) and the standard ET43 182 cup wheels, sits like this on H&R springs
I intend to slap my ET43 2118's onto it and some coilovers come the summer and expect it to sit perfectly with these spacers

 

[Lewigi_69]

old thread resurrection, but do you even need spacers on the 2118's, can you just run them as is? I've never been keen on using spacers myself, but want some 2118's!

 

[JamesBryan]

old thread resurrection, but do you even need spacers on the 2118's, can you just run them as is? I've never been keen on using spacers myself, but want some 2118's!

No you don't need them. Fine to use as they are.

 

[Lewigi_69]

No you don't need them. Fine to use as they are.

Thanks. I see the ones available for sale are mostly ET43, will this mean the wheels sit further into the arch than the OEM 16'' Cup Turinis?

 

[JamesBryan]

Thanks. I see the ones available for sale are mostly ET43, will this mean the wheels sit further into the arch than the OEM 16'' Cup Turinis?

Yeah that's right.

I think Cup offset is ET35, so they'll sit 8mm in compared to them.

 

[imprezaworks]

Cup offset is 38.5 iirc

 

[Louis]

Look best with spacers tho

 

[JamesBryan]

Cup offset is 38.5 iirc

I stand corrected. Couldn't remember which it was, 38 or 35 ?

 

[JamesBryan]

Look best with spacers tho

For a show car yeah ?

 

[Lewigi_69]

Look best with spacers tho

But does it adversely affect the handling as mentioned above? Assume you'd need hubcentric spacers too, what size? I like to drive my Cup quickly and don't want to c**k up the handling, not too fussed by looks as long as it doesn't look terrible obviously lol!

 

[JamesBryan]

But does it adversely affect the handling as mentioned above? Assume you'd need hubcentric spacers too, what size? I like to drive my Cup quickly and don't want to c**k up the handling, not too fussed by looks as long as it doesn't look terrible obviously lol!

As long as you don't make the effective offset lower than about 35, then spacers won't affect the handling.

 

[Louis]

I drive mine fairly hard on the road and it feels fine. Havnt driven without spacers apart from the original 16s to compare though. Unless you're a race car driver I don't think itd be too noticeable IMHO

 

[imprezaworks]

Would never run spacers again

 

[Lewigi_69]

Thanks lads. What spacers do you recommend? Will probably try without first then see.

 

[Lewigi_69]

Would never run spacers again

Why not?

 

[Simon998]

You can get hub spacers for the rear, much better than the regular spacers. I got mine in a group buy on here but haven't fitted them yet. PMS sell them too.

 

[JamesBryan]

Thanks lads. What spacers do you recommend? Will probably try without first then see.

Pure Motorsport ones are decent.

 

[Simon998]

https://www.pure-motorsport.co.uk/c...brakes/clio-172-182-stub-axle-spacer-kit.html

 

[imprezaworks]

Why not?

Might have been user error but it drove worse fitted. I just opted for et35 instead.

 

[Brigsy]

If buying new just buy a lower offset wheel. Speedline do 15x7 2118 et38 in white. They will probably do a lower offset if you ask.

 

[Louis]

I'm using 20mm hubcentric fronts with pms 10mm hub rears and stud and nut conversion

 

[Louis]

 

[hsustyle]

I used 20mm hubcentric fronts and 10mm hub spacers on the back. I don't remember any issues or scrubbing and looked great on my old one.