Fitting 15mm Wheel Spacers to my Scirocco
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Yo welcome back to another vid.
I have installed 15mm wheel spacers front and back, I was going to go 15 front and 20 back but decided against it.
Sorry there was not much content in this one, I will ensure I make my videos longer.
Future mods will be:
upgrading the induction kit
having the alloys resprayed
installing a performance exhaust
remap
windows tinted
Will see what else comes :)
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Thank you again for all your support as I am just getting started, much appreciated.
Looks great 👍 I didn’t realise nuts came with them 💛💚❤️
Thanks Andrew! 👍🏼 🙏🏼
Hi mate’’Would you mind letting me knw if 10mm spacers would affect the handling of my scirocco TDI coupe GT 2L??Thank you’🤟🏻😂
@AndrewEvans-us6mv Howdy 🤙🏽 na as long as you get your wheel alignment checked after install you should be golden mate 😉
Amazing definitely improves stance !
Gloves my man, gloves!! ;)
Good video bro, car sits sweet. A little tip: Copper slip can (and in my opinion should) be used on all metal-on-metal surfaces - threads, anywhere the bolt interacts with the alloy/spacers and hub.
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Haha yes indeed missed the gloves! 🤣
Agreed, I should have added more on the bolt threads ect. That stuff is such a life saver for sure, really makes the world of a difference 💯 glad you like the vid dude, appreciate it! 🙏
Hey guys, thinking about putting spacers on my Scirocco too. Quick question, is copper grease better to put on bolts than locktite? I can never decide so I just leave it. Oh and where's the best place you've found to get this kit? Ta.
@@RobertBrownieJr hey bud, thanks for reaching out. I would use copper grease but make sure that you use gloves, don't be like me lol here is a link for you mate.
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carlube-Copper-grease-Multi-Purpose-Anti-Sieze-Slip-Assembly-COPPER-GREASE-70g-/383159932699?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292
@@MichaelSmith17 thanks mate, I meant a link to the spacers if you've got one please!
@@RobertBrownieJr ab sorry about that mate.
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SZJNYBJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_YHKFEY3WVBP0ZVGTR49F
These are the ones I got 👍🏼
Good vid bro, car is sitting much better on the spacers. A much stance. One more thing you can do is to remove ur rear windscreen wiper. If u do, I got mine from kill all wipers. It give the rear of the car a much better look. 👍
I knew you would appreciate it 🙌🏼 thank you dude! Yes agreed, that's a brilliant idea. I will look into them, I don't ever use the rear windscreen wiper so good shout bro! 🤘🏼
Hey bro I put 255/35 R19s with 40et no spacers needed all 4 not sure why you would use spacers instead of getting the correct offset?
Hey my dude! Umm I guess spacers was the easier option for me and it gave me the wide look I was looking for. The car sits better now in my opinion bud
where would I buy longer nuts if I did this to mine Thanks 👍
Nice, now the disc and wheelhub can't deduce heat. 🤩
Thanks for your reply Niels. I will take that on board. I just had to do something about the cap 😕
@@MichaelSmith17 no not your fault, manny People told me to do that, even thought the vw manual shows not to grease surface of the hub. Only the inner ring. 🙂
@@NielsGroendlund very true 🙈 I have learnt a lesson, when I did the brakes upgrade I only put grease where you said 😊
You inspired me! Locknuts to the right size are a bit of a bastard to find though… How did you sort it?!
So happy to hear David! 🙌🏼 I think I got mine with my spaces mate but I could be wrong. I would maybe check what brand spaces you have and Google search them in wheel nuts dude. Goodluck though dude 👍🏼
Did you tighten the wheel agter off the ground or on the ground? As my steering is shaking after fitting 13mm
Always tighten the wheel when the ground and make sure you do wheel tracking afterwards. As your alignment needs correcting. Should be fine after that 🙏🏼
Hey mate. Did you had any issues with these spacers in these 5 months?
Hey bud! No issues at all, even when climbing up in speed I don't have any shake or anything on the steering wheel. 👍🏼
Heyy bro nice video, i would just like to give you a tipp when you are lifting your car do It on street or on some hard ground.
Hey dude! Ah thank you mate, appreciate it. Yeah you right, doing it on a soft ground is definitely not correct and it is dangerous.
r see im not gonna drop mine as roads so bad i need the comfort mode but gonna do 15 too all round nice one
Yeah roads are terrible at the moment. I can't blame you for not lowering it
Hi mate, you were running eibach sports line with original DCC suspension in this video, if so how was the ride comfort, did you cut the bump stops? Mine was exactly the same as yours but used eibach prokit which resulted in horrible ride quality and reverted back to stock spring now.
Hey mate. So I didn't cut the bump stops, I didn't think to do it at the time of the installation. At the moment with just the 30m drop it rides ok but still a bit stiff. Nothing too far from usual, it's an ok ride actually mate. I'm debating now if I should go coilovers to hopefully improve the ride with the right brand. Hope this helps 🙏
@@MichaelSmith17 i was in the same dilemma, but i felt that dcc gives the car an option of being luxury yet sporty at a touch, therefore i didn't explore coilover as Blistein w dcc ridecontrols were over my budget. Maybe you could consult gti grp on the type of lowering they done w their dcc shocks. Thanks for the reply and stay safe!
@@lmh-mv3ec ah yeah I totally feel your pain! I honestly can not afford to pay for coilovers with the DCC, it's so expensive which is a shame as like you say it's a good touch to our cars having the options between modes. I'll let you know what I go for ect and include cost. I'll do a video on it for sure mate. Stay safe too and enjoy the weather 👌🏼
Hiya mate you got any links to the spacers and bolts used in the vid wanna do same to mine
Hey bud! Here you go: 15mm Hubcentric Spacers 2 Pairs + Bolts for Genuine VW Scirocco Alloy Wheels PN.SFP-4PHS1+20BM1440R165 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SZJNYBJ/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_BJ7138CVPKVS1S1FNE8X
How does it feel with the spacers?
The Car feels more comfortable on the road if I'm honest, it no longer feels too heavy when going around corners at a good speed. I recommend them 💯
are u using aftermarket springs?
Hi mate, sorry for the late reply! Yes they aftermarket springs.
what offset and jot wheels
Hi, what was the length of the bolts you put back in, thanks
Hey Robert! Thank you for watching my video. I believe they were 40mm bolts if I am not mistaken.
is it lower or just standard
Car is lowered on 30mm springs.
Looks much better my bru. I think you were right going with 15mm all round. It's looks almost flush with the arch at the rear. I think 20mm would have pushed it outside the arch and would probably be an MOT failure. I need to do this to my car at some point.
That pussy almost messed up your whole video though my bru. ;p
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Is it vibrate on high speed?
So mine is absolutely fine, I mean it's not uncommon for the wheel to start to shake at 70 roughly when you install them but then just take the car in to get the alignment checked. Hope this helps 🙏
Where did you get these from?
Off eBay mate. Precision 15mm wheel spacers all round 👍🏼
Had 20mm on my Rieger Calibra. Made steering worse.
Ah sorry to hear it mate, think I did the right thing with 15mm as my steering is fine.
@@MichaelSmith17 my 2 cents, it is better to buy rims with wider ET value.
Spacers are not allowed in many countries.
@@MrRedneck1488 yeah bigger wheels look better too from both sides . I fully agree with you 💯 I didn't know spacers were not allowed In some countries, that's really interesting 👀 good to know though bud thank you.