mattk
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I have no Idea about wheel spacers 
Just the rears, just want a little more "stance" is 20mm alot?
Where can I get them and do you get bolts with them?
Cheers 
[Edited on 27-10-2008 by mattk]
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Adam_B
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20mm is a hell of a lot. anything up to 5mm is fine with the standard bolts and hubs. More than that you really want to be using hub-centric wheel spacers and longer bolts. These replicate the centre bore of your car so the wheel sits nice and central .
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AK
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picture it.... 20mm - 2cm
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something like that 
To me that is a lot for a car with no arch work etc. Maybe just get the wrong offset wheels!
Hubcentic spacers will be what you want. Not that cheap though. Google them.
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Adam_B
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hub centric -

pikey spacers -
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tom_simes
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How far do you want them spaced? 20mm is obviously 2 cm, just go and measure how far you want them moved outwards.
For 20mm, I'd assume you need hubcentric ones so the spacer still has somewhere for the wheel to locate onto, like the original hub has.
I'm not sure how easy it is to get hubcentric spacers for the Fiat 4 x 98 PCD though tbh mate.
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Adam_B
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His fiat is 4x100.
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tom_simes
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Beaten to it 
Edit: Adam, I didn't realise they had changed the hubs on the new Fiats. Any idea what the centre bore is?
[Edited on 27-10-2008 by tom_simes]
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mattk
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told you I dont know anything about them......
just off to a Fiat site to see how much other people have done theirs
brb
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alan-g-w
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What's the advantage of the non-pikey spacers?
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AK
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more chance that your wheel will be all lined up with the centre of the hub. Same idea as spigot rings really
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mattk
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the general consensus on Fiat Forum is 20mm front and 25mm rear, thats with standard ride height though, 25 does seem alot
do I need hubcentric ones then If I was to go with the 20mm ones?
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Adam_B
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quote: Originally posted by tom_simes
Beaten to it 
Edit: Adam, I didn't realise they had changed the hubs on the new Fiats. Any idea what the centre bore is?
Not sure exactly, probably same as a Corsa D
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Adam_B
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quote: Originally posted by mattk
the general consensus on Fiat Forum is 20mm front and 25mm rear, thats with standard ride height though, 25 does seem alot
do I need hubcentric ones then If I was to go with the 20mm ones?
yes.
pics of the side of your car showing where the wheels sit?
[Edited on 27-10-2008 by Adam_B]
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mattk
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they are vauxhall fittement now which I THINK is 56mm????
Il nip and get one now
[Edited on 27-10-2008 by mattk]
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Adam_B
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if a corsa D is 56.6mm then yeah. Im 99% sure thats right 
[Edited on 27-10-2008 by Adam_B]
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Daniel_Corsa
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I'l be popping some 20mm spacers onto my TT before long depending on how the new wheels (when i decide) sit in the arches!
I've previously ran 10mm on the rear 5mm on the front of my corsa
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mattk
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here are the pics of my arches and wheels, check the gashness, Ive made them really light so you can see

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Kurt
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A few people on fiat forum have done this.. tbh i dont see the point
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joes_1.4_16v_sport
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Get them buggers out 20mm...
They'll sit much sweeter
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stubbsy05
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Dont spacers fcuk the handling? Not by much tho
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mattk
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they make the track wider, If I do 20 a side that 40 overall,
TBH its not the best handling to start with , Its only the back I want to do though
Rekon it will look shite with just the back done?
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stubbsy05
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I think it looks fine how it is! tbh nobody is going to stare at your wheel arches and point out that you need spacers?
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CorsAsh
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I desperately need wider wheels on mine. I heard recently that the RX8 wheels are actually narrower than the standard 16" or 17" RX7 rims.
Here's mine, spaced at the back too 
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Adam_B
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im not sure id bother. is it standard ride height?
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CorsAsh
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Mine?
Yeah. Needs wider though, looks like a fat woman sat on a little chair with her hips spilling over.
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