Celle

Hello Guys.
I need some advice here. I am thinking of installing a set of wheel spacers on my stock 1989 3.2 Carrera with 6J/8J 16" Fuchs with 205/55 in front and 225/50 in the back.

The reason why I want to do this is purely cosmetical, to fill out the wheel wells nicely and give the car a sharper and better look (in my view).

Now the questions I have:
1. Are there any catches in installing wheel spacers? What do I have to look out for? Any DOs and DON'ts?
2. Would it be wise to put the same size (thickness) spacers in the front as in the back, or doesn't that really matter? It looks like about 13 mm would do nicely in the back.
3. What type of metal or brands should I buy or better, are there any brands or metals I want to avoid for spacers?

All comments welcome. Thanks.

Bill Gregory

You'll need to install longer studs or get the H&R spacers with studs built in. Since it's for cosmetics, you'll need to decide if you need to move your front wheels out, however, because you use spacers in the rear doesn't mean you have to use spacers in front.

Chuck Harmon

You can just put 1/4" spsacers on the rear, that fills out the rear
nicely.The fronts are pretty good as is.