V88 REG Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Afternoon Is there a link to find out how to fit spacers. their the 20mm Eibach kit on the Rays 18" alloys, i mena it cant be hard but just want to make sure. Also i have bought the Envy Carbon front bumper cover thing. Just it just stick on? Thanks a munch bunch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srobrien Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Spacers are easy peasy, just fit them like you would wheels then fit your wheels on top. Bumper cover fits with double sided bonding tape or a bonding sealant. Oh and on the rear hubs you will find a bolt sticking out, this just screws out, its there to prevent you putting the front wheels on the back by accident. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Spacers are easy peasy, just fit them like you would wheels then fit your wheels on top.Bumper cover fits with double sided bonding tape or a bonding sealant. Oh and on the rear hubs you will find a bolt sticking out, this just screws out, its there to prevent you putting the front wheels on the back by accident. R I thought it was the other way round - the bolt being on the front. You will need to make sure the nuts on the spacers are tight otherwise they will come loose like mine did!! I recommend using either locktight or getting your local garage to do them up with an gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V88 REG Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 easy peasy squeazy cheese. thanx, sounds easy enough jus time consuming with the jack and wheels etc. jus need a dry wknd now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srobrien Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Spacers are easy peasy, just fit them like you would wheels then fit your wheels on top.Bumper cover fits with double sided bonding tape or a bonding sealant. Oh and on the rear hubs you will find a bolt sticking out, this just screws out, its there to prevent you putting the front wheels on the back by accident. R I thought it was the other way round - the bolt being on the front. You will need to make sure the nuts on the spacers are tight otherwise they will come loose like mine did!! I recommend using either locktight or getting your local garage to do them up with an gun. Possibly is on the front, it was a while since i did mine. If you can get hold of a torque wrech then use it if not, I did mine with the tyre wrench and they are fine as long as you do them up tight enough. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquagazgt4 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 yeah the idiot bolt that screws out is on the front. 20mm spacers all round looks sweet. nice mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 2nd that, the muppet bolt is on the front wheels, and fitting was easy, i got mine put on at the same time as changing my tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleykit Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Does the 15mm spacer have a better handling than the 20mm. Wanna find out which is better before I get it. And do i need to get extra long bolts, coz of the extra width? Thx^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Does the 15mm spacer have a better handling than the 20mm. Wanna find out which is better before I get it. And do i need to get extra long bolts, coz of the extra width? Thx^^ i run 20mm and can't tell the difference, car feels just as planted as for longer bolts what ever kit you get should have everything you need. but if your getting the eibach hubcentric ones they are best as the studs are already on the spacer, with holes for your original studs to go into and then bolt the spacer ontop. then with the new spacer studs you refit the wheel with your own nuts and jobs a goodun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Please dont use a wheel/air gun to do the bolts up. You might overtighten them and worst case overload the bolts causing them to sheer or best case make them too tight to ever remove! Torque them up as you would a normal wheel, as per the specs they supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Please dont use a wheel/air gun to do the bolts up. You might overtighten them and worst case overload the bolts causing them to sheer or best case make them too tight to ever remove! Torque them up as you would a normal wheel, as per the specs they supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Please dont use a wheel/air gun to do the bolts up. You might overtighten them and worst case overload the bolts causing them to sheer or best case make them too tight to ever remove! Torque them up as you would a normal wheel, as per the specs they supply Last time I got a puncture repaired they did the bolts up with a gun. When I came to remove the wheel again, I snapped my 1/4" to 3/8" adapter trying to get it off it was that tight. Took it to my trusted wheel place and we had to put their gun on full power to get it off. I dread to think how much torque had been put on the nut Torque wrench all the way, with incremental increases in torque is the best way to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 thats alright they are coming off again in a few weeks when the wheels are refurbed i'll get wheel genie to put them back on properly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 thats alright they are coming off again in a few weeks when the wheels are refurbed i'll get wheel genie to put them back on properly Did you do it with a gun or by hand? By hand you wont have been ablet overtighten it much - unless you used something like a 3ft breaker bar! Its the guns on full power that are the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 was the tyre fitters that did it, don't know what setting they had it on. would have been the same for the wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 was the tyre fitters that did it, don't know what setting they had it on. would have been the same for the wheels Lets hope they had some kind of torque limiter on there then or did it properly by just nipping them up and finishing off with a torque wrench Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srobrien Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 If its a tyre fitters then it was probably a torque set air gun, if they are fitting wheels without using correct torque settings then they shouldn't be fitting tyres at all. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 If its a tyre fitters then it was probably a torque set air gun, if they are fitting wheels without using correct torque settings then they shouldn't be fitting tyres at all. R You think that until you are bitten by them like I was. Even if they have torque limiters, they should be torquing it in a star pattern progressively. Never going straight to the max torque or round in a circle as most high volume (Quick fit, etc etc) places do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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