Hi all,

I looked around but couldn't really find anything on the subject.

I was hoping to put something like 10mm spacers on the front and 15mm spacers on the rear of the new f-type. Any recommendations for which ones to go with?

Thanks!

 

they will both fit, but the 10 mm cannot be used unless you install longer studs on the front hubs. Go with 15 mm front and back.

 

Thanks!

So 15mm all around would be the easiest bet? Any specific brand recommendation?

 

call lenny at motorsport-tech.com. You might want to go with 17 mm fr/rr so you dont have to grind a bit off the ends of the studs. If you do go with 17mm, don't ever put 305s on the rear.

 

^^^As stated, go with the 17mm spacers from Motorsport-tech. I just placed an order for 17mm wheel adapters for my base model yesterday. It's currently a 7-10 day turn around time for them.

 

Any chance I can get confirmation as to whether 17mm motorsport-tech spacers will require any grinding with 20" Cyclone wheels and stock tire sizes? Should the same size be used in front and rear or should rear be a little larger than fronts for more symmetry? Also, will a place like Costco install them as part of swapping wheels or is that something places will not want to touch with a 10ft pole? I assume the 15mm motorsport-tech spacers will require some grinding of the existing studs (not the studs on the spacers). Finally, what about safety and wear and tear when talking about things like additional stress on wheel bearings, suspension geometry (scrub radius, steering stability under braking, kingpin offset, etc...)

Any update from FR500GT on his spacers?

 

here in europe on porsche we usually put spacers only on the rear or

porsche spacers but for now i decide to put spacers on the rear on jaguar but dont understand if i need to grind the h &R 15mm with 19 think no because if h&r do spacer i think they test it before
any suggestions ?

 

You will want to use the same spacers on the front as on the rear to maintain the same relative distance from the edge of the fender. Whether grinding is needed depends on which wheels you have. Someone with spacers and Cyclones should be able to comment.


You don't want Costco handling the spacer issue as they may not properly determine whether the studs need trimming, and they certainly wouldn't even if they made that determination. BTW, Motorsport will make up 17mm spacers to fit the F-Type.


The spacers will not induce additional wear & tear and will very marginally improve handling (1.2" wider track). Just don't consider mounting wider tires (305/30-20)as tire clearance with the spacers is minimal.

 

Thanks unhinged

so anyone with 20" cyclone on the V6s with hub/wheel centric 15-17mm spacers? If so, did you have to grind down and if so how much? I'd much rather customize the spacer than to have to grind down something on the stock vehicle.

 

The dimensions on all the F-Types are identical, so you can rely on the feedback from any model.

 

Maybe you can simply measure the depth of the gaps/holes in the back of the wheel, then measure the length of the stock wheel lug, then subtract 17 mm from the length of the wheel lug to see how much will stick out past a 17 mm spacer and whether or not that will fit in the wheel gap?

 

OK, so although this is not exact, it looks like there is about 1.5-1.7cm of clearance in the back of the wheel (accounting for the fact that my less than perfect ruler has about 2mm of excess before it starts measuring). It's almost like the inside of these wheels are made to support a spacer with that well between the wheel stud holes. So as long as the wheel studs are less than 32-34mm, they should not hit the inside of the rim with 17mm spacers. With 15mm spacers, the stud length would have to be 30-32mm. I don't know the length off the top of my head and I don't have the car to pull a wheel to find out but I am pretty sure its something I can find rather easily. Looking at the pics of unhinged's with 15mm spacers, I'm not sure I want to go any bigger than 15mm. To shave or not to shave, that is the question.

 

Using a caliper gage, that's exactly how I determined how much needed to be shaved from the end of the studs.

 

Watson, you are on the right track.