Dont fit 10mm Eibach spacers on E46!

[shimmy]

(blatantly nicked from another forum for safety sake)

From Eibach Technical Services

"The problem you have with the spacer is caused by using the wrong parts on this car. - As you can find in our catalogue or website, the 10mm spacers are not allowed to use on the E46. We specially created 12mm spacers for this car as the center hub of the E36 and E46 models build up to high for the 10mm spacers. If using 10mm spacers the center hub of the wheel trunk is pressed against the inner hub of the spacer which causes the shown damage.

So you wouldn´t have any problem by using the correct parts on the car."

My 10mm spacers broke last year, centre hub cracked as warned about here.

Stick to 12mm.

[alexk]

One more time, you save lives and centre hubs

1 beer from me in the Ring :beer:

[alexk]

photos ?

[shimmy]

photos ?

[DazBlackCSL]

:smt044:smt044

[DuncanR]

My 10mm spacers broke last year, centre hub cracked as warned about here.Stick to 12mm.

H & R appear fine, no problem with mine at all at 10mm, and they have seen some reasonably serious Ring use with Andrew.
And the proof is here http://www.h-r.com/includes/download.php?file=../bin/01EUTG104.pdf :thumbs:
Would be interested to see pix of the damage with the Eibach ones.Sounds like they dont machine the register deep enough.

[shimmy]

H & R appear fine, no problem with mine at all at 10mm, and they have seen some reasonably serious Ring use with Andrew.
And the proof is here http://www.h-r.com/includes/download.php?file=../bin/01EUTG104.pdf :thumbs:
Would be interested to see pix of the damage with the Eibach ones.Sounds like they dont machine the register deep enough.

yep

the ring just cracks off whilst on the car

no serious issue as the bolts will be tight but chance if you take on andoff you dont mount the rim correctly and wheel could come loose

[DuncanR]

AH HA ! all is revealed, I dont think my H & R ones have that landing area for the centre hub to bottom out on, and IMHO it doesnt make sense to pull the spacer up against the shaft end of the centre hub, as that end face is non-functional really, and wont therefore be toleranced on its length as tightly as it would need to be to ensure that a precision machined spacer with a shoulder as the Eibach ones have, would fit every time.

[alexk]

I love the pink kalashnikov :smt067

[DuncanR]

I love the pink kalashnikov :smt067

Should have gone to Specsavers Alex.... that dog is definitely grey !! :hahaha::hahaha:

[Thorney]

We moved to Eibach spacers last summer. Seen one failure on another car but only one so I wouldn't panic.

[Dan_csl]

Should have gone to Specsavers Alex.... that dog is definitely grey !! :hahaha::hahaha:

AFPMSL! :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

Regarding the spacers, is there really any benefit to running 12mm spacers on the front? Also if you had them on the front would you need them on the rear aswell ideally?

[shimmy]

AFPMSL! :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry: :bigcry:

Regarding the spacers, is there really any benefit to running 12mm spacers on the front? Also if you had them on the front would you need them on the rear aswell ideally?

it does widen the track of the car which helps a little witjh understeer (but not as much as keeping off the gas)

it does however increase wear on the bearings and add 477g to the mass of the wheel

looks good, and looks good on the back as well

[Dan_csl]

it does widen the track of the car which helps a little witjh understeer (but not as much as keeping off the gas)

it does however increase wear on the bearings and add 477g to the mass of the wheel

looks good, and looks good on the back as well

Fair enough, I think I'll leave it for now then personally lol

[phat///M3]

Fair enough, I think I'll leave it for now then personally lol

Get the RE ones Dan they weight hardly anything at all.