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Originally Posted by Sxs1687
Quick question for you guys that have added spacers on your car. I just added some 12/15 spacers yesterday. Drives well and looks good for the most part but as I was testing it on the highways, I noticed a bit of a slight vibration through the seats and steering wheel at the higher speeds, 90mph+. I heard this might be thing with adding spacers. Another thing I read was the torquing of the lugnuts needs to be higher when spacers are added, but I'm unsure what the specs need to be...maybe I need to tighten them? My first thought was wheel balancing but I didn't feel this prior to adding the spacers. The only other thing I did was flip the right side wheels to the left and vice versa while I had them all off, though I don't think that'd cause an issue.
I'd rather not remove the spacers...I've been debating it over the past day, just because any vibrations drive me nuts!! Any thoughts?
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I have had no issues with spacers in terms of ride quality, vibration, etc. I had 12mm on the front and 17mm on the rear. I jumped from 17mm to 20mm on the rear after a year, again with no issues. I actually had all the spacers off for a month between the change from 17mm to 20mm. No ride quality issues, the car actually rides noticeably better with spacers on. Smoother and handles a tad better. So that's just some background.
I have also rarely seen anyone have any issues using spacers. Some ideas:
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Are they quality spacers?
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Do you have the correct lug length for the spacers?
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I doubt torque is an issue unless your wheels are loose, but 140 NM is the spec for our car.
I don't think you are supposed to rotate the tires the way you did or at all. They become directional after use. I would put my money on that if #1 and #2 above are sound.