howdy all

I picked up these for my 4Mo - http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f24/...res-51746.html

17x7 et40 - and everywhere that i checked and everyone i spoke to said fitment wouldn't be an issue.

Fronts - i've done nothing to my Front brakes other than a Tyrol stiffening kit, and i get the wire caliper retaining pin rubbing on the rim.

Rears - Would not clear rear calipers at all and they're stock. Had to run and buy some generic el cheapo wheel spacers from Pep's (can't remember brand of spacer) and i am aware of the legalities here with spacers.

Anyone have thoughts?

I guess i have two questions:-
1) Are generic spacers a safety concern? Should i go ECS or spring for H&R (but they confuse me with their Gen1 and 2, etc)?
2) i now have a "wheel bolt width" of thread binding the rears (as i didn't buy extended wheel bolts to cover the extra 5mm spacers). ideally we need "wheel bolt thickness and a half" for stock binding. Any safety issues here?

(OK that was more than 2 questions )

On the plus side, an unexpected benefit of the rims is that they're polished from straight side on, but go darker and darker shadow effect on the sides. its pretty wicked.