Almost wintertime.....

[brian5]

Originally Posted by JCL

There are additional risks with spacers, because you are loading the wheel bearings, hubs, and wheel bolts beyond what they were designed for. If they are well-made hub-centric spacers, with appropriate wheel bolts, you can mitigate some of those risks, but you won't change the fact that you are loading up the wheel bearings.

Spacers have their supporters, and that is fine. Others won't ever use them, choosing function over appearance. Your call.

Edit: Some more reading for you. See the link I provided in post #7 on this thread: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...l-spacers.html

JCL,

Thanks for your informative post! I had been considering spacers because I don't like the look of the 18" wheels with the wide flares. I've decided to forgo the spacers idea now...

I was going to have my 18" winter wheels painted a ferric grey (like my 20" summer wheels -- which I'm much happier with) or possibly even a bit darker than that (so that the small wheel size was less obvious) but haven't done that yet. Maybe next season...

. . . . Brian