Rear spacers?

[Carteen]

Hello.
Does anyone know if 8mm or 10mm spacers can be used in the rear on a e86?

 

[brillomaster]

If you have standard wheels and ride height, then almost certainly yes.

If you have funky wide wheels or lowered car, then it depends.

 

[Carteen]

Hello
Yes, I’m aware of that part . My question was whether you can use 10mm or 8mm at the rear for hub centring. Some BMWs require a minimum of 12mm at the rear (where the hub protrudes), which is why I’m asking. You could use 5mm spacers, which aren’t hub-centred, but I think that would result in too little widening, and 12mm would be too much.

 

[Nick W]

Got 10mm all round on mine with 224's and 255x40 tyres. AD09's and PS5's fit with plenty of room with 26" from floor to top of rear arch and 2deg -ve rear Camber. Hope that helps

 

[Sidewaze Samm]

I have 20mm on my rear axle, nothing on the front. The rears fill the arches nicely with no problems at all.

As far as I know, the E86 and E85 are the same in this respect. Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.

 

[enuff_zed]

I know you can by 'hubcentric' in 10mm, and I've removed a set of those from an E85 only recently. Assuming the E86 is no different then yes, 10mm do work and give enough clearance for the centring. Anything less, like 8mm, I have no experience of, but would suspect you'd be below the limit of thickness needed to have the machined centre fit properly.

 

[Obicoke]

I've had 20mm rear on my old MV2s and i thought they looked great and 12mm on the front.

 

[Zedebee]

I have 15mm on the rear of my E86, with standard wheel offsets, and I used the same spacers on my E85 with no problems. I found 20mm just a little bit too wide for my taste.