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      01-23-2014, 03:15 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by aajami View Post
The GTS (and presumably CRT) has a 5mm spacer on the front to clear the upgraded suspension. Not sure how they got a 5mm spacer to fit. I have the exact same pair, but haven't tried installing them given the fitment issues.
In the post you're quoting I mentioned that the GTS uses wheels studs instead of longer lug bolts. You could sandwich whatever type of spacer you want between your wheel and your hub if you have studs. BMW probably saw it as a much safer and idiot proof way to put spacers on a GTS using nuts and studs than extended lugbolts and spacers.

If you have 5mm spacers with no hub, I think you can get them to fit properly. Your existing hub would slide through the spacer and you'd end up with something like 5-6mm of hub to work with instead of the original 10-11. Only real life experience or an engineer would be able to tell you exactly how much stress you've transferred from your hub to your lug bolts by giving your wheels less hub lip to rest on. Could be nominal.
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