Okey dokie....I got the spacers this afternoon and no sooner had I signed for them was the car up on jacks!
I started with the front as that was the one I was most concerned about as 22mm is quite a big increase which I feared would be too much. And unfortunately my fears were right...I'm sure a lot of you might like the results as shown in the pics below because the wheel did sit perfectly flush with the top of the wheelarch. The problem is, the GT has quite a curved side profile meaning that anything below 1/3 of the way down the wheels stuck out too much for my liking. Looking at what 22mm did, I reckon the front needs nothing more than 5-7mm at the most.
I then started on the back and given the massive difference the 22mm made on the front, I didn't even bother trying the 25mm spacers that I'd bought for the back....I tried the 22mm to see what they looked like first. And then for the second disappointment of the day I felt that these also looked to wide. Again, the wheel is pretty much flush with the top of the wheelarch giving the look many people would be trying to achieve, for but for me it's just too wide a stance further down the wheel. I reckon the rear would be just fine with nothing more than a 10mm spacer.
In all, I think the look that these gave were a bit too much 'modified' which isn't what I was looking for and in this case, I feel that (for me at least), less is more!
I have got to add though that these spacers were incredibly well made - the fit onto the hub was perfect and tight.
So, what now?
Well, I've got to say Noor was fantastic because when I called him to tell him I wasn't happy (and feeling rather embarrassed) he was great and had no problem offering a refund.
What we've agreed is that I'm going to have the MC suspension fitted and if after thats done I'm still unhappy with the stance, he'll be able to get some custom spacers fabricated for me to the the much narrower sizes that I think would suffice.
So there we have it....for me this wasn't the right look but for everyone else, here's some pictures to make you own mind up (oh, try and ignore the height of the car as it's obviously not settled after being jacked up...but this only means that when it does settle, the effect of the width would be even greater):
FRONT:
Front wheels standard from a couple of angles:
Front wheels with 22m spacers:
REAR:
Rear wheels standard:
Rear wheels with 22mm spacers: