I'm planning to go with Enkei RPF1s 17 x 9 +22 with 10mm spacers. I was wondering if having spacers is safe and will it affect performance and handling?

 

there safe as long as there hubcentric and also at 10mm plus they should be the ones that bolt on and have there own lugs, or else you need extended lugs

 

for every day driving it's fine. it's not recommended for autocrossing or anything super aggressive.

 

I'd feel kinda sketchy running them for anything more than DD.

 

I've autox with 20mm spacers fro 2 years. Oh, and alot of professional race teams uses spacers.

 

I run spacers on my car. 600+ hp no problems ever.

 

i have brand new 10mm spacers if you need them.

 

Since you ask, I'd never run spacers on my car. Why not buy wheels that fit?

 

I wanna go for an aggressive setup on my wheels but stay with 17 x 9 +22 and that requires atleast a 10mm spacers to clear the front breaks

 

as long as it is the bolt on ones as mentioned earlier you are safe. i would not run anything else for strain on stock studs (the ones that are just a disc then you can hardly put your lugs on, stay away from).

 

Same here. Spacers are perfectly fine for auto-x/track use, provided you are being smart with them. The best way to do it is to get extended studs and use a slip-on hubcentric spacer. Stay away from the bolt-on ones since not every wheel will clear the stock studs that protrude from them.

 

Don't you need to worry about the stress on the studs since the weight is being applied further away? The bolt on ones i have seen conceal the stock studs completely and they are safer since you have the whole spacer bolted on and the ring as well.

 

17x9.5 +38 RPF-1 with 20mm spacers up front to clear calipers
no problems

 

got any pics?

 

i don't see the problem, many people run spacers/adapters and still drive aggressively...