Haven't done it, but I can definitely see where the QA1 design might be an issue for the higher offset 17" wheels. I have seen the QA1's in person and I think that picture kind of exaggerates how tall the lip is around the ball joint, but it can be a pretty tight fit at the top of the ball joint with wide 17's so anything would make the issue worse.
There's no reason that lip can't be taken down to the tops of the welds, so I don't know if I'd say running those wheels would be impossible. But it might require grinding down that lip flush with the tops of the welds, and I totally understand why you might not want to do that on a brand new set of UCA's. Especially if it's not guaranteed that it'll buy you enough clearance.
The other thing to consider is that the clearance there depends on a lot of things. I know on my Duster the zerk wouldn't be an issue even with 17's. These are 18x9's with about 27mm of offset. So, they should sit further inboard than a set of 17x8's with 30mm of offset (5.7" backspace vs 6.1"). These are my RPF1's, which actually have a pretty tall lip on the outside so they don't give the best clearance either. Better than 17's of course, but not as good as a lot of 18's. Anyway, you can see how the ball joint and zerk are angled back away from the rim, and where the raised section would sit would be well back from the rim.
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Like I said, these are 18's and a completely different set of UCA's so you can't really take that and say the QA1's would fit, but there are many different factors that control that clearance.
