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in the LCR the front track is 38mm wider (19mm each side), by increasing the front track it should eliminate understeer completely, but on the flipside it looks gash....
by having 20mm spacers on the rear theoritically you should be promoting understeer but this is utter tosh as in my case (15mm rear and nothing on front) it improves cornering, stability under braking and also giving it a lovely look...
by having 20mm spacers on the rear theoritically you should be promoting understeer but this is utter tosh as in my case (15mm rear and nothing on front) it improves cornering, stability under braking and also giving it a lovely look...
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The biggest bit of advice I could give you is after fitting the spacers and tightening the wheel nuts, drive a couple of miles and re-tighten them.
I didn't do this and it was only wheen I saw my rear wheel wobbling around in my wing mirror did i retighten them
Every nut was loose! they've been fine ever since though.
The biggest bit of advice I could give you is after fitting the spacers and tightening the wheel nuts, drive a couple of miles and re-tighten them.
I didn't do this and it was only wheen I saw my rear wheel wobbling around in my wing mirror did i retighten them
Every nut was loose! they've been fine ever since though.
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The biggest bit of advice I could give you is after fitting the spacers and tightening the wheel nuts, drive a couple of miles and re-tighten them.
I didn't do this and it was only wheen I saw my rear wheel wobbling around in my wing mirror did i retighten them
Every nut was loose! they've been fine ever since though.
I will second this, my O/S/R wheel had 2 bolts loose after driving. This was after I thought I'd done them up tight enough when initially fitting them.
Personally, looks wise, the LCR doesn't need front spacers as the front wheels stick out further than the rear. For looks, i'd go for 5mm at the front and 15mm at the rear.
I thought the LCR was only 5mm wider on the front 
It can't be 19mm wider or the wheels would sticking out of the arches slightly.
jam jay. do your rims sit flush with the front arches?
Edit. just realised that it could mean the LCR track is 19mm wider than the rear track.
It can't be 19mm wider or the wheels would sticking out of the arches slightly.jam jay. do your rims sit flush with the front arches?
Edit. just realised that it could mean the LCR track is 19mm wider than the rear track.
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I've tried to get a shot mate but with my crappy phone it's impossible to get both wheels in shot without standing half a mile away. lol.
The wheels sit about 8mm in from the arches when you see them in the flesh.
I don't run spacers on the front, it's parts of the suspension that i'm actually happy with. As the front track on the LCR is roughlt 15 - 20mm wider, I fitted 10mm (per side) spacers on the rear to make the track equal on both axles. If anything, the spacers have pushed the rear wheels a couple of mm out each side further than the front.
If I was going purely for looks, i'd have 15mm at the rear and nothing on the front or 5mm at the very most. However, the wider you make the track on the rear on a FWD car, the further you increase understeer but this is probably only noticable on a track TBH.
maybe marv_n69 would be better changing his order from 10mm to 5mm then?
Although a few others are running LCR's with 10-15 and seem happy
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=255439&highlight=track+wider+lcr
I suppose it's down to personal preference. when i had my 8.5j et30 rims the fronts stuck out from the wings by about 3mm but i loved the look of em. never got any rubbing either. although there was a slight stretch on the 225 tyre which helped.
Although a few others are running LCR's with 10-15 and seem happy
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=255439&highlight=track+wider+lcr
I suppose it's down to personal preference. when i had my 8.5j et30 rims the fronts stuck out from the wings by about 3mm but i loved the look of em. never got any rubbing either. although there was a slight stretch on the 225 tyre which helped.
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if you just have spacers on the front and none on the rear (i know people who have done this), you will have virtually eliminated understeer, but my comment bout it being 'gash' means it will look out of kilter i.e very very weird, so do you want a car that looks 'gash' or one that has a good stance (while sacrificing some handling)
i challenge anyone to say that 15mm spacers on the rear only is worse than standard. It is a good modification and you will defo notice the difference.
i challenge anyone to say that 15mm spacers on the rear only is worse than standard. It is a good modification and you will defo notice the difference.
On standard suspension then 10mm is perfect however, whenever I lower mine, I'll be swapping the 10mm to the front and buying 15mm for the back. If the 10mm look too wide then I'll be selling them and buying 5mm and leaving the front as the manufacturer intended.
no mate. Like i said, mine sits a few mm inside the arch. the pics of mine on page one are a bit misleading as i've taken the shot from a slight angle. in the flesh they sit slightly into the arch.
In my sig pic The rear arches are sitting over the tyres. I had the car loaded up with crates of beer on the way to santa pod for RWYB
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