Wheel spacers

[markpile]

Afternoon world, can anyone tell me are there any advantages or disadvantages to fitting wheel spacers please

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[xDaNx]

Advantages - Looks alot better

Disadvantages - Can sometimes make getting your wheels back on ever so slightly more difficult than usual.

 

[Ryan6926]

Wheel spacers = mainly for show or to get wheels sitting flush with arches etc

It'll widen the track of the car by the amount you've spaced the wheel out by obviously

You can use spacers to allow other wheels to fit our cars (For example if you'd bought aftermarket Impreza alloys which would have an offset of ET52 I believe) if you fitted them along with 15mm spacers they'd then fit our cars without any issues

They MUST be hubcentric if not then they'll flop about whilst the wheels are rotating. Not such a massive issue on these as the cars use bolts not nuts but on most cars which use wheel studs it can cause undue stress on the studs as can using wheels without spigot rings

Disadvantages are the price

Very expensive in larger sizes (Anything from 80 quid upwards per axle)

Can cause issues if you go too large as you can sometimes put the wheels / tyres underneath the arches which can cause issues if you're lowered and you go over a bump the suspension travel can cause the arch to come down on top of the tyre and potentially cut into it and cause a blowout / puncture etc

My old MR2 when I got it. 8.5J ET36 DHS Alloys with 20mm spacers rear 15mm front



Mr2 when I'd finished sorting out the previous owners **** ups



It's probably one of the most discussed topics around so if you can't find information on it you're not looking hard enough

 

[markpile]

Lol I didn't bother looking lol was thinking 10mm I won't be lowering it or changing rims as there the 18's from an R

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[Ryan6926]

In which case you'd need longer wheel bolts too

 

[markpile]

Yh I know I'll need the hubcemtric and bowls lalalalla I just wondered if there was any adverse effects on running a slightly wider track on stock suspension that's all and for the looks

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[Ryan6926]

Nope providing you've got the correct set up and not bought non hubcentrics etc

 

[Bouncerbeater]

I've been told that wheel bearings are under more pressure with spacers, the wider they are the more pressure. Can't vouch for it personally but I can see the logic.

 

[Ronin225]

I've been told that wheel bearings are under more pressure with spacers, the wider they are the more pressure. Can't vouch for it personally but I can see the logic.

Exactly this, im on wheel bearing number 4 in 18 months on mine

 

[Ryan6926]

Exactly this, im on wheel bearing number 4 in 18 months on mine

Wow I never knew that

How much are you running in spacers?

I'm guessing it'd be because of the weight of them as opposed to size?

 

[Ronin225]

Im running a very stiff setup so this doesn't help
If spacing the wheel out the forces that act upon it are multiplied, think of it like leverage
Im only running 10mm, also only use decent skf bearings

 

[Ryan6926]

Ah ok yeah that makes sense actually thinking of it like leverage.

I wouldn't have thought of that if you'd not said