Wheel Spacers Installed
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I bought them from RPI Equipped in Richmond BC
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Just had the car corner balanced, and 4 wheel (agressive) alignment done, thanks for the input though.
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You should get the 15mm spacers, they are perfect, 10mm make have you second guessing
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Spacers are normally used to compensate for wheel offsets that are different than factory wheels. If they compensate properly, they maintain the proper geometry of the wheels, which is most important on the front wheels to maintain the correct steering geometry. So spacers can be a good thing, or if used only to move wheels out from their normal location, can have a downside by causing steering compromises.
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Spacers are normally used to compensate for wheel offsets that are different than factory wheels. If they compensate properly, they maintain the proper geometry of the wheels, which is most important on the front wheels to maintain the correct steering geometry. So spacers can be a good thing, or if used only to move wheels out from their normal location, can have a downside by causing steering compromises.
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Ed: Glad to hear it. Your front spacers are small enough to create minimal impact on your steering geometry, no more than some after-market wheels might have. Glad your nice weather came through for you today.
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Weather was great, over 65 cars at PCA morning drive, great day.
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Yes, same question here from another newbie. What is the downside of spacers? I read somewhere that the tires can throw up more crap that will hit the outside of the car. Is this correct?
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With your spacers, did you guys get hubcentric rings? My front spacers did not come with such and I get a shimmy at speed....
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You definitely need those to properly balance the F/E. You could be causing uneven loads on the lug bolts w/that shimmy.
There are usually few downsides to spacers if done w/in reason.
The OEM per wheel load is generally centered over the wheel bearing center line. Spacers then slightly alter that load placement. With reasonable spacers it should not be an issue, however.
Keep an eye on tire wear - inner Vs. outer - and you can tell from that.
There are usually few downsides to spacers if done w/in reason.
The OEM per wheel load is generally centered over the wheel bearing center line. Spacers then slightly alter that load placement. With reasonable spacers it should not be an issue, however.
Keep an eye on tire wear - inner Vs. outer - and you can tell from that.
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My 15mm are hub centric, the 7mm are not. I think the thinnest you can ge with a hub centric is 10mm. I don't have a wobble, and I have had the spacers on the car at 150mph (on the track) and no problem.
