Wheel spacers. Not a fan!

[hsustyle]

Am I the only one that isn't a fan of the way wheel spacers feel?

I fitted mine this morning and have done a fair bit of driving along my usual play roads. It seems to feel a bit scatty on hard braking? Slightly less predictable on the limit and seems to possibly understeer a bit?

Mine is a Cup Packed 200 lowered on H&R springs.

Car looks great now but I don't think I'm a fan of the 20mm spacers..

 

[Giles]

Spacers are waiting time and will get more stone chips hell.

 

[Pav]

sold mine after a month..

 

[VolumeX]

If you look at a wheel/hub design, there is a reason why the manufacturing spec's are the way there are, if you move the wheel away like a spacer does it now puts more strain on the bearings, as its rotating mass has been moved, and in most cases the car will now have a new feeling. The problem is spacers need to be well installed and checked regularly. Rather spend the cash on getting the correct wheel setup. Anyway, my 2 cents, use it or lose it.

 

[hsustyle]

Just had another drive, putting them up for sale car looks great but I bought the car for thrills and it's handling characteristics.

 

[chongwong]

It might be worth getting the tracking done once they are on, as the wider track could exacerbate any imperfections. I must admit I'm tempted by spacers, but feel like getting wider wheels will have the desired aesthetic effect and may create a small increase in cornering performance. At best spacers will have little to no effect on how the car drives, at worst they'll add a tiny amount of rotational mass and may or may not knock the cars handling for six.

 

[PAUL JA]

I'm not a great fan of spacers but liked the way the Oz et55 wheels filled the arches nicely.

Therefore I figured that an et68 wheel with a 20mm spacer puts the outer edge of the wheel within
a mm of the 8" et55 Oz.

We are going to do some back to back testing at cadwell later this month to establish if the spacers stay or go

 

[chongwong]

Ooh, let me know how that turns out, can't decide whether or not a set of et55's is worth the outlay over spacers, but if there is a real performance increase it'll just be another thing to start saving for.