Spacers

[ZeroHour]

The other day I was just messing around with ideas for my car, and I wonder this:

If you made 1 or 2 inch spacers that bolted onto the normal stud/hub and the spacer had its own set of studs, could you widen the car?

Has anyone done this or is there a kit already avaliable? It was just an idea and I was wondering what is in existance.

And is there any adverse effects on the car?

I know widening the distance from the hub will add a larger torque but I doubt it would really snap any pecies off the car.

Also the fenders would probably need to be modified in the front for turn radius.

And of course fender flares to keep the wheels covered.

Let me know some opinions!

[Kremithefrog]

It'll look stupid. And not be good. And hurt the wheel bearings. And not be good.

[beyondloadedSE]

you could do this. People sometimes do this to convert to a different lug pattern (i.e. 5 lug in our case). But yeah, definetely not good on the wheel bearings.

[rocketmanrw]

i put spacers on my 65 mustang and had no problems

[beyondloadedSE]

i put spacers on my 65 mustang and had no problems

how thick were your spacers...less than 5mm? Thats usually what most people run to just give it a more aggressive stance. I think Dion used 3mm spacers in the rear on his svt. The spacers hes talking about would have to be at least an inch thick.

[my98SVTturbo]

what are your opinions on putting 5mm H&R spacers on a tour with 17x7`s on it

[rocketmanrw]

how thick were your spacers...less than 5mm? Thats usually what most people run to just give it a more aggressive stance. I think Dion used 3mm spacers in the rear on his svt. The spacers hes talking about would have to be at least an inch thick.

my spacers are 1 in thick i put on my car

[ZeroHour]

The wear on the bearings would be caused because of the higher torques applied from the turns?


Half the points of the spacers came from the problem with my ebrake cable catching the tire and making a clunk. Any increase (even 3 or 5mm) would stop the rub.


And yes I thought a wider stance would look better because the tires are well under the wheel wells.

[Hammy1105]

Check out these, just saw these on Ebay, they might work really well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VERY-...QQcmdZViewItem

[Auto-X Fil]

It's a bad idea. You dramatically change the suspension and steering by changing the offset. It would destroy wheel bearings and make the car handle poorly. Your scrub radii, caster, and ackermann would go all wonky.