Front Spacers

[josh263uk]

I have a question, I have done a search but no luck.


Has anyone fitted frot spacers and what was the result. Im after slightly better looks as the front wheel sit in the arch a little, I was thinking of about 5mm either side.



any help or photos....

thanks

josh

 

[PLuKE]

Hi.

I have 20mm hubcentric on the rear and 15mm hubcentric on the front, Deffo looks better and it did help the handling on the front from running wide. Wasnt that much diffrance, More the looks is the biggest factor.

 

[depresion]

From a safty point of view spacers on the front are a very bad idea as is will impact the scrub radius. The front suspension geometry is designed so that the SAI intersects the road outside the center of the contact patch of the tyre, so that in the event of a puncture the drag on the wheel counter steers the tendancy to turn to flat. Putting (more than 5mm) spacers on reverses this so a flat will have a more pronounced effect.

 

[Gooner_Mike]

From a safty point of view spacers on the front are a very bad idea as is will impact the scrub radius. The front suspension geometry is designed so that the SAI intersects the road outside the center of the contact patch of the tyre, so that in the event of a puncture the drag on the wheel counter steers the tendancy to turn to flat. Putting (more than 5mm) spacers on reverses this so a flat will have a more pronounced effect.

Good knowledge! I just thought it was bad for bearings and steering geometry...

 

[depresion]

I'd rather tell people these things and let them make an informed decision, I'm thinking of starting a site to summarise 4 years of university study on the subject into bite sized advice. It's just a question of time.

 

[josh263uk]

From a safty point of view spacers on the front are a very bad idea as is will impact the scrub radius. The front suspension geometry is designed so that the SAI intersects the road outside the center of the contact patch of the tyre, so that in the event of a puncture the drag on the wheel counter steers the tendancy to turn to flat. Putting (more than 5mm) spacers on reverses this so a flat will have a more pronounced effect.

So just to confirm, putting 5mm on would probably not effect the above, or is it best just to leave it alone.

what would happend if you were to stick on a different set of wheels with a different offset, would that do the same if the offset was big enough?

Thanks for the advice.

Josh

 

[st10587]

i was going to put 5mm spacers on mine, but it left so little of the spigot for the wheel to sit on i decided not to as i did not feel it was safe.