wheel spacers

[General Baxter]

what would happen to my car if i fit 25mm spacer?

[Adam]

Why

[Lee]

This is purely a guess but i imagine the cars track will increase by 50mm lol

Put simply, a 25mm spacer would make an ET49 wheel into an ET24 wheel, so unless youve got hold of some ET74 wheels, i would have to ask why the hell you asked that question LMAO

[General Baxter]

why would it aulter the off set of the wheel tho, there cut flush

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hub - spacer - alloys

its not really going to go
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hub - spacer - alloy

or is it?

[dannyb]

And you'd need wheel bolts with 25mm extra thread on them!

I also guessing that it would rub like a slut, but not sure if it would put any more strain on your suspension or steering gear.

[Adam]

It alters the offset as they space the wheel further out from the hub.

[Lee]

why would it aulter the off set of the wheel tho, there cut flush

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hub - spacer - alloys

its not really going to go
| \ |
hub - spacer - alloy

or is it?

What the smeg are you going on about baxter???? lol

If you fit a 25mm spacer, the outside of the wheel will be 25mm closer to the outer arch ALL THE WAY AROUND!

I think your mixing up camber with offest!

[Jack]

And you'd need wheel bolts with 25mm extra thread on them!
Not necessarily - H&R do adapter spacers which are designed for cars which have studs/bolts that are too short. I was going to get some fitted to the rear of my Celica to push the wheels out in to the arch.

Also used if you're fitting rather large brakes onto the car which the wheel can't clear, something well known by GT4 owners ;)

[stuartp]

Unleess you fit wheels with of set of ET74mm the front wheels will catch on the inner wings on full lock, steering will be really heavy, and it will put loads of strain on all the bearings!!