Spacers ,what size would you reconmend ??

[Msphotographic]

Im after geting some spacers to fill the arch gap. Now i deffo dont want any rubbing ect what has every one elce fitted

 

[Knuckles]

25 mm?

 

[jesus]

25mm on a 172?! I'd go with 10mm front, 5mm rear if you have standard wheels. Or just get some with a bigger offset - my Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2s were perfect for filling the arches.

 

[105e]

Wouldnt reccomend any, im sure if the clio worked better with low et wheels then renault would have fitted them.

 

[Msphotographic]

Im looking at getting 1.2s but only had the car a week il take every ones afvise on board cheers

 

[jesus]

You won't need spacers with the 1.2s.

 

[Msphotographic]

Great stuff il keep my eye out for some

 

[sladen1720]

10mm front and 10mm back.. job done

 

[DannyR]

Depends on wheels really.

25mm front and 5/10mm rear brings everything flush.

 

[Vive_le_sport]

I prefer to put a smaller ET than spacers,i think spacers harm the handling and bring you lots of vibrations.
If you put some,put same size to the four wheels of course.

 

[Chip-mk1]

Wouldnt reccomend any, im sure if the clio worked better with low et wheels then renault would have fitted them.

On the cup they did.

 

[105e]

On the cup they did.

But isnt everything else different, according to what ive seen on here, and this wasnt a cup specific question.

 

[Chip-mk1]

But isnt everything else different, according to what ive seen on here, and this wasnt a cup specific question.

What do you mean by everything else?

There is a difference in caster, and there is a difference in damping rate for example, but those things dont really change if extra track width is useful or not, even the basic 172s benefit from a little more track width IME

Renaults focus for the 172 wasnt just trackday handling, so there are lots of improvements that can be made to it to make it more suitable for that task, so I think the "renault didnt do it so it cant possibly work" line you are taking isnt a very useful one to someone wanting to improve their car's handling on track.