10mm or 15mm spacers with Sportline springs?

[Skeeter]

I have Cup shocks and Sportline springs on my 172 and plan to get some spacers. A couple of questions regarding the rears;

Do I go 10mm or 15mm? Will there be rubbing issues with either? I'm using OZ F1 wheels from a phase 1.
Do I get camber? I've got a couple of degrees up front, but not sure I need any more than standard at the rear with my current setup, and I don't plan on fitting coilovers.

Cheers.

 

[AlexW]

Measure your arch clearance atm, 10mm will more than likely be plenty. Go for non camber IMO.

 

[scotty10]

i would say 5 on the back, you dont want it to stick out too much and no camber as mentioned.

 

[Skeeter]

The wheels look lost in the arches at the moment. 5mm hardly seems worth it. I will be putting 25mm on the front as they are much further in.

 

[AlexW]

25 and 10 is what I run on mine, looks spot on IMO.

 

[scotty10]

http:// http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?733393-182-s-with-spacers&highlight=rear+spacers

hope this kind of helps.

 

[GrahamS]

I ran 15mm spacers on the back, 16mm on the front with et43 wheels, sportline springs and had no scrubbing even when fully loaded was close though at times on the back!

 

[Skeeter]

What is the offset of the Phase 1 F1s?

 

[GrahamS]

et43 I think mate from a quick search.

Thousandth post!!!!!

 

[Skeeter]

Cheers. And happy post anniversary

 

[Jekyll]

Measure your arch clearance atm, 10mm will more than likely be plenty. Go for non camber IMO.

This is the way to go.

 

[scotty10]

This is the way to go.

+1 on this btw its really stupid sounding but works.

 

[Ph1 Tom]

It depends on what profile tyres you run, 195 or 205. 195 you can do 15mm but 205 you need 10mm IMO.

Also it depends how much camber you have already. Have you had it measured?

 

[Skeeter]

Rear is stock camber (can't remember what the figures are but it was within the green for the manufacturers defaults when it was last aligned).

I run 195 tyres. A 15mm with camber will bring the top of the tyres in to about the same distance as a flat 10mm, won't it?

Where should I measure for the current gap? Top of the tyre to the edge of the bodywork?

 

[scotty10]

I done it by measuring from the tyre wall to the inside of the wheel arch

 

[Ph1 Tom]

Rear is stock camber (can't remember what the figures are but it was within the green for the manufacturers defaults when it was last aligned).

I run 195 tyres. A 15mm with camber will bring the top of the tyres in to about the same distance as a flat 10mm, won't it?

Where should I measure for the current gap? Top of the tyre to the edge of the bodywork?

1 degree of camber is roughly 1mm at the hub flange. But I don't think it's quite 5mm at the tyre. It's more like 2.5-3mm.

Also I wouldn't run more than 2 degrees really. You might find one side is different to the other too so you may not want to fit camber spacers but get flat ones with corrective shims.

 

[Skeeter]

Yeah I think I'm being convinced 10mm flat is the way to go.