Another wheel spacers question

[sburrell93]

Been reading up on steering geometry and how spacers affect the scrub radius and all that. I want to fit spacers to my car, front and rear, with probably somewhere between 15-25mm on the front.

So my question is, would spacers of that size affect the handling all that much for normal road driving? I hate how the wheels sit just now but I don't want the car handling like a bus if I put spacers on

Cheers folks

 

[George182]

I have 20mm on the front and 10mm on the rear of mine.

I havent noticed any difference in handling to be honest and I doubt many people would be able to on the road.

 

[sburrell93]

Cheers mate, that's what I was hoping. Everything I read online made it sound like there would be a night and day difference, which I was finding quite hard to believe for just road use

 

[Cub.]

For road use, very little noticeable difference I'd say. If anything it will handle better, not worse!

I have 15mm on mine all round and imo it handles pretty well (may be the coilovers, rarb and cage though) ;

 

[sburrell93]

For road use, very little noticeable difference I'd say. If anything it will handle better, not worse!

I have 15mm on mine all round and imo it handles pretty well (may be the coilovers, rarb and cage though) ;

That's what I thought too, but all that scrub radius stuff says otherwise. I'm thinking that probably only matters on track and stuff, or if you're properly hammering the car!

Your car looks brilliant! It's pretty much exactly how I'd want my wheels to sit. Do you know the offset of the 172 wheels by any chance? I'm planning on putting a set on my car and wondering if I'll need to take that into account when adding spacers.

 

[2Damnsly Andy]

I have 25mm front with camber bolts and 15mm rear with camber, corners on the track like its on rails now.