Spacers, on a track car........ ??

[calum001]

would you ??

never used spacers (hubcentric) before as i have never liked the idea of it but how safe actually is it especially on a track car where it's going to be put through its paces a bit more than usual ?

 

[Plummer]

I saw a 172 running 25mm a side.
Was EPIC in the corners!

They've definitely helped mine but I don't track my car.

 

[Gaz_]

NEVER!

Horrid things! I had some hubcentric ones on my 197. They lasted about 3 days. Made the car sooooo twitchy and nervous, especially on the brakes.

 

[calum001]

NEVER!

Horrid things! I had some hubcentric ones on my 197. They lasted about 3 days. Made the car sooooo twitchy and nervous, especially on the brakes.

did you use them to widen the stance of the car or to bring different wheels back to the correct offset for the car ?

 

[Gaz_]

Widen the stance. 12mm iirc, i would never track a car with spacers.

 

[calum001]

good to get another opinion on it cheers mate, i'm of the same opinion as you tbh and haven't even considered them on a road car let alone a track car

was just wondering if anyone had any opinions to fight the case that they would be ok as i don't know a great deal about them

 

[Plummer]

As said, I have 30mm spacers on mine, and the handling is muuuch better than it was.
Feels more solid.

 

[DannyR]

I use 25mm spacers either side. Hubcentrics, touch wood, never had a problem. Although when running non hubcentric the bolt holes did lengthen and fucked the hub!

Done around 500 miles on track with them on I reckon