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Wheel spacers
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:07 pm
by toonarmy
Anyone got them fitted 15mm pros cons cheers chaps
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 1:48 pm
by themoog
I thought about wheel spacers on mine but I think25 mm is the min or I don't think you will notice. I was going to get those bolt on hub centric ones but can't be bothered now.
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 11:23 pm
by X5-D-Sport
I bought some 15mm Hubcentrics... in all honesty.. they are total crap beyond comprehension....
they had over 1mm slop on the hub centre & another 1mm slop on the wheel centre...
so sloppy that the vehicle was undrivable with wheel shake...
additionally the "so-called" experience "Modified"seller sent 40mm wheel bolts which only gave a 5mm thread bite...
Again.. even more lethal !
the Hubcentric spacers were poorly machined... with tragically soft aluminium, awfull machined finish too, with too fast a traverse of the cutting heads..
Eventually, I returned this junk & had a local engineering firm make some to my own drawing...
and they are perfect & not sloppy... and I bought some 45mm Wheel Bolts.. M14 x1.5mm threads... perfect.
I wouldnt allow Hubcentric junk near my car after this experience..
I have 4 matching wheels/tyres ie the original REAR wheels all round with 315 tyre width...
35mm spacers on the rear..
15mm spacers on front..
suspension raised 2" front & back with extended Braided brake pipes to cope with the extra travel...
added 3 degrees negative camber to the front struts by moving the strut tops inboard by 12mm from original position....
... giving -1 degree to prevent tyre scrub... and the additional -2 degrees to account for the camber change by raising the geometry & lower linkage.
My D-Sport drives like shes on rails & tall too with nice road presence & a good stance.
the spacers width + big wheels all round & raising the body 2" gives a perfect track width match all round, even suspension travel & ground pressure all round... AND the road handling as a result is better than I possibly wished for...
the road manners are superb for such a fat lady...
the ONE down side...
when you get out, you gotta use the side step - or fall out onto the street.. lol :'(
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 7:58 am
by toonarmy
Sounds fantastic u got some pics of her standing proud
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 11:25 am
by X5-D-Sport
Lots... but havent worked out how to load them here yet...
if you can PM me with a mail address, I will send some...
maybe we can open a page as a "Project" to share with members here,
as Im unaware of anyone having done this before...
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:32 pm
by X5Sport
Hint:
How to attach piccies is on the top of the Forum Discussion area.....as a sticky :-[
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 6:52 pm
by X5-D-Sport
Thanks Richard...
I will check out the "hint" after evening meal... ::)
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:12 pm
by Steamyrotter
[quote="X5Sport"]
Hint:
How to attach piccies is on the top of the Forum Discussion area.....as a sticky :-[
[/quote]
Of Car - Not wife!!
>:D >:D
Re: Wheel spacers
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 1:13 pm
by shadrack
ive always used h & r wheel spacers and never had an issue, they expensive though