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Are wheel spacers bad in any way? say...for 8mm front and back

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Old 09-30-2003, 01:51 AM
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Default Are wheel spacers bad in any way? say...for 8mm front and back

Someone told me that they are either bad for the car or for performance...you guys hear nething about that? He didnt have time to explain.
I'm putting in 18"x7.5" rims...and want to space them out at least 0.5". TIA
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Default Reliability-wise...nothing wrong with them

Jumping my Tacoma 6 feet in the air many times with spacers proves it, I now have complete confidence in them.
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I have 10mm H&R spacers from and back. Check picposter.
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Default looks great...some more questions tho.. =)

do you feel a difference with the spacers? like...does the steering get a bit heavier, or does the handling improve cuz of the wider trak? maybe more body-roll?
Also...I'm planning on getting those H-Sport sways: how do you like them? Was the installation hard?
Thanks much =)
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Default couple answers...

I had the spacers installed at the same time as I made the non-sport to sport package conversion. Therefore, I can't tell you the affect the spacers will have on their own. Handling was very greatly improved overall though. Plus, they fill out the arches perfectly.

The H-Sport sways are sitting in my living room, and they will be installed later this week along with the Neuspeed exhuast. I know that the install does not require welds, like some others do. I don't do the installs, so I can't tell you how hard it would be.

So basically, I can't answer your questions fully.
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i'd love to hear back on those sways after ur install tho! thx
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will do!
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