Spacers: understeer, size, and results
04-13-2004, 07:42 AM
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Spacers: understeer, size, and results
- About to get new wheels, and may go for spacers to get them outboard a bit.
- Why do some of us use different F/R spacers? Larger R spacers move the car towards understeer, and I'm not aware that the TT has notorious oversteer I need to correct.
- What size seems best-suited to moving a 42mm offset wheel outboard 'flush' with the lip of the wheel arch (Yes, I'll check jounce clearance)? 15mm, 25mm, yadayada?
- whose attach best, are hub-centric, and either anodized or cad? Does anode/cad matter? Sources?
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- Why do some of us use different F/R spacers? Larger R spacers move the car towards understeer, and I'm not aware that the TT has notorious oversteer I need to correct.
- What size seems best-suited to moving a 42mm offset wheel outboard 'flush' with the lip of the wheel arch (Yes, I'll check jounce clearance)? 15mm, 25mm, yadayada?
- whose attach best, are hub-centric, and either anodized or cad? Does anode/cad matter? Sources?
TIA
04-13-2004, 08:19 AM
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Re: Spacers: understeer, size, and results
My wheels are 17X8 Rondells with 35mm off set, I went with 15F Spacers, 25R Spacers from H&R and also have Eibach and Koni Sports. I don't feel the endersteer and the care handles great. No rubbing and the car looks so much better with the wheels flush with fenderwells.
04-13-2004, 11:20 AM
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42mm will hit the rear calipers. You need to get the overall offset down to
between 20mm and 25mm. 20mm spacers would drop that to a 22mm offset and look perfect.
04-13-2004, 04:41 PM
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I've got 18x8.5's, no spacers but wheels are ET22 and made specific for the TT-->
You'd need at least 20mm spacers on the 42's assuming you have same width. As per pic below, you can see they're just tad inside lip.
04-24-2004, 12:33 PM
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Getting 15mm H&R-
Should make total offset 30mm.
The TSW 42 ET actually clear everything but just barely. besides, I wanted to move the track back out.
THANKS for the advice!
The TSW 42 ET actually clear everything but just barely. besides, I wanted to move the track back out.
THANKS for the advice!
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