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drEameRvaJ
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What is the point of having spacers? To stop the rubbing, if you are having issues with the tire rubbing, or is it not the reason people have spacers?

I've been wanting to put spacers on my rear wheels to make it look more aggerssive. By aggressive I mean so my rims and tires would stick out more. But I wanted to know would putting spacers affect my handling?


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drEameRvaJ wrote:What is the point of having spacers? To stop the rubbing, if you are having issues with the tire rubbing, or is it not the reason people have spacers??
Spacers will cause the rubbing, so you'll have to roll or pull the fenders.
drEameRvaJ wrote:I've been wanting to put spacers on my rear wheels to make it look more aggerssive. By aggressive I mean so my rims and tires would stick out more. But I wanted to know would putting spacers affect my handling?
Not really. You will have wider stance, so could be improved.

drEameRvaJ
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So rolling the fenders will be required? What if I only use like 5MM or 10MM? Would it make my tires have the wider stance? Let me know. Thanks!

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chitownguy
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Spacers can stop rubbing too. For example, if you have a 17x8 +42 wheel that would hit on the inside. A 20mm spacer would push that wheel 20mm out effectively making it 17x8+22. It really depends on the width and offset of the wheels and tires.

Pretty much spacers just lengthen your track.


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