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[robt]

So can anyone enlighten me on wheel spacers for my Gen2 GT-B? Rob

[Soop]

They're illegal...

[robt]

So is my car but I don't care. JDM is the best excuse for anything as they don't know.

[Soop]

mmm. But these are: A: really obvious. B: Your insurance company WILL shoot you for it. C: Not really worth the hassle as you'd have to use a 2" wide wheel. Due to Subaru offsets sucking chronic scrot.

[robt]

1. The man thinks its a Liberty and I'm in a sleepy town. 2. Insurance? 3. I like to do stuff.

[Alex]

Wheel spacers are the work of Satan's retarded work experience kid. They increase the strain of wheel studs and make them snap, and may cause an accident due to wheels falling off. Insurance will rape you come a claim. It will cause wheel vibrations Can there be anything worse you could put onto your car?

[N/A_EJ22]

AVLS?

[Scuba-Roo]

HAHA!

[robt]

Wheel spacers are the work of Satan's retarded work experience kid.

They increase the strain of wheel studs and make them snap, and may cause an accident due to wheels falling off.
Insurance will rape you come a claim.
It will cause wheel vibrations

Can there be anything worse you could put onto your car?

Hmmm
I just wanted to know the deal. As my old mans 911 and Cooper S has factory spacers so I just wanted to test the waters.
I think I may now have some idea of peoples opinions.
But thanks for the info.
Oh and my old 944 had some too.

[Alex]

I don't understand. A car that has factory wheel to hub spacers? Why not implement the extra required offset into the casting of the wheels? It would seem more logical. Looks like I won't be buying a Porsche or a Mini...

[robt]

Yes factory spacers. It was a shock to me but the Mini is a Mk.1 1966 Cooper S. Different time, different rules. Oh and isn't it great having a good ol debate?

[Soop]

A good ol, public mass-debate.

[Billsy]

rob why do you want spacers? were blessed with wider guards and more space than gen1 and std gen2s. you just need 8" wide rims and 235 tyres or something with a 38-45 offset to fill the guards, something that would stick well past the guards of a gen1. ive got a few sets sitting sround

[Alex]

rob why do you want spacers? were blessed with wider guards and more space than gen1 and std gen2s. you just need 8" wide rims and 235 tyres

or something with a 38-45 offset to fill the guards, something that would stick well past the guards of a gen1.
ive got a few sets sitting sround

speaking from experience here (a rare thing around these parts)

+42 rims + 225/35 tyres = scrub scrub scrubbity mcscrub

[Billsy]

speaking from experience here (a rare thing around these parts)

+42 rims + 225/35 tyres = scrub scrub scrubbity mcscrub

interesting...
are your guards rolled?
18's? (i have 17's)

ive run 7.5w 38offset 215/40/17 with no scrubby scrub, rolled guards and rock suspension
currently running 7w 40offset 215/45/17 no scrub unless i hit a large bump on sharp turn. then it nicks the inner guard liner
also have 7.5w 225/45/17 semislicks on i think a 40 offset and theyre fine aswell.

i also run 1.5-2 deg neg camber for that fully sik drifto look.

[Alex]

interesting...
are your guards rolled?
18's? (i have 17's)

ive run 7.5w 38offset 215/40/17 with no scrubby scrub, rolled guards and rock suspension
currently running 7w 40offset 215/45/17 no scrub unless i hit a large bump on sharp turn. then it nicks the inner guard liner
also have 7.5w 225/45/17 semislicks on i think a 40 offset and theyre fine aswell.

i also run 1.5-2 deg neg camber for that fully sik drifto look.

rolled guards
18's (7.5" wide)
+42 offset
225/35/18 tyres (horrible nankangs)
bilstein soggy suspension
stock strut tops (ie stock camber adjustment....feck all.)

rears would scrub with passengers
fronts never did thankfully thanks to the goofy height, but the tyre did sit proud of the front guards by about 5-7mm. Would have been catastrophic for the front guards without some serious negative camber.

Now with the +55 STi 18's (also 7.5" wide)... Nothing but happy days

[robt]

I don't want put some on I just wanted to get what other people have done. Hey Billsy do our GT-B's have different guards to standard Gen2's? I tried checking once and couldn't see a difference.

[Alex]

I don't want put some on I just wanted to get what other people have done.
Hey Billsy do our GT-B's have different guards to standard Gen2's? I tried checking once and couldn't see a difference.

i don't think so...

[Billsy]

i don't think so...

i thought they did, but i was never sure, mine have been cut and rolled which might be the only reason why ive not had any scrubby issues.
although ive never actually compared them to rx guards. just thought they were slightly pumped coz someone way back when wrote it on the interwebs.

i think we should get some measurements.

[robt]

Sounds like a Billsy mission to find out about our guards. Oh, and off topic, I just got my 24mm swaybar. FTW!