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wheel spacers

Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2013 3:06 pm
by olly84
Hi all I need some wheel spacers for my vitara can I put 3inch ones on or is that too big?

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 8:48 am
by ScottieJ
Personally I wouldn't run more than 30-40mm, wheel spacers put more strain on your wheel bearings and running ones that are 3" long will reduce the life of the wheel bearings quite a lot.

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:14 pm
by Jordi
3"?

Never even heard of 3". Biggest i've heard of are 50mm (2" approx). As Scott says most run 30mm with a good off set wheel.

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 2:36 pm
by turbo-tom
I was going to get 50mm wheel spacers for my discovery but there just to ott to be honest then as Scott says they can lead wheel bearing failures etc.Also my dads friend's disco snapped its stub axle on a roundabout.

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:21 pm
by olly84
Think il just get some bigger and wider wheels then thanks for the advice :thumbup:

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:31 pm
by Jordi
Plenty of wheel to choose from. All depends what size tyres you want to fit.

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:49 pm
by olly84
I want a set of big mud tyres . I bought a set of old vitara wheels with mud tyres on but when I fitted them thay sit right in fron the arch hense needing wheel spacers lol but bigger wheels wil look better and I'll get a bit more lift too :smokin:

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:52 pm
by Jordi
How do you figure more lift?

Only thing that gives more lift is bigger tyres.

What size do you want to fit?

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 10:55 pm
by Jordi
Been looking for some photos of your Vit in other posts but can't find any.

Could you stick some up? We all love pics on here.

Re: wheel spacers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2013 11:13 pm
by olly84
Yes bigger tyres will lift it slightly thats what I ment not bigger wheels, dont really no what size yet , I havent posted any pics il get some on