Rear Wheel Spacers

[Guest Caseyza]

Have seen rear wheel spacers 3, 5 and 7mm thick advertised. Has anyone ever fitted these and any benefits or adverse wheel bearing wear?

[Johndouglas]

any benefits?

 

I can't see that there would be any benefit. Wouldn't Citroen techies have explored the possibility of a wider track?

[ando7p]

Not sure why you would want to add spacers. Not exactly a boy racer car!! Couple of things to consider. The chances are that the spacers are of a different material to that of the hub, wheels or both, in which case will expand or contract at a different rate to the hub and or wheels, with the potential effect of causing the wheel nuts to loosen. I have witnessed this and it wasn't a pretty sight nor a cheap repair!!

 

Another thing to consider is that the wheels must not protude outside of the bodywork and wheel arches as this would be an MOT failure (unless the law has changed in the last few years).

 

Widening the wheel track will also have an effect on the dynamics of the handling; afterall they aren't fitted as standard so have probably not been tested in such a setup.

 

Just noticed that you said rear wheel spacers - may cause understeer.

[DaveHerns]

Maybe it's to stop his rear wheels catching on the calipers ? Can't see it as a solution though

[Guest POSc5]

I had a mate who fitted wheel spacers to the rear of his Clio. He crashed badly, do not fit to a single axel, else you will ruin your handling. I fitted 25mm spacers to the front and rear of my Omega, and after weeks of trying to find the correct length wheel bolts, thought the wheels were going to fall off. The fix was to have the spacers balanced with the wheels, which isn't easy. Apart from that, simple...

 

Mark