Wheel Spacers & Adapters - Good Or Bad?

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• EM

  @emertes17 · 10 years ago

  I wish my university had a course called engineering explained with you as a professor and you could just talk about car stuff all day

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• JA

  @jasonlarkin84 · 10 years ago

  Hey, that seems like a pretty good summary.<br><br>Did you forget the consideration section: &nbsp;It will make the car look cooler?

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• PA

  @PatonHaus · 10 years ago

  You need a bigger dry board man.

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• MO

  @Monklee63 · 8 years ago

  Clearly explains the pros and cons! Well done, short and to the point! I appreciated your explanation about how wheel spacers change load characteristics at the wheel bearings and consequently shorten bearing life. Keep up the good work!

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• BI

  @bitbiy · 8 years ago

  Years ago when I was about 8, I can remember helping ( more likely hindering) my father to jack the family car up and put wheel spacers on it. He did this every summer just before &nbsp;we hitched the caravan on it to go on our holidays. Only more recently did he explain, &nbsp;that he did this to add more stability to the rear of the car whilst towing the caravan. As soon as we returned home we would jack it up again and take the spacers back off. Even back then I recall the car looked skinnier once they were off again, but, for him, that was their purpose. I came here for information and I got plenty! Guess I will leave my car as the designers intended now, as there seems to be less advantages for and more against doing it.

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• PH

  @pholelamapeyi4589 · 10 years ago

  bro...you&apos;ve just explained something i&apos;ve had in my head for a while that&apos;s been buggin me and now that i&apos;ve seen the effects of wheel spacers ...not gona consider them ...at all ...thank you ...

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• PH

  @phedoblue · 10 years ago

  He is young with grey hair, you can tell how much knowledge that brain is packing. Sensei, please take my bow of respect, you just gained a new subscriber from petroleum engineering

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• C3

  @C3kPanda · 10 years ago

  The biggest threat of wheel spacers is indeed the change in Scrub Radius and in Kingpin offset. In short: you could be altering your NEGATIVE scrub radius to a POSITIVE radius, with the result being you slipping all over the place when one wheel is on a surface with less friction (Icy spots, gravel, etc.). The other problem lies with your increased kingpin offset and having a lot of power driven to the front wheels, which results in massive torque steer.<br>Hope it&apos;s any help!

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• JO

  @jordanandmelissasalinas1438 · 6 years ago

  You should have also mentioned that it has the same effect on the wheel bearing as if you just got bigger wider tires is the exact same stress on the wheel bearing rather it&apos;s done with the spacer or just plain out bigger tires and rims so take that into consideration when making a decision

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• JD

  @JDMricist · 10 years ago

  Holy crap that 4k looks good. I can see your gray hairs much better, thank you.

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• BR

  @BravoNine67 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I added .80&quot; spacers to my 2018 impreza due to its softer suspension and the reduction in body roll while cornering was immediately noticeable.

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• IN

  @InCountry6970 · 10 years ago

  Pretty solid advice. As a member of several auto forums, guys are always talking about bigger wheels, tires and brakes, etc. without any consideration of these facts.<br>I don&apos;t mind certain aftermarket improvements, but I am very aware that they all come at a price of some sort.<br>Thanks good video

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