spacers ? Options

[celica2286]

I want to put spacers on my 94 celica GT but i went to tire discount and they dont recommend it, should i believe that ? are they safe when it comes to wearing out arms and bushings ?

[Syaoran]

All spacers and wheels with lower offset than OE spec will wear your bushings and suspension components.

The farther away the wheel is from the said part, the more stress it will cause on suspension components. Try grabbing a 5lb dumb bell to your chest. It's easy right? Now try holding that same dumbbell with your arm stretched outward for more than 20 seconds.

The same thing happens to your suspension components.

With that said, there's a reason why polyurethane bushings exist Aftermarket setups require aftermarket suspension modifications, or replacement of worn OE suspensions.

[rdyzz]

^ i've herd people say that, but i myself and many others have driven with spacers for years without any ill effects. heck many car makers have some form of spacing, be it bolt style hub like the accords and bmws, even the brake rotor itself is a spacer. unless your running 5" thick spacers i wouldnt worry about things happening to much, these cars are old and for the most part the bearings are probabally original in most of these.

some rwd cars use the same bearings as fwd cars and rwd guys run 0 to -15 offset. all your doing is changing the offset, if your worried i say just use a reasonable size spacer.

[Mr_Tee]

15mm max should be safe for the bearings

[Tigawoods]

i have seen, and people on this forum will attest to being able to run 25mm all around safely. Even during auto-X

[mak5603]

I have had 25's in the front and 30's in the rear for a couple years, no problems...

I WAS a delivery driver full time for some of the time, and dd'ing the car the rest of the time, and i have taken it to the local track for some lapping on an occasion. And again...NO PROBLEMS.

Think what you'd like about spacers over 15mm. Im just recounting my personal experience with 30mm spacers. I dont think its cool by any means that i need to run a fat spacer, but its way better than looking sunken in.

No to mention a bearing takes what, 45 minutes to fix minus the press? Ill do 45 minutes of work so my car doesnt look 15mm more sunken in any day, hahaha.

[Lenny]

i autocross my car frequently on 15mm to 25mm spacers and have had no problem what so ever. the only slight issue was the tire rubbing against the fender. but that can be solved by rolling the fender.