Nearly MOT time and the 20" Calibre CCU's tyres I had on had some uneven wear, so had a look in the garage and saw the original Devonport wheels that came with the van back in 2018 and had a bit of a moment.
At some point in the future we’ll be looking to get our Devonports done so that they’re not silver. Some variation of black is where we’ll go I think. I keep looking at offers of new/nearly new that come up for sale on here wondering whether I might buy a second set to get them painted whilst they’re not my fitted wheels. I’m interested in getting spacers for them too, I like the look just not 100% on whether they’rea good idea.
I've had spacers on for probably 40000 miles now, it's a heavy work van and I drive 'progressively' at times and I've had no problems whatsoever. They're from Watfields engineering, I check them everytime the wheels come off and they're still perfect. In terms of their effect on suspension geometry it's minimal and no different to fitting wheels with a smaller offset.
This bit is not correct.
How so? The original offset on 17's is around 56, add in a 20mm spacer gives an equivalent offset of 36 surely? As ever I'm happy to be educated.
Thanks @Gavinda good to know.
Thanks for the video @Skyliner33 I had Steve @CRS Performance upgrade my suspension. I’d have a conversation with him about this before doing anything to change the characteristics of the performance upgrade he gave the van. It’s not next on my list so there’s no hurry!
I'm aware of the pros and cons of wheel spacers in general, but I still don't see how I'm wrong in saying that adding a spacer of a given thickness is any different to using a wheel with a smaller offset equal to the thickness of said spacer?
Well for 1 point 4 in the video does not apply to using a smaller offset wheel. The wheel is still bolted to the surface of the hub. Therefore the moment produced is still the same as the original wheel.
I disagree, 20mm spacer or 20mm lower offset on each side increases vehicle track by 40mm for the same width of wheel.
It’s not to do with the track. It’s to do with the moment being applied on the bolts. Watch the video. Point 4 it’s explained.
This is how I see it, if;
It’s probably a lot more complicated than what e other of us are thinking.
They're better than the ones I attempted, and in theory I see your point, but once everything is pulled together with the correct torque I'd like to think the hub centre rings will provide the majority of locating and load transmitting duties.
I would never say anyone shouldn’t. They do make some wheels look a lot better and I’m sure we do more detrimental things to our vans and if the wheel bearings do wear slightly faster they are a replaceable item. I’ve no idea what the difference in bearing life would be.
