{"id":4279,"date":"2013-11-06T22:35:05","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T06:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2013-11-06T22:37:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T06:37:14","slug":"hr-wheel-spacers-improve-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rallyways.com\/4279\/hr-wheel-spacers-improve-stance\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Use H&R Wheel Spacers to Improve Stance?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wheel spacers are popular items among tuners and car guys. They allow you to push the wheels of your car further out at each corner. This is done to reduce the factory gap that most stock cars have. The main reason for doing this is cosmetic, even though many wheel spacer manufacturers claim they help with stability. We talk with H&R about their TRAK+ wheel spacer system to help clarify a few doubts.<\/h3>\n
Most cars look better when wheel gap is not as pronounced or is just plain non-existent. Because wheel gap is not simply based on the height of the car alone but also on the horizontal space between the tires and the inner wall of the fenders, wheel spacers can easily afford an improvement in that area at a relatively low cost.<\/p>\n
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Now, why the heck don\u2019t car makers simply make cars with little to no wheel-gap and space out the wheels a little bit better by pushing them more towards the edge? The obvious reason is universal compatibility. Cars need to be able to accept slight changes in tire size and tread. Also, since tires can vary by market and laws governing a car\u2019s ride height from factory exist in many places, car makers need to find a middle ground.<\/p>\n
Not only that, but imagine Flo in Idaho buys a neat little Volkswagen Golf GTi. Say VW decided that since that car looks better with no wheel gap and tires flush to the fender, they were going to produce it that way, stock. Come January, Flo needs to leave the office in a blizzard and decides to put tire chains on her new hatch. (This is probably happening in the mountains of Southern California where chains are required when there are 3 millimeters of snow). Oh crap! How the heck is Flo going to install those chains? There\u2019s no gap for them because her little Golf came all Hellaflush from factory. See what I mean?<\/p>\n