Wheel spacers - Revision history

Bosanek: Added the article into gen2 categories

2021-01-17T13:47:28Z

Added the article into gen2 categories

Bosanek: Category adjustment

2019-02-21T14:44:50Z

Category adjustment

Bosanek: Moved the article into the Accessories category

2019-01-04T10:27:10Z

Moved the article into the Accessories category

Bosanek: Added a link to a very informative forum topic

2018-07-05T19:27:26Z

Added a link to a very informative forum topic

Bosanek: Added the standardized "embryo" note

2018-04-14T15:13:36Z

Added the standardized "embryo" note

Bosanek: Link correction

2018-03-17T10:13:43Z

Link correction

Bosanek: Added this article to the "Steering" category

2017-02-03T19:54:07Z

Added this article to the "Steering" category

Bosanek: Initial article

2017-01-26T11:46:32Z

Initial article

New page

{{intro-notes}}

== Introduction ==

This article is a coarse draft. Someone needs to contribute by populating it properly.

== A quick & short info ==

Using wheel spacers on a Jimny helps to significantly stabilize the vehicle and reduce its "body roll".

Using wheel spacers is especially recommended when applying a vehicle lift, in order to compensate for the increased center of gravity.

{{note|See wiki article [[Lifting the vehicle|'''"Lifting the vehicle"''']] for details.}}

Wheel bearings endure heavier duty when wheel spacers are used, and there is no cure but to replace them more often. Possibly some other suspension or transmission component suffers as well?

Using wheel spacers might induce [[Death Wobble|Death wobble]], especially with lower quality or thicker wheel spacers.

A tyre might collide with the wheel arches or the mud flaps (in case of front tyres) in certain situations and positions when wheel spacers are used.

It might be illegal in certain countries if a wheel "sticks out" from the vehicle's body, requiring the installation of wider wheel arches and possibly some vehicle recertification to remedy that.

For predominant on-road use, it is not recommended to use wheel spacers thicker than approx 30 mm.

The same effect of wheel spacers can be achieved by using offset rims.

{{note|See wiki article [[Offset rims|'''"Offset rims"''']] for details.}}

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		+	[https://www.bigjimny.com/index.php/forum/6-jimny-chat/18067-wheel-spacers-yes-no This] forum topic contains a lot of useful info and experiences about wheel spacers.

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