[Spridgets] Wheel Spacers- Front AND rear?

[Bob Kitterer]

For wire wheels the rear tread increased by a half inch. Seems if your spacers will only move it out that amount you would still have a "stock" tread.


Bob and Dolores

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes

On Oct 18, 2012, at 5:15 PM, Rick Fisk wrote:

> The front track on a stock MkII is 1" wider than the rear.  I doubt if you wil
> be able to tell the difference with spacers just thick enough to get the tires
> to clear the springs.
> 
> Rick
> 
> Sent from my keyboard
> 
> On Oct 18, 2012, at 10:34 PM, "Mark Haynes" <haynes386 at netzero.net> wrote:
> 
>> Now that I've got 185/60-13s on the MKII, even with the offset springs in
> the
>> back I need wheel spacers to get the tires to center in the wheel well
>> (Japanese rims). If I put wheel spacers behind the rears, should I also
> space
>> out the fronts, or will it make no difference.
>> I'm thinking that if the rear track is wider than the front, then it may
> make
>> the steering heavier. Or am I just overthinking the whole thing (as usual)?
>> 
>> 
>> Mark Haynes
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