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Lowering + wheel spacers = Better drive?


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Certainly looks better and even if the drive felt unchanged its a win imo. I added Tein springs and wheel spacers pretty much straight away, however a slightly firmer ride and wider track would make a more stable car.

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Depends on your definition of better drive. Lowering will lower your center of gravity is technically should be more stable however you'll sacrifice a bit of comfort as you'll probably feel all the bumps on the road. Spacers should also make it more stable but some reported tram lining.

 

Where I live here, the road is pretty horrible and i had to go pass few 'traffic calming device' hence lowering is not an option for me. I do have spacers 20mm front, 25mm rear. Feels a little bit more planted but could be placebo....but my main reason for having them is to fill the arches hence mainly for appearance B) 

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Lowering with good quality dampers will actually give a better ride than standard in my experience, a 350 invariably benefits from good quality suspension upgrades.

Spacers .......... not sure I agree. Theres no real increase in stability as you arent really increasing track  as all the dynamic components are in the same place, you are increasing your scrub radius though. I had 25mm all round on my Zed and it was great, weirdly I ended up taking off the 15mm spacers I had on to start with as I felt they blunted the front end a bit. 

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I've totally given everything back to my lecturer =) but here's a schematic diagram of vehicle dynamics after a quick google search --> https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Schematic-of-Vehicle-Dynamics-Model_fig1_228917982 hence adding spacers will change something but how significant or sensitive your vehicle to 25mm or 20mm spacer could only be answered by the equation which I struggle to locate =) I can't remember but i think there is a sweet spot ie you don't want it to be too wide or too narrow for max. handling.

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On the lowering side its also worth considering what you are replacing, a new set of mid-range coilovers compared with OEM 15yr old ~120,000 mile shocks may feel more of an improvement but not so much if swapping out 10yr ~40000 mile shocks etc.

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On 01/03/2019 at 14:35, ilogikal1 said:

Spacers = added unsprung weight = detrimental effect on performance.

If you were Lewis Hamilton, you’d be hard pushed tae notice wi a set o spacers, never mind the “occasional” “user”

 

spacers = stance only, at our level (complete, untrained amateur), no noticeable difference tae performance 

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12 hours ago, ilogikal1 said:

Again, that’s not what was asked. ;)

 

Given the other thread about fuels and the number of people who “can feel the difference” there, it surprises me more people can’t feel the difference of spacers too frankly. :lol:

Probably the same people who buy throttle controllers ;)

 

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