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just got an insurance quote for adding spacers....


cerealuk

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Should really hope they wouldnt charge, spacers are hardly a big risk, just make the track a bit wider.

 

What made me laugh years ago is I had an 850cc mini with 20bhp and i fitted a roll cage. It weighed loads and made the car even slower and yet the insurance company jacked my premium up so much i could hardly afford to insure it!

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Should really hope they wouldnt charge, spacers are hardly a big risk, just make the track a bit wider.

 

What made me laugh years ago is I had an 850cc mini with 20bhp and i fitted a roll cage. It weighed loads and made the car even slower and yet the insurance company jacked my premium up so much i could hardly afford to insure it!

 

I think what it is they dont like people messing around with the structural integrity of the car.

Control arms for example, have been designed by engineers to have a factor of safety that is calculated to withstand the working stress to avoid failure. By adding spacers these calculations are only worth the paper there written on. And because no one has done the calculations to prove the suspention componants can take the stress of increased track width, there comes your insurance risk.

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good stuff! I'm with Sky too and hoping to get some spacers in the not too distant future. Will probs ring and tell Sky what I'm up to as it's probably best that all mods are 'on file'.

 

What sort/size are you going for Cereal?

 

looking at 20mm all round to start with and may move up to 25mm on the back

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