Spacers ...

Sidewaze Samm

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 Sth. Manchester/Cheshire border
When I bought my 'new' zed, it was fitted with 10mm spacers at the front, and what look like 20mm at the rear. It also came with a pair of 15mm spacers that the previous owner had removed from the front, as he thought they were too big. I've not got any previous experience of spacers, and never been interested in them, so your comments/input would be interesting.

I found the steering feel to be pretty lousy and overall the car to be nowhere near as planted as my previous zed. So I've now removed the front spacers and the steering feel is transformed. As such, I've no inclination to refit any spacers to the front.

But what about the rear? I've not driven the car far enough or hard enough to identify any issues with the 20mm spacers fitted but, with 15mm and 10mm available, what do I do? It looks good, but is it worth it?
Are there any risks of longer-term issues that can arise due to the fitting of rear spacers, and can these be mitigated by using either of the smaller spacers?

Not sure what to do really (but my son has already called first dibs on choice of whatever I don't use, for his zed...)
 
I have 10mm spacers on the rear and I like the slightly wider look, I don't have any on the front and as expected, the handling is normal.
 
Smartbear said:
I put spacers on my si & it introduced tramlining, i wouldn’t recommend them.
Rob
Certainly had some tramlining when they were on the front, but feels fine with them off.
Just unsure about the rear - does look better, though I think 20mm may be a tad too much so may try dropping to 15mm.
 
I went with 15mm on the rears and 12mm on the fronts, that's with staggered MV2's. Visually I think it looks spot on, subtle, but purposeful. There is a very small increase in tramlining, but I'm hoping that a new set of non-run-flat tyres being fitted next week will sort that! There is a gain in unsprung/rotational weight, but I figure there will be a reduction with ditching the run-flats, so overall its improved aesthetics and ride quality, and probably neutral on performance (obvs non scientific assessment using man maths to justify expenditure to self)!
 
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