A question

[cockney kid]

Is there any real evidence why i shouldn't put 15mm spacers on my Discovery

[lee celtic]

If your fitting wider tyres they tend to rub on the radius arms when on full lock so the spacers move the tyre back out so the turning circle remains standard of you can just wind out the steering stops and do a three point turn like me ... :lol:

[auf_wiedersehen_pet]

Is there any real evidence why i shouldn't put 15mm spacers on my Discovery

When I asked the same question (on a different forum) in about 2002, everybody said they would ruin the wheel bearings rapidly. I ran them without ever replacing a bearing.

[cockney kid]

The reason i asked the question is that i heard the same thing about the bearings. Not putting wider tyres on just won't to put them on with standard tyres to bring them out level with the wheel arches.

[SteveGoodz]

Is there any real evidence why i shouldn't put 15mm spacers on my Discovery

Not really, but remember that you may need longer wheel studs. If you have steel wheels and the studs still protrude beyond the wheel nut then it's okay but if you have alloys then the loads created by cornering, etc., will be taken up by 15mm worth of fewer threads.

[stageonesimmo]

If you think about the standard set of weedy car wheel bearings you can see where the myth comes from - but when you look at LR bearings/hubs (especially in comparison to some other 4X4's) you'll see they are well enough engineered to survive the extra loads imparted by spacers - you may need to adjust them more frequently than normal, but as its only a 10 minute job, why worry.

[Disco Matt]

Is there any real evidence why i shouldn't put 15mm spacers on my Discovery

Not really, but remember that you may need longer wheel studs. If you have steel wheels and the studs still protrude beyond the wheel nut then it's okay but if you have alloys then the loads created by cornering, etc., will be taken up by 15mm worth of fewer threads.

The ones I have seen have an extra set of studs built into the spacer IIRC, so you bolt the spacer to the hub then bolt the wheel to the spacer.

I may well be in the market for a set in a year or two, assuming my plan for 235/85s comes to fruition. I'd like to keep some steering lock!  :lol:

[crazymac]

The one thing I do know came from a mate. He bought a 110 with spacers fitted and found it "floated" on the road a bit!!

He took them off the other week and the handleing has been transformed!!