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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:

--- Quote from: cockney kid on March 04, 2009, 19:35:04 ---Is there any real evidence why i shouldn't put 15mm spacers on my Discovery

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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:

--- Quote from: cockney kid on March 04, 2009, 19:35:04 ---Is there any real evidence why i shouldn't put 15mm spacers on my Discovery

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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.

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