Who is planning on wheel spacers right out of the gate?

[ksegg]

Not worth the hassle yet, we have not even seen a actual production car. Will see my my Emira gets here in November. Can adjust by then.

I second this. Well, except for the November part. I don't get mine until 2087.

 

[Andrew]

If you watch the Top Gear review, on the prototype car during hard braking/cornering, the tire almost touches the wheel arch in front.

So yeah, the touring suspension travels quite a lot.
I don't really like it... let's hope the sport setup will be stiffer (and ideally a few mm lower, even though they say it'll be identical in height) - I can tell from experience on my previous cars... even a few mm in suspension height or tire width can make a big visual difference.

 

[NicolasB]

So, the more I look at photos, the more I can see myself putting on some maybe 15-20mm spacers, depending on what it looks like with measurements/clearance. I'll decide on anything else later, but I love making wheels look flush to the fenders, and since I am not going to be driving it in wet/muddy conditions, I am not concerned with them being farther out to the sides and spraying onto the fenders.

 

[lynchy73]

In my limited experience 18mm wheel spacers in the rear of my Tesla M3P didn’t have a significant impact on handling (looked about right too). However on the front, that same 18mm made the steering feel strange and caused it to pull back to centre more strongly. Also caused significant torque steer that I had never had before. 18mm on front also pushed wheel out too far for my liking.

I Went with 5mm on front, and this has no effect on handling (that I can tell). For looks 8 to 10mm would be ideal, but difficult to make that work without going to more trouble than I was prepared to do.

Spacers do mess with suspension geometry (as does changing offset of wheels installed). From what I understand the effects are more significant on front wheels (than rear), more so if you have power going through front tyres.

 

[lion shf]

We should also consider that putting spacers on a non lowered car looks like ass

 

[kitkat]

Ignorant question here...

would adding spacers, let's assume the exact same as on the show car, affect the car's handling?

I quite like the show car look

Very late reply, but yes you’ll notice a difference with a moderate to large change in scrub ratio.

Basically, the steering effort will go up, corrections will take more effort, and the car will be a little more of a handful under hard braking.

Will it ruin the car for you? Probably not.

The same effects will occur if you get wheels with a lower offset.

 

[kitkat]

In my limited experience 18mm wheel spacers in the rear of my Tesla M3P didn’t have a significant impact on handling (looked about right too). However on the front, that same 18mm made the steering feel strange and caused it to pull back to centre more strongly. Also caused significant torque steer that I had never had before. 18mm on front also pushed wheel out too far for my liking.

I Went with 5mm on front, and this has no effect on handling (that I can tell). For looks 8 to 10mm would be ideal, but difficult to make that work without going to more trouble than I was prepared to do.

Spacers do mess with suspension geometry (as does changing offset of wheels installed). From what I understand the effects are more significant on front wheels (than rear), more so if you have power going through front tyres.

As you mentioned, cars with front wheel applying drive power will experience a sensation of torque steer following the crowning of the road. Because the the front wheels typically have negative scrub radius, adding spacers likely moves you into positive scrub radius and provides a longer lever for the wheels to toe out.

The toe out causes the steering to go left or right. This particular effect shouldn’t be a problem on a rwd Emira.

 

[NicolasB]

I will have to take measurements when I get the car, but sometimes something as little as a 10 mm spacer does make a difference in the looks department, without kicking it out really wide and making it look like an off-road vehicle. It will depend on what the actual offset ends up being and the actual wheel gap. I certainly wouldn't be putting on some big spacers that are going to mess with the handling.

 

[Markc]

I will have to take measurements when I get the car, but sometimes something as little as a 10 mm spacer does make a difference in the looks department, without kicking it out really wide and making it look like an off-road vehicle. It will depend on what the actual offset ends up being and the actual wheel gap. I certainly wouldn't be putting on some big spacers that are going to mess with the handling.

Has anyone fitted spacers to an Evora. If yes, how thick did you go? And was there any ill effect?

 

[Pops68]

So I believe the First Edition is actually lower? I seem to remember reading that somewhere.. You can see in Shmee's walkaround video here of the FE that its sitting lower than the white car.. The front wheels look bang on.. i guess the rears could be spaced slightly but I think this video from Shmee gives a great look at how it sits.. This white car just doesn't look right in a lot of ways.. best to wait for final FE reviews I think.

I actually think this car looks too low! Plus every car in which I've installed Eibach suspension is "settles" after some miles have been put on the car. I'm not worried about it.