I am looking to put wheel spacers my xtype to widen the stance. They are available in 15mm, 20mm, 25mm & 30mm. Has anyone any experience with adding spacers and clearance on guards / fenders etc. I am have 17” rims. Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

 

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https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...spacers-34692/

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...pacers-113343/

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...-stance-40737/

Etc.

 

Hunt3r, I personally wouldn't do it. MOre issues are created than the solution you are looking for. You can probably gain a lot more from the car by going up 1, possibly 2, steps in the tire width. I know the X-Type will take up to a 235/45R17. I ran that for a long time on my X-TYpe. But ,that is as big as you can go. I had very light rubbing on the back of the fender well from where the liner was not tight against the body. That would push the tire out towards the outside edge of the car some, giving more of the flat appearance that you are after.

If you follow those links that Dell posted, you will see where there is talk about how the spacers will put undo stress on the wheel hubs/bearings, leading to early failure. The wider you go, the sooner they are going to fail. You live where the roads are not smooth, the bearings are going to fail that much faster. From the factory, the center of the rim is in perfect alignment with the center of the bearing. So, when the wheel takes a pot hole, the force goes straight through the bearing in a vertical direction. Where, with the wheel spacer, as you hit that hole, the bottom of the tire is going to want to kick out and the top o fthe tire will kick in. This will twist the bearing sideways which is bad on the bearing. The bigger the spacer, the more force that the same size hole is gonig to apply to the bearing.

 

Thank you Dell

 

Thank youThermo