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Tires size, coil spacers & on road handling?????

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Offline Mkhedr

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Tires size, coil spacers & on road handling?????
« on: October 27, 2011, 04:57:47 PM »
Hello All,
I am just new here so please bear with me.

I have just installed a set of gas shocks on My 1999 sidekick. I am in a sort of confusion, I need to run 235/75 R16 on it also I like the looks with the 1" coil spacers.

Will this size fit without the spacers? Will it cause any rubbing? How will installing the coil spacers affect the on road handling?

The other issue I am facing is that after installing the new shocks, the back wheels are pretty much flipped towards the inside from the lower part, how to resolve that ? Will the spacers increase that ?

Appreciate the help

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Offline P Funk

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Re: Tires size, coil spacers & on road handling?????
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2011, 05:09:14 PM »
The 1 Inch spacers will work pretty well for a daily driver.  The larger tires will affect your mileage a little bit and when it's windy you'll get blown around a bit more but it's not bad.  If you go without the spacers you might get some rubbing when the steering is at full lock but with the spacers you won't notice.  With the new shocks installed the back tires shouldn't have any tilt to them but the front should.  If it's the front you need to get an alignment but wait until you do the spacers  because the spacers will do the same thing.  You might also need extended length camber bolts to get the alignment correct.  They're $35-$50 depending where you get them.  Hope this helps.

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Re: Tires size, coil spacers & on road handling?????
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2011, 10:21:58 AM »
Many thanks for the info.