Different sizes spacers

[daniel_lucian]

Hi guys,

When my right quarter panel was repaired after some accident is was slightly pulled and now I have different distances between my tires and my arches on left and right sides. The difference is of about 1 cm. My question is if I can use different size spacers to even the distance? For example, use 1 cm spacer for the left wheel and 2 cm spacer for the right one. Car is a Peugeot 307 - solid rear axle. Thanks!

[Dani]

pull the other side aswell and run 2 cm spacers on both.

[daniel_lucian]

I'm trying to avoid that as I'm sure it will not come out as "clean" as the other panel.

[DDM]

Even though your car is FWD, I'd try spacing them equally. I can't imagine you just spacing your wheels differently and not having any problems with driving straight, braking, corners etc.

[project92raddoslc]

I know some vw guys run 1-2mm larger spacer on one side if their rear beam is out of center. It's much cheaper/easier to pay for spacers than to center the beam.

[DDM]

Yeah, that wouldn't hurt too much. In this case though, the car is straight, yet the bodywork isn't. A whole cm difference (10mm) really isn't such a good idea I think. Just pull the fender on the narrow side too, and rock some wider wheels on both sides.

[motocaddy]

I know some vw guys run 1-2mm larger spacer on one side if their rear beam is out of center. It's much cheaper/easier to pay for spacers than to center the beam.

I run a 5mm on one side to compensate for the offset rear subframe on our VW. never seemed to be an issue.