Any drawbacks to widening track width

[Ron Sutton]

Ron, the passenger Side axle is longer by an inch, the front end is factory and unchanged. Everything on the front measured out ok, my concern is this, to get the outter edge of the rim on the front to match the outter edge of the rear I need a 1 inch spacer on the front drivers Side and a 2 inch spacer to do the same on the front passenger side, so I was wondering if that would cause any issues. There are currently no spacers installed.

I'm sorta clear on it now. i still don't see why you need different spacers in the front. But it doesn't matter.

First, running a 1" spacer on the front is risky, if you're loading it hard. The 7/16" studs will break if loaded hard. 1/2" studs are marginal, 5/8" are preferred. But to run a 2" spacer is seriously asking for trouble. I'm not saying guys haven't done it. But as we see on the internet all the time .. guys are often willing to do risky things. I wouldn't.

On another note, safety aside, moving the wheels out 1" on one side & 2" on the other side will make the car handle differently on left & right turns. Lastly, by using spacers, you're increasing the scrub radius, so that's not the way to test this.

You can add a 1" spacer to the rear axle face on the "short side" to even them out. But for the front, you'll want to either make longer control arms or leave it be, depending upon the track difference front to rear.

[sam 74]

Thanks Ron, you addressed the concern I had with the 2 different spacers, I use the car mainly on the street but I want to do the occasional track day or autocross, but since I drive my kids around in this car from time to time I want it to be safe first and foremost.