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Slapbassman
Member Since: 20 Sep 2023
Location: WORCESTER
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| Does removing spacers affect alignment? |
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Hi everyone. I have recently had a new set of Yokohama Geolandars fitted to my Discovery 3. I also had the car tracked and it's driving great. Unfortunately the previous owner fitted approx 1 inch spacers all round. It's annoying because it's impossible to keep the car clean, as it throws water up the sides. I assume that extra 1 inch each side is the cause, or do these cars naturally throw water and dirt up the body sides from the front wheels? Firstly, if I remove the spacers, is the car likely to stay cleaner?
Secondly, and more importantly, would removing the spacers affect alignment and would I need to get the car tracked again?
Thanks in advance.
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 31st Mar 2024 1:56 pm |
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Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 268
 
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My D3 came with 3mm spacers, which I removed. Counter-intuitively, it feels more stable without them and it is possibly now more legal, as the 3mm exceeded the width of the wheel arches. I hadn't particularly noticed a problem of mud up the sides - I'm not a clean freak and rarely wash cars - but I guess it probably is cleaner now without the spacers. I didn't get the tracking redone and it feels better without the spacers.
I do confess, though, that it looked better with the spacers and I guess an alternative solution might be to look for wider wheel arches.
EDIT: That should, of course be 30 mm spacers! Thanks to loanrangie below for correcting this! Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
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| 1st Apr 2024 6:36 am |
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loanrangie
Member Since: 18 Jun 2017
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 600
 
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Worms, i assume you mean 30mm as 3mm wouldn't do squat.
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| 2nd Apr 2024 3:28 am |
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Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 268
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Loanrangie, yes, absolutely!  It was Slapbassman's "about an inch" that threw my order of magnitude out! Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
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| 2nd Apr 2024 6:37 am |
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DIY Ace
Member Since: 06 Feb 2019
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 882
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