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Use a hub centric spacer.
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15-20mm spacers make a big difference in handling. I’m talking about cornering, it’s night and day if you’re quick enough. You ain’t going to feel anything doing a normal traffic turn. Putting more than 5mm spacers only on rear will just cause more under steer. If that ain’t a problem then by all means, go for it. If aesthetics are your only concern then you do you. Just laying the facts out. I personally never go over 5mm in spacers.. if I need more then 5mm… just means i don’t got the right rims.Your talking bout a 15-20 mm spacer. You won’t feel any difference. Is there affect probably. We can go back and forth forever, people swear by spacers, people swear against spacers. In this situation is about aesthetics.
I would assume because the Maverick is FWD mainly. If you go into your cluster info screen and check out the AWD torque split, you’ll notice this vehicle is heavily FWD, until you change your drive modes. Understeer is more safe from a factory build point of view then oversteering, so makes sense that the front track width is wider then the rear. Especially since the vehicle was intended as a light payload pickup for the city.I put 20mm spacers on just the rear and my fronts still stick out ~1/8" more than the rear. For whatever reason, Ford has the front track width wider than the rear from stock and the body tapers wider towards the back making it appear even more dramatic.
Although my reasoning for the spacers was purely cosmetic, the truck drives and handles just fine. I've not observed any adverse affects from the spacers.
Can you explain?Use a hub centric spacer.
A hubcentric spacer has the inner opening closely matched to the diameter of the vehicle's hub protrusion to center it. Otherwise especially with spacers slotted to accommodate multiple lug spacing sizes they can end up off-center and cause an imbalance.Can you explain?
Again your beating a dead horse. Will it affect handling a bit? Maybe but then again this is a pickup and not a race car.15-20mm spacers make a big difference in handling. I’m talking about cornering, it’s night and day if you’re quick enough. You ain’t going to feel anything doing a normal traffic turn. Putting more than 5mm spacers only on rear will just cause more under steer. If that ain’t a problem then by all means, go for it. If aesthetics are your only concern then you do you. Just laying the facts out. I personally never go over 5mm in spacers.. if I need more then 5mm… just means i don’t got the right rims.
Pretty much sums it up, hub centric makes everything line up perfect, no out of balance issues and very reliable compared to slotted spacers or spacers that use lug nuts only to center.A hubcentric spacer has the inner opening closely matched to the diameter of the vehicle's hub protrusion to center it. Otherwise especially with spacers slotted to accommodate multiple lug spacing sizes they can end up off-center and cause an imbalance.
I have 25mm spacers all around on my Mustang for 2 years now, and didn’t change anything. Still drive like it’s on rails15-20mm spacers make a big difference in handling. I’m talking about cornering, it’s night and day if you’re quick enough. You ain’t going to feel anything doing a normal traffic turn. Putting more than 5mm spacers only on rear will just cause more under steer. If that ain’t a problem then by all means, go for it. If aesthetics are your only concern then you do you. Just laying the facts out. I personally never go over 5mm in spacers.. if I need more then 5mm… just means i don’t got the right rims.
Which spacers did you use? I am having trouble finding the right set.I put 20mm spacers on just the rear and my fronts still stick out ~1/8" more than the rear. For whatever reason, Ford has the front track width wider than the rear from stock and the body tapers wider towards the back making it appear even more dramatic.
Although my reasoning for the spacers was purely cosmetic, the truck drives and handles just fine. I've not observed any adverse affects from the spacers.
Who makes the hub centric spacers for Maverick wheel pattern?A hubcentric spacer has the inner opening closely matched to the diameter of the vehicle's hub protrusion to center it. Otherwise especially with spacers slotted to accommodate multiple lug spacing sizes they can end up off-center and cause an imbalance.
because you did it to all 4 corners, so the effective geometry is the same.I have 25mm spacers all around on my Mustang for 2 years now, and didn’t change anything. Still drive like it’s on rails
Can you attach a link for your spacers?I put 20mm spacers on just the rear and my fronts still stick out ~1/8" more than the rear. For whatever reason, Ford has the front track width wider than the rear from stock and the body tapers wider towards the back making it appear even more dramatic.
Although my reasoning for the spacers was purely cosmetic, the truck drives and handles just fine. I've not observed any adverse affects from the spacers.
Thank you! Were you able to use the factory lugs and locks?
Did the factory lugs fits?This is what I bought and am currently using, same seller as well.
2pc Hub centric Wheel Spacers Adapters | 5x108 | 14x1.5 | 63.4 CB | 20mm USED | eBay
This seller will occasionally list them as "used", the "used" set I bought looked brand new when I got them. Likely just a customer return or something so they re-sell for less.