I'm considering purchasing 10mm wheel shims for my xA. However, I've heard bad things about wheel spacers , but these are shims. Spacers fit between the wheel and the brakes, while shims fit behind the brakes.

Does anyone have any experience with how these could possibly negatively affect handling?

 

I think you are mistaken about where they go, but as long as the tire patch area is not way out of whack with the suspension geometry you will be ok.

I have 2 inch spacers on the 930 so I can use the wheels from newer porsches but all that matters is that the rubber is in the right locaton.

As long as your wheels don't hit the wheel wells I think you will be able to get by with less than a half an inch of spacing.

 

i'm using h&r spacers (4mm each) on the rear wheels to help the tires clear the coilovers. they are hubcentric and i've never had a problem with them, except they're a little bit of a pain to line up when you want to put the wheel back on.

 

I just checked out the website right now.

www.onetongarage.com

They say that the shims oush out the entire rear hub assembly, so that no wheel hitting suspension problems will exists, or wheel mounting problems either. They seem really nice.

 

I'm not a fan of spacers. Double sheer is bad.

 

what's double sheer?

 

i had 15mm on my mr2 in the front
i didnt have any problems