Changing Wheels, How Do I Properly Increase My Track?

[someonestolecc]

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Thank you. So basically my question is moot - because track is the same so long as the wheel hubs are in the same spot. The offset doesn't affect track.

So, in that case; I should use the SAME sized spacers all round so track is preserved evenly? Or is there a handling benefit of tweaking it?

[mokompri]

no, offset does affect track. track is measured based on the centre of the wheel. negative offsets that push the wheels out further (and which co-incidently push the centre of the wheels out too), increase track.

if you want even track front and rear, you aim to have the *centre* of the front and rear wheels inline. like this:

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the lines indicating the imaginery centre line of the wheels.

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this second picture shows how a staggered set of wheels (different widths) will need to be to have equal track front and rear. with that in mind you should be able to calculate what size spacers you need based on the offset and width of the rims, so these need to be known.