Thread: Track Width

hey serg, mate when i was looking into it, it is judged by the tyre placard which has rim sizes too (not offest from memory though), they are your rim width then + 25mm per side

Originally Posted by uninformed

hey all,

where does the DOT (QLD) actually measure track width?

Centre of tread to centre of tread.

http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/c7..._vehicles2.pdf

center of wheel width to center of wheel width, you need to use the track width from your year and model vehicle.

its 50mm overall.

Are studded spacers between hubs and wheels permitted in QLD to gain the additional 50mm ?
Wagoo.

Originally Posted by wagoo

Are studded spacers between hubs and wheels permitted in QLD to gain the additional 50mm ?
Wagoo.

Definitely no wheel spacers for QLD, that doesnt mean people arent running them though.

Personally for the 110 i find 25mm per side about all you can go without increasing kick back through the steering wheel and making the car considerably less enjoyable to drive....

Of course off road comps....who cares, an extra few mm could keep you shiny side up.

no, spacer blocks are not legal, Even if they were I dont recommend them.

there are 3 ways to get you track width out legally from hardest to easiest;

1. fit a wider axle set
2. have a custom hub set made up
3. get different offset rims.

Yet I bet the DOT up there don't think to question aftermarket wheels with too large a centre hole so that the wheel no longer spigots over the hub.I'm not necessarily refering to LandRovers, which have very strong wheel studs, but Nissotas etc, that are marginal in that area.
By studded spacers I meant a steel ring with 5 wheel studs fitted to it,with a centre hole that spigots snuggly over the hub, with a set of 5 countersunk holes for fitting to the original studs with the original wheel nuts with a machined register protruding from the outer face of the ring for the centre hole of the wheel to snuggly centre. Still no go up there?
Wagoo.

Toyota are centralised by tapered nuts though, not the centre spiggot. LandRover (at least the D2) uses the centre spigott to centralise and then flat nuts.