narrowed beam v. Wider fenders?

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Originally Posted by vujade

I narrowed beam will only cause a loss of steering if the offset and the width of the wheels doesnt make up for the narrowing of the beam.

I get that part. The amount you narrow needs to be close to what you increase the track.

Originally Posted by vujade

When you dont narrow your beam and you use wide wheels, you end up making the track wider, which in turns makes your turning radius larger and makes it more difficult to steer the car, especially from a starting position.

okay makes sense. Wider track means the turning radius is increased.

Originally Posted by vujade

When people narrow their beams alot (more then 3") and then use stock width wheels (4.5") thats when it effects steering. When you narrow your beam 2" to 3" and then use 7" wide wheels you should end up with about the same widht track as stock.

Heres where I get lost. If you make the track wider the turning radiuis increased. So shouldn't using a smaller track make the turning radius smaller?

This guys with narrowed beams and small rims should get better steering, right?

Or is it because when this guys narrow their beams they run into clearance issues like the back of the tire hitting the inner fender well. Thus needing to adjust their steering stops. And they lose their turning radius that way?

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To sum up guys with bigger rims will use a narrowed beam to regain the offset caused by rims, spacers, and the brakes. Thus keeping a close to stock track, because a track increase will increase the turning radius.

Guys with smaller rims with a narrowed beams will just pull the wheel in, unfortunately when done they will lose turning radius not because of track issues but instead because of clearance problems. The wheels will hit the inner fender wells and thus the steering locks must be changed increasing their turning radius.

Is this right? Comments please.

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