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4 lug spacers, Yea, or nay |
ChrisReale |
Nov 1 2003, 03:59 PM
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Sleazy Group: Members Posts: 2,665 Joined: 20-January 03 From: San Francisco Member No.: 176 |
I have room up front to push out my wheels about one inch. Where can I get 4 lug spacers? If I played my cards better, when I got my Panasports I would have had two made with a different backspacing to allow for the more room up front, but I was not wise. Are spacers generally considered ok for this? I know I would have to have longer lug bolts, or have longer studs put in. Anything else?
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SirAndy |
Nov 2 2003, 02:45 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,815 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
QUOTE(Blake @ Nov 2 2003, 10:12 AM) Be conservative and stay safe. but then, where's the fun ??? do i really want to look back at my life when i'm 80something and say to myself: "well, at least i was conservative and stayed safe" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) you are right about how cars are engineered and things are the way they are for a reason, but isn't it also true that those cars were designed with quite some safety margins? do you really think a 1/2" spacer will result in immediate, catastrophic failure of important components in your suspension? is there more load on the bearings with a wider track? absolutely. but like i said before, bearings are cheap. and if you listen to your car, you can hear them go out early enough. in this particular case, i think the benefits of a wider track outweight the risks. just my 2 cents, Andy (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) |
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