4 lug spacers, Yea, or nay |
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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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Brad Roberts |
Nov 3 2003, 12:48 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 19,148 Joined: 23-December 02 Member No.: 8 Region Association: None |
Here is how I sell myself on wheel spacers: I own a 30+ year old car. I had better check the car over every few months like I'm attending a autoX. Every once in awhile go out and check the wheel bearings.
The 914 Kim is talking about went another 50k miles before I replaced the right rear wheel bearing (not from failure it just wore out from miles). The 930's do have different hubs. All they did was move the hub offset OUT on the stock bearings that a SC uses. We are running about 3 inches worth of spacers on 100mm studs on the front of the tube frame car. This is EXTREME. But.. you know what... the car ran like this in 1996-97.. and ran again all last year and this year. I check the bearings and they are fine. It doesnt even have the different offset 930 hubs. I personally think that Porsche used oversized bearings that can handle more load than we are giving them credit for. Granted the 914 weighs a lot less than a 911 or 930. This may contribute to the "life" of the bearings.. I dont know and dont care. It works.. and the factory thought it would work on ALL 930's/944Turbos'.. that my friends is a lot of cars. B |
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