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 68AutoBug
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| posted on September 2nd, 2010 at 10:56 PM |
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narrowing the beam is a major cost...
You should be able to adjust the front adjusters whenever You want to...
up or down...
also camber adjusters are available...
I took my spare wheel and tools out the front of My 68 beetle and the front is nice and high... no rubbing lol
and remember the new mini has no spare... [so I read]
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| posted on September 2nd, 2010 at 11:01 PM |
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posted by Paulc1964au
Just an update, Rosie is back at RAW getting gas shocks installed on the front, hopefully to raise the front slightly or at least stopping the front
from sagging.
I had three adults on the car and two kids and the front tyres scrubbed badly. Adam will check the camber as well if the tyres are still too close i
may have to narrow the beam.
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I'll be interested Paul on how Your gas shocks go...
I have also thought of using Gas shocks to pump the front up
as they are pressurised..
I have a pair here I may give another try...
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| posted on September 3rd, 2010 at 06:42 PM |
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Lee,
Had the boys at RAW install the gas shocks, it lifted the front by around 12mm and they adjusted the camber. The tyres seem much better and with Adam
and Mick in the car it only rubbed if they were breaking heavy so im really pleased.
As for the stiffness of gas shocks i didnt notice any difference
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| posted on September 4th, 2010 at 07:10 PM |
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I don't understand how a porported manufacturer of after market vw wheels can sell a wheel that rubs on the front mudguard with a 175 tyre fitted,
there is something wrong here, narrowing the beam to overcome the problem is basic bad engineering, i have 6' x 16' rims on the front of my
convertable fitted with 195/50/16, ET of 50mm and does not rub on the guards, a small amount of lock was lost but a simple ajustment to the stops
handled this small issue.
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| posted on September 4th, 2010 at 08:10 PM |
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I think the drop spindles move the wheels out by 12mm so thats is one reason.
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| posted on September 4th, 2010 at 08:15 PM |
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I don't understand how a porported manufacturer of after market vw wheels can sell a wheel that rubs on the front mudguard with a 175 tyre fitted,
there is something wrong here, narrowing the beam to overcome the problem is basic bad engineering, i have 6' x 16' rims on the front of my
convertable fitted with 195/50/16, ET of 50mm and does not rub on the guards, a small amount of lock was lost but a simple ajustment to the stops
handled this small issue.
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This is Empi your talking about remember, quality control has been a foreign concept ever since it ended up in the peoples republic.
Every Mistake Passes Inspection says it all
The offset on the original 2 piece empi 8s was perfectly suited, just got lost in translation somewhere
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| posted on September 4th, 2010 at 08:18 PM |
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Strange enough these are made by American Eagle and are stamped "made in America"
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| posted on September 4th, 2010 at 08:21 PM |
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theres that many variations of them out there that probably all have different offsets
there was another lot made by rocket industries which I think were the worst, really bad on a 2 bolt Lbug, looked like a monster truck
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| posted on September 5th, 2010 at 07:23 AM |
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Dropped ball joint dropped spindles on my car did not increase the track at all, on the link pin front end they do by about 20mm so in this case they
should have no influence. what are the ET of these wheels, there is a calculator i put in another post in this section for checking the offset changes
that you can use before you buy a wheel. have you though about returning them.
http://aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=85365&page=2
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