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| posted on October 19th, 2009 at 09:55 PM |
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wheels on a super bug
Tried fitting 16 inch wheels with ET 50mm on my 75 super bug but they seem to rub on the inside at the rear. Do you guys have any ideas on how to fix
this? Would fitting discs at the rear help or should I get other wheels with a different ET?
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| posted on October 19th, 2009 at 10:10 PM |
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how wide are they?
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| posted on October 19th, 2009 at 10:20 PM |
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Sorry! Forgot to mention they are 16 x 7 with 205/55 x 16 tyres
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| posted on October 19th, 2009 at 11:05 PM |
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Mine fit fine and they are 17x7 but a 55 ET. That being said i have put a 944 rear end in which widens track by 50mm a side. If this isn't an option
you could always go with spacers
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| posted on October 20th, 2009 at 04:43 AM |
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what stud pattern?
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| posted on October 20th, 2009 at 08:58 AM |
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Hi
Correction to Davids post, the 944 brakes add about 25mm per side, so numerically you need to find about 20 mm.
Try using some washers to space the wheel so that you can get a better idea, sometimes wheels hit the spring plate bolt if the nut and washer are
facing out, these can be reversed to gain a little bit.
Steve
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| posted on October 20th, 2009 at 12:03 PM |
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The first 2 places they would rub would be
1) the bump stop
2) the 3rd bolt on the spring plates
These are both easy fixes
1) Cut 1/2" of the bump stop plate thing
2) turn the offending bolt around, They are installed with the nut on the outside. Change it so as the nut is on the inside and the head is outside.
You can grind some off the head as well so as you can just get a socket on there
Sort of surprised you are having trouble
I run 16" x 7" ET 40 with 225 50 series and have plenty of room
Well i thought i did
I havent had to cut my bump stops or anything
I did run Design 90 16" x 7" - dunno the ET and i had to cut the bumpstops on those
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| posted on October 20th, 2009 at 02:37 PM |
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Thanks guys. The wheels are off a late model VW with a 5 X 112 bolt pattern. I'll trim the bump stop and reverse the offending bolt to gain more
clearance. Otherwise, I may have to think about other wheels.
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 11:09 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by DaveCarter
Mine fit fine and they are 17x7 but a 55 ET. That being said i have put a 944 rear end in which widens track by 50mm a side. If this isn't an option
you could always go with spacers
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Are spacers legal in Queensland?
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| posted on October 24th, 2009 at 11:55 PM |
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Nope
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| posted on October 25th, 2009 at 05:54 AM |
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I have ET 40 7x16 with 225 55's on the rear (boxster) and I had to grind off some off the bump stop roof, not too much just enough to clear and
theres still plenty of meat for the bimp stop to land on. I also had to flip the springplate bolt. I also lathed off some of the head of the bolt for
a bit more clearance. Every car's a little different when it comes down to tyre clearance it seems.
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