Metal Hippy
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 posted on 23/8/03 at 10:39 PM |
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Rear wheel to chassis clearance?
Ok all you lot out there with wheels on the cars....
What kind of clearance have you got between the rear wheels and the chassis?
Obviously the wheels can't be ultra close because of suspension movements and I can design any clearance I need in... I'm asking out of
interest as much as anything...
For those that are interested I've done some rough measurements on the Beemer and strange as it might sound if I use a normal 4" wider
chassis there will be about 1/2" clearance either side only.
Not a lot for a 5 series...
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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chrisg
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 04:58 PM |
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22mm on each side on my +4 car mate.
Cheers
Chris
(Cortina Axle)
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 05:01 PM |
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Cheers matey.
Anyone else? Peeps with irs, de dion?
Rich.
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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pbura
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 05:41 PM |
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I dunno, hippy, if you have a 528, your track is same as mine at 57.6".
57.6 - 9 (2 halves of a tire) - 46 = 2.6
2.6/2 = 1.3
What's the difference? The tire? Wrong Beemer?
Pete
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 05:45 PM |
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1986 M535i... I measured the distance from inside of tyre to inside of tyre and it came out at 122cm... I was slightly wrong above, that's about
48" so I have approx 1" either side...
I would guess there's a bit of track or offset difference.... How old is the 528?
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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pbura
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 06:01 PM |
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Oh, I googled to get the 528 track, having misidentified your car. The 535i's even better at 57.9"! 
I'm using the RX-7, the tender beauty pictured at left
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 06:04 PM |
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Swap your wheels for our knackered old ones? 
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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pbura
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 06:36 PM |
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quote:
Swap your wheels for our knackered old ones?
Oh, those are old and knackered, too, just the best-looking thing on the car
Going to paint 'em yellow
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Metal Hippy
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| posted on 24/8/03 at 06:40 PM |
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Bugger.
Looks like another outlay for decent wheels then.
Worth a try... 
Cock off or cock on. You choose.
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