blueshift
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| posted on 25/9/04 at 09:28 AM |
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Mmmm new bits
Took delivery last night of most of our GTS order, including +4" dedion kit, shocks, brackets, bushes, balljoints and so forth. None of it on
the car or photographed yet, but any questions, I can speak with a little more knowledge than "it's supposed to be good" now 
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 25/9/04 at 11:41 AM |
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Good timing! I tried to place my order yesterday but not been able to get anyone on the phone so emailed Daren instead.
I have slight concern which you can hopefully put to rest. With the axle brackets moved out by 2", is there still going to be plenty of
clearance between the trailing arms and the inside wheel rim without having to use wheel spacers?
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blueshift
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 12:33 AM |
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Good question. I don't know, and we're a way off fitting that stuff together yet. got to repaint the hubs still. I can give you some
critical dimensions though and you can work it out from your hubs and wheels.
Actually I'll run down the garage now and check..
*runs*
70mm from the outside of the bracket to the hub carrier mounting flange, and the brackets are 50mm wide. does that help?
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 04:04 PM |
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Thanks very much for checking, I will check my wheel offsets tonight if possible (flying out to Austria to get married this week, both of us currently
in headless chicken mode!).
Darren got back to me and said his own kits have more than 2" clearance so should be no problems!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 27/9/04 at 04:20 PM |
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Right, just checked the bearing carrier and drive flange assembly. It's approximately 76mm between the carrier mounting face and the drive
flange face. Add on the 70mm from bracket to bearing carrier face = 146mm.
code:
Rim width Maximum offset(nearest mm)
6" 70mm
7" 57mm
8" 44mm
This doesn't take into account how far the tyre bulges over the rim, but it's also not including the fact that the trailing arms
themselves are narrower than the brackets, so it looks like we have no worries at all in this respect.
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blueshift
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| posted on 28/9/04 at 02:29 PM |
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Nice work that man
you got me thinking and I had a teeny bit of worry. hurrah, gone.
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