9" rims on front of escos

[jacko996]

Anyone running 9" rims on the front of there cars, also running coilovers?

What ET have you got to clear the dampers?

Kelv, I know yours are et20, have you much clearence on you springs?

Cheers

[Kelv]

Yes loads, your welcome to pop down tomorrow afternoon and have a look, and if you do, can i borrow your towing eye for a day please

could work quite handy aswell as tomorrow im reshapping and fitting the arch liners properly to fit, so the front will be easy to view and access if you wish.

[jacko996]

Love to mate, but flat out putting mine back together and quick aligment at lunchtime.
Then off too BBQ in the afternoon,
No rest for me at the mo.

You are welcome to the tow eye mate, if I gert a chance I will pop it in to you, or I can just leave it out for you to pick up

Trying to work out ET on mine and looks like I may struggle with clearence.
Do you know if 3 door hubs would be different distance between hub face and damper hole? ie. less than 4wd hubs

[Kelv]

i know the 3dr and 2wd saph hubs are different, but cant think in whaich plane it alters things.

when they were fitted to a mates 2wd saph, and without altering anything initially they bolted into place and gave a lot of extra toe in, so im guessing that they sit outwards slightly further!!

did you want a wheel again?

[jacko996]

Thanks for the kind offer Kelv, but they wont fit over my callipers And I cant be arsed to take them off again
Its been apart so many times I dread to count.

Got a pair of rims coming tomorrow in ET15 but still not convinced they will clear the springs
I will have to wait to see what tomorrow brings.

[richyx]

im running gaz gold coil overs and offset is et 20, carnt tell you clearence yet though

[Kelv]

What brakes have you got now Dave?

[jacko996]

378mm 5555s

[jacko996]

im running gaz gold coil overs and offset is et 20, carnt tell you clearence yet though

Cool thats 2 then. Any clearence is good for me. just hope 3 door hubs are similar.
Had a measure up between the different hubs and look very similar to me??

[Kelv]

there has got to be a difference on them as the 3dr hubs are recomended as a handling improvement for the 2wd saph's.

oh, and nice brake's

[jacko996]

The only difference in the hubs that I know of is that the point where the TCA bolts to is a fair bit lower, which makes turn in more direct etc. and enables you to run lower ride height if required,
Apart from that they appear the same.

[richyx]

that is the only difference is where the ball joint goes in at the bottom, the hubs are the same as they use the same discs and calipers of a 2wd saf

[cossie916]

I'm having a similar problem! Got my new tyres fitted (thanks Kelv! ) and they were locked to the top cups. I am going to see if a set of 15-20mm hubcentrics sought it out!

If not, a new set of coilovers it is!

[Kelv]

they touch on your suspension? doh!!!

are they touching that firmly to warrant a 15 - 20mm spacer as thats one heck of a distance to move the wheels out

[cossie916]

They are pretty snug!

I was thinking they needed moving out anyway, I didn't think that 15mm would be too much Maybe I need to do some maths! (Would help if I knew the offset of the wheels I suppose! )