Re: wheel extender things?

[Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

Something seems intuitively more secure to me about
installing a plate behind the stub axle...rear wheel
solution only, of course.

A definite cheapass solution (scrap boiler plate, a
torch, and a drill), but it would increase track and
nothing else.  No affect on bearing life, etc.

Effect on handling: more understeer??

Ron

--- Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net> wrote:
> >Ok, I was wondering what the possibilities are for
> bringing the rear wheels
> >out from the side of the car  bit, I really hate
> how they sit so far in
> >under the fender.
> >I'm not thinking of anything to drastic, I just
> want to move them out a
> >little.
> >But the questions I have are...
> >1- How will it effect handling?
> >2- Will it couse parts to wear out faster?
> >3- What am I not thinking of?
> >thanks.
> 
> They are called wheel spacers.  H&R makes some very
> nice hubcentric
> ones. (the jury is still out on whether hubcentric
> matters).  I ran their
> 8mm spacers on the rear wheels for years with no ill
> handling effects.
> However, with a big drop, and big wide wheels, and a
> loaded car going
> over the right bumps, it did rub more with the
> spacers then it did
> with out them.
> 
> ==Brett
> 
>  \/  '84 Scirocco (ITB racer 2B) | "Hot VW's, take
> two home. They're small"
> \/\/ '88 Scirocco 16v (Show), '92 Passat 16v
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> 
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