What happened to the idiot that was fitting 400mm spacers?

[tr7v8]

james_tigerwoods said:

Carfiend said:

Guys what if they were hubcentric? Huh? Huh?

Idiot hat on - what's that then?

Where the wheel aligns to. Hubcentric aligns with the hub centre & the wheel nuts just hold the wheels on. Older wheels aligned with the wheel nuts or bolts themselves.

[Super Slo Mo]

bikemonster said:

doogz said:

Can't be bothered doing the sum, but i wonder how much of a thump/pothole it'd take to cause the wheel bolts to fail. Not much i imagine.

If the spacer fits over the spigot on the hub, and if there is a spigot machined into the spacers then the vertical loading on the wheel bolts should be minimal.

Of course, if you're talking about somebody who wants mahoosive spacers, then those two ifs become rather large.

The vertical loading on the wheel nuts wouldn't change much anyway, but the axial load from the bending moment would be much greater. The nuts/bolts/studs (I don't know what 106's have) would be under a huge tensile load compared to their design spec.

[matchmaker]

spaz said:

update

the hydros are now compleatly fitted and working, we did finish them yesterday night but the battery was dead

Died of shame, I assume?

What a total mong

[joe_90]

And the fronts are not going to turn correctly, they will just swing about? and the centre point for the pivot is the middle of the hub, not where the middle of the wheel now is?

[900T-R]

joe_90 said:

And the fronts are not going to turn correctly, they will just swing about? and the centre point for the pivot is the middle of the hub, not where the middle of the wheel now is?

Can you imagine what the wheelarches would look like?

[WreckedGecko]

Ok so it looks like crap and he is making a load of basic errors, but I cant help but admire his die hard spirit.

Although his needing to get a cold air feed for his 1.1 is probably a step too far .

[Dixie68]

I'm up to page 6 and so far he's spent most of the time fitting stuff, (bodykit, alloys, fogs etc), and then deciding later to take it back off and fit something else! Does he ever finish it?

[TheDutch]

I wouldn't worry too much about this junkpod being a danger on the roads, the thread referred to earlier started in January 2008 with this:


As of May this year we have:


And most recently a declaration that nothing is happening.

Edited by TheDutch on Monday 2nd August 12:32

[The Wookie]

bikemonster said:

If the spacer fits over the spigot on the hub, and if there is a spigot machined into the spacers then the vertical loading on the wheel bolts should be minimal.

Of course, if you're talking about somebody who wants mahoosive spacers, then those two ifs become rather large.

As said, the bending moments would be much larger, but also I suspect that the verticle load isn't actually carried by the spigot (or dowels when present), but actually by the friction between the hub and the wheel face, created by the normal force produced by the tightened wheel nuts

[5678]

Nothing more to say than... JESUS fkING CHRIST!

[Dixie68]

I love how everyone on that site is saying it's "mint" and anyone who questions it gets shouted down. It's not "mint", he started with a perfectly serviceable runabout and has turned it into a bodge of fibreglass patches, dodgy welding and so much filler you can see the imperfections a mile away! The amount of money he's spunked on that he could've paid someone to do it properly and had it on the road ages ago - instead he's got bugger all to show for it.
What a mong

[james_tigerwoods]

The Crack Fox said:

I hate to poop on your party folks, but page 14 on of the link posted yields this from the Barry who owns it : "so, ive got rid of the stupid spacers as they were a crap idea"

Yes, we can see that - but it was/is a bit of a random idea in the first place.... I can think of at least one "random" thought of my own

Edited by james_tigerwoods on Monday 2nd August 13:02

[PIGINAWIG]

Painstakingly read all 16 pages of that thread......

The owner of said piece of st has my admiration for effort and enthusiasm.... but.....

What a complete and utter fking mongoloid - and his fellow posters. Youth of today etc...

[acer12]

nice

[Mr Dave]

Why are mentals allowed to drive?

"ani i thort it looked realy good the alloys sit perfictly in the arch"

Edited by Mr Dave on Monday 2nd August 13:22

[TonyHetherington]

I read the first six pages and must admit, I thought well done to him. Insurance for young guys is so extreme that, simply, you have to have low powered cars. However, the chance to individualise it is there. And it's what he's doing. He correctly said himself - the spacers were a stupid idea (I think he did it to see if he could - not with any intention of actually running with them).

But look - he's doing it all himself, he's enjoying it, where's the problem?

[sklar]

acer12 said:

nice

Powahhh drumz innit

[Twincharged]

Page nine shows the new wheels versus next to the originals, and more importantly the difference in rolling radius! I can only hope that he fails to re-gear the speedo and drives through a few cameras.

I did find page one quite interesting though, and came away understanding the reason behind the existence of the barry bodykit. No, not for aero, but to make the car look closer to the ground again after the wheels you've fitted give it several feet of ground clearance.

[dudleybloke]

have you noticed that spacer and spacker are very similar words!

[Twincharged]

Page 16:

simon_p said:

Have you kept the spacers for old time sake?!?

barry with ruined car said:

na i sent them back to get am inch and a half cut off but never collected them or payed them

Brilliant- nice to see him messing people about and not paying for work completed.