3000m/Taimar Standard wheel backspace
3000m/Taimar Standard wheel backspace
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Erich Stahler

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2,878 posts

287 months

Monday 17th January 2011
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Can anyone tell me:

1. What is the backspace on the standard 14" wheels (from hub mounting flange to inner edge of rim lip)?

2. Has anyone fitted Compomotive ML1560 15" x 6" wheels, if so did you fit spacers to the fron or rear wheels and if se what thickness?

I read somewhere backsapce should be 3" front and 3.5" on the rear. I have some borrowed ML1560s on the car at the moment and the backspace is about 3 3/4" on the front which makes the inner rim edge about 1/8" away from the end of the upper wishbone with the camber adjustment slots if the camber was set to maximum negative, which looks far too close to me!

Will stick a picture up tonight to illustrate.





Erich Stahler

Original Poster:

2,878 posts

287 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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Erich Stahler said:
Can anyone tell me:

1. What is the backspace on the standard 14" wheels (from hub mounting flange to inner edge of rim lip)?

2. Has anyone fitted Compomotive ML1560 15" x 6" wheels, if so did you fit spacers to the fron or rear wheels and if se what thickness?

I read somewhere backsapce should be 3" front and 3.5" on the rear. I have some borrowed ML1560s on the car at the moment and the backspace is about 3 3/4" on the front which makes the inner rim edge about 1/8" away from the end of the upper wishbone with the camber adjustment slots if the camber was set to maximum negative, which looks far too close to me!

Will stick a picture up tonight to illustrate.
whistle

youngnick

125 posts

234 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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I'm running ML1570s without spacers, the receipt indicates an Et-12

Alan

Edited by youngnick on Tuesday 18th January 13:35

JR

13,163 posts

275 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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1/. By my calcs it would be 78mm: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
2/. 20mm spacers then. Does not sound good. Why not go for 16" as per the other thread?

62GRANTIII

199 posts

210 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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If it helps, The Wolfrace Alloys which were on many of the late 70's 'M's were 6x14 x105 out, it was in the casting on outside of wheel !
Cheers Ian B

Erich Stahler

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2,878 posts

287 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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youngnick said:
I'm running ML1570s without spacers, the receipt indicates an Et-12

Alan

Edited by youngnick on Tuesday 18th January 13:35
Ah, that sounds promising, so your profile picture of an 'M' is the car with the ML1570s?

If so looks like it doesn’t need any body mods to accommodate that size. What profile rubber are you running?

Adrian@

4,420 posts

299 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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IMHO you should use 5 mm spacers, I had to add them yesterday to a wolfrace set of 15 and have offered the ML that I had here to test and I needed it on full lock.
Adrian@

JR

13,163 posts

275 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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Adrian@ said:
IMHO you should use 5 mm spacers, I had to add them yesterday to a wolfrace set of 15 and have offered the ML that I had here to test and I needed it on full lock.
Adrian@
For an 04 ET? Remember that offsets vary up to ET24 http://www.comp.co.uk/wheels/wheels.asp?range=ML_0...

Adrian@

4,420 posts

299 months

Tuesday 18th January 2011
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Granted...I just checked ..this wheel is a 1560 ET06..it was laying around here.
Adrian@

Edited by Adrian@ on Tuesday 18th January 16:41