944 rear wheel spacers

944 rear wheel spacers

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AJLintern

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4,202 posts

264 months

Sunday 27th April 2003
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Is there anyway of increasing the rear track of my car to fill the rear wheel arches better? Can I fit spacers? I saw a turbo racer at Bob Watson the other day which had huge rear tyres which filled the arches perfectly. I know it's only cosmetic but it would really improve the appearance of the car, if it were to be detrimental to the handling however then I probably wouldn't bother. My current rear wheels are the standard 16" D90s with 225x50 ZR Pirelli P7000 tyres.

AJLintern

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4,202 posts

264 months

Monday 28th April 2003
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So if you put the 9" turbo wheels on the back, does it mean you could put the original 8" rear wheels on the front?

AJLintern

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4,202 posts

264 months

Tuesday 29th April 2003
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That's not such a little video - 19MB! Have to wait until I get to work() where there is a high speed PH connection

AJLintern

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4,202 posts

264 months

Wednesday 30th April 2003
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I Suppose what I really want to know is if increasing the rear track using only spacers will cause any handling or tyre wear problems. How do you fit spacers? and wouldn't you also need longer hub bolts to attach the wheels to?

AJLintern

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4,202 posts

264 months

Wednesday 30th April 2003
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Thanks for the info - I probably won't bother with the spacers then. Maybe upgrade to wider wheels when my tyres need replacing, which won't be for a quite a while.