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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:11
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Subject: Re: !6 x 7 superlites Rims fit
perfectly
To Chris: there is plenty of meat as to go from a +12p to +20p
Performance just machine 8mm off the bolt up face, as told to me by a
reputable Performance employee. I run 200B struts on the front and
that's it. Control arms are standard 1600, but I want to really lengthen
them to look after the tyres better.
Andrew: A chamfer is machine on the bolt up face side of the center
hole of the rim. This locates (centres) the rim on the hub properly and
ensures it runs true. What happens these days is that every rim made
(regardless of what car it's designed for) has a single size generic centre
hole size and hence chamfer.
This means the centre hole and chamfer can be too big allowing the rim to
move around on the hub and not center properly. To fix this you buy
little plastic inserts (rings) that take up the required thickness between the
centre hole and the locating device on your hubs. You'll see what I mean
if you pull a rim off and and look at the centre hole as well as your
hub. They also have a small chamfer machined on their inside to locate
the rim properly and make sure they runs true.
Hope this cleared things up
Daniel
Andrew Greenbury
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Gday,
merry christmas and new year to everyone...
Daniel - excellent news
re the rims - could you pls describe the use of
the plastic inserts a
little more as Im not familiar with
them?
Thanks,
Andrew
> Hey guys, a few of you have been
waiting for me to get off my butt and
> fit my rims to see if they
would actually fit the car. Good news,
> they do indeed fit and
perfectly. They are 16 x 7" superlites +12mm
> offset with 45 series
tyres. You'll have to get the plastic inserts
> that slide into the
centre hole of the rim so the centre of the rim
> locates on the hub
properly. No problems, $2.50 a rim from any good
> tyre shop.
Thickness will depend on what front hubs you have. i.e
> you need
thicker ones on the front as the 200B hubs have a slightly
> smaller
diameter locating face. The only thing th! at could be better is
> the
offset of the rears. Using a +12mm rims fits perfectly and just
>
clears the guard (3 or 4mm clearance) BUT the nuts only have about 6
>
turns (or threads) on the studs to screw onto. I would prefer at
>
least 8 or more, but we'll see how it goes. A +20mm offset rim would
>
cure this, since they just machine some meat off the back of the
>
mating surface of the rim. Anyway if anyone was wondering, YES they
do
> fit and fit nicely. I'm hoping to join in with the VIC cruise at
the
> end of the month since I'm moving to Albury next week, so I'll
see how
> busy I'm with work.
>
>
>
Daniel
> "Speed isn't just about power"
>
>
>
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