Spacers

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aduhaime2003
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Spacers

Post by aduhaime2003 »

I am making a pair of bolt on rear 1.25 inch spacers to match the front. Has anyone else done this and have they had any rubbing. I am going to space the front out .25 inch possibly also. Not sure yet.
MadBill
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Re: Spacers (aduhaime2003)

Post by MadBill »

Hi, ad, it's me again.As you will see below, there are certain parallels in our plans! There's quite a lot of space inside the fenders, but spacing out 1.25" will reduce the effective offset by ~32 mm and that's enough to affect wheel bearing loads. the 1/4" in front isn't enough to matter. For more on such, see my post "Project Big Boots" on this forum.
aduhaime2003
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Re: Spacers (MadBill)

Post by aduhaime2003 »

I really think that the load increase is not significant enough to cause concern. I have installed them and all i have to say is that they look bad (removed). I feel a definite difference in stability also. I have had them on for a solid 2 weeks now and i just have to clear up a fender clearance problem tomorrow. Some rolling is in order. I have not made the front ones yet because i am still deciding on caliper type for my front brake upgrade. I will post pics tomorrow.
MadBill
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Post by MadBill »

Hope you have some shots of the spacers as well as the install?
aduhaime2003
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Post by aduhaime2003 »

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/...+picshere are the pics i have thus far.
AKLGT
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Re: Spacers (aduhaime2003)

Post by AKLGT »

um... what do the spacers do?
AKLGT1998 Subaru 2.5RS
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