Style 78 Wheels + Spacers

Madtoady

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Quick survey.

Who's using style 78 wheels and spacers? If so, how big are the spacers and is your car lowered at all?

Thanks ;)
 

Dino D

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This was 12mm front and 25mm rear.
Car is lowered - not sure how much.

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Best get them on and the new suspension then measure using a piece of tape wit a weight to see what you need/like before ordering
 

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Sport suspension so lowered by 15mm, 20mm spacers on rear, none on front.
 

Aaron MacQ

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20 - 25mm should be easy on the rear
Have you noticed much less wheel clearance after fitting the camber reducing RevShift bushes?

Just ordered 30mm spacers for my ET52 rims, but imagine that will be too much once I get round to correcting camber if it results in the top of the wheel getting pushed out, or does the bottom get pulled in???
 

5harp3y

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Have you noticed much less wheel clearance after fitting the camber reducing RevShift bushes?

Just ordered 30mm spacers for my ET52 rims, but imagine that will be too much once I get round to correcting camber if it results in the top of the wheel getting pushed out, or does the bottom get pulled in???
not much but i'm only 30mm lower
 

DaveP

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Liking those motorsport rims
 

Antm72

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Have you noticed much less wheel clearance after fitting the camber reducing RevShift bushes?

Just ordered 30mm spacers for my ET52 rims, but imagine that will be too much once I get round to correcting camber if it results in the top of the wheel getting pushed out, or does the bottom get pulled in???
I have been thinking the same thing but i'm thinking it may be abit of both as the center point does not move so to sit striaghter i think it may be half and half . At least your at the easy end with spacers mine will mean the wheels won't fit =))=))
 

Aaron MacQ

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At least your at the easy end with spacers mine will mean the wheels won't fit =))=))
Oh, what's the offset on your rears?

I fitted one of the 30mm spacers yesterday just to see where my wheels would end up (now effectively 8" ET22) and it seemed very flush with the arch lip, and that's with the ride height wound down to about 1.5cm clearance. Perhaps a 25mm would have made more sense, but you're right, that's easily swapped if need be.

In your case, if in doubt, you can always get the phonebook out... =))
 

Antm72

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I have mailed Rev Shift and asked the question im on a 33offset 9.5j rear :wideyed:
 

Aaron MacQ

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Just thinking about it, if we jack the rear of the car precisely 12mm and observe what happens to the rear camber, we'll have our answer.

All those bushes do is fool the chassis into thinking it's 12mm higher than it is, by raising the default mounting position of the rear beam.

If I get a chance tomorrow, I'll give that a go, measure the results and take some shots.
 
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