Re: 16V rocco "tucked in" rear wheels...

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

My '84 GTI had 7mm spacers on behind the wheels when I bought it. It looked
cool, but I took them off. The wheel bearings are fine, but this means nothing,
making this a useless post. Cool.
Hey I know what's useful. I still have 4 of those (non-hubcentric) spacers, if
anyone wants them. Free if you come get them. I'm in NH and I'm sure I'll never
use them.
    -Josiah
    '84 GTI (Autoxer/Toy)
    '86 Scirocco 8v (for sale)
    '87 QSW (daily driver)
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Chris Coracini wrote:

> >
> >  What camber are you running in the front?
>
> stock
>
> > If you give your car more neg
> >camber up front it will look more tucked in, hence you wont have to bring
> >the rear wheels out.
>
> yeah, but i like the look of the front.  i don't want to run more than
> -1 camber for the street anyway, it's not really necessary and it will
> wear out my tires faster...
>
> >  I have never done or heard of anyong putting a
> >spacer behind the stub, but I cant see why it wouldnt work.  It would sure
> >put a damper on your day if you decided to get larger wheels tho.
>
> i'm planning (one day) on getting some 14" or 15" minilites
> (panasports), nothing bigger.  i'm not into big wheels, they add too
> much rotational mass and i think they look a bit funny.... but i'm not
> bustin' anyone who has 'em, just personal preference.  but i'm not going
> to go wider than 205, so if i do run into clearance problems they should
> only be really small...
>
> > YOu
> >would need a smaller offset in the rear versus the front which would
> >negate unidirectional tires.
>
> well, i'm trying not to mess with the offset (bearing load thing....).
> other wise i'd already have the spacers on behind the wheels.  i want to
> stick with the stock offset.  then again, the bearing load thing is
> something i pick up from when i owned my fiat X1/9.  apparently X1/9
> owners like to put wide wheels on them, for obvious reasons (my first
> one had 205/60 13's on it, that thing would stick the road upside
> down...), but fiat wheel bearings would fail if they were stressed
> unevenly.  but, i've heard the same thing about VW's.  any one put
> spacers on behind the wheels?
>
> chris
> 86 16V scirocco
> >
> >
>
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