spacers needed?

[conleth m3]

just got my TD 9" ET30 with 265 cups to try on the car today. rears fine with existing 12mm spacer but the fronts seem very close to the shocker. i know shimmy/lawsy/dunc have said that should be fine but does seem very close to me



this is how much ive got with 235 on 8.5" with 12mm spacer ET44



garage that fitted/set up intrax for me said would prob need 5mm spacer to give a bit more clearance. was wondering if i could get away with 3mm H&R trak+ spacer to try and prevent outer edges from fouling the outer edge of the arch on suspension compression.

this is where they sit with no spacer fitted





what does everyone think? not actually tried to drive the car on the road/track yet.

running -2.8 camber intrax k2



conleth

[shimmy]

camber wont affect anything asthe shock moves with the rim and tyre.

id say it looks ok as its close to the rim side of the tyre not outside

[glendog74]

Looks fine to me

[conleth m3]

ok cool, cheers chaps

also, the 26mm bolts supplied with TD's go into the hubs about 8mm or so, i.e.



is that far enough to be secure? as 26mm bolts go further into hubs with other alloys, like this:



the longer bolts i have to go with my current set up and spacers go in 2-3times as much.

[conleth m3]

right, i decided to stick all wheels on today and go for a drive to see how it was. tried the left front on and that made the decision for me - no clearance at all. shocker touching the tyre



other side is close to the point that clearance depends on where the raised writing/markings are on the sidewall. seems to be down to about 1mm, so if any wobble/flex in sidewall would be easy to foul the shock



going to order 5mm spacers tomorrow, and slightly longer bolts at the same time and hope they're here in time for oulton on friday or donny on sunday

bugger


conleth

[DuncanR]

Something aint stacking up right there mate ! Just going to check pics of my Intrax.

Right, I can see the problem now, its the Coil spring supporting Ring immediately above the red adjusting nut, Its your ring its bigger than mine ! ... in my pic that part is different , mine are 4 way not 2 way though See pics.

[shimmy]

just remembered what i did at Simpsons

fitted smaller helper springs which lifted up the collar about an inch

[DuncanR]

Originally Posted by shimmy

just remembered what i did at Simpsons

fitted smaller helper springs which lifted up the collar about 2inches

Better late than never with that little nugget mate !

[conleth m3]

Originally Posted by shimmy

just remembered what i did at Simpsons

fitted smaller helper springs which lifted up the collar about an inch

which would keep it out of the way of that collar

that would do the trick

[conleth m3]

Originally Posted by DuncanR

Something aint stacking up right there mate ! Just going to check pics of my Intrax.

Right, I can see the problem now, its the Coil spring supporting Ring immediately above the red adjusting nut, Its your ring its bigger than mine ! ... in my pic that part is different , mine are 4 way not 2 way though See pics.

that must be it, duncan, too big a ring is no good to anyone. need to cut down on all the bumming

not sure why its like that? could be different between the 2 and 4 way intrax?

ordering some 5mm spacers and longer bolts today, hopefully get them in time.

cheers chaps


conleth