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[martinmulligan]

Have recently changed my skinny fronts for a set of rears with Goodyear F1 Assymetrics but on a near full lock i'm now getting rub on the front. Just wondered if any one else has done this and getting the same problem? Was thinking of using a spacer but wondered if you had combatted it in a different way..

[siztenboots]

turn the steering wheel less?

[martinmulligan]

turn the steering wheel less?

And i wonder why i love this site so much.

If i asked about stopping quicker would you advise to use a brick wall?

[The Batman]

If i asked about stopping quicker would you advise to use a brick wall?

no just put your foot on the break pedal harder

[martinmulligan]

If i asked about stopping quicker would you advise to use a brick wall?

no just put your foot on the break pedal harder

And if you wanna corner faster don't buy a turbo!

Edited by martinmulligan, 09 February 2010 - 05:51 PM.

[The Batman]

exactly, you might get the hang of this forum soon

[martinmulligan]

exactly, you might get the hang of this forum soon

All i wanted to know is how much you need to space the fronts with wider wheels..

Might try SELOC!

[The Batman]

Might try SELOC!

no need to swear

3mm, 5mm, 7mm

not sure which ones you need, but these are cheap

[martinmulligan]

Might try SELOC!

no need to swear

3mm, 5mm, 7mm

not sure which ones you need, but these are cheap

Thanks mate!

[Ouchie]

What width tyres did you put on the new fronts?

[siztenboots]

What width tyres did you put on the new fronts?

sounds like normal rear sizes 225/45/17 , in which case he now has a very heavy wheel with an oversize tyre which will also be heavy.

all that weight spinning round as unsprung mass , not good on bumpy UK roads.

to make it even worse , spacers being mentioned as the cure

[NA Jimbo]

What width tyres did you put on the new fronts?

sounds like normal rear sizes 225/45/17 , in which case he now has a very heavy wheel with an oversize tyre which will also be heavy.

all that weight spinning round as unsprung mass , not good on bumpy UK roads.

to make it even worse , spacers being mentioned as the cure

This site is starting to really suck when it comes to useful, helpful replies. You've just had a over something you've assumed.

Edited by NA Jimbo, 09 February 2010 - 06:53 PM.

[martinmulligan]

225/45/17.. More weight on the fronts actually helps with grip. Race teams use spacers on all corners on different tracks/different set ups so i don't see why you think there is something wrong with spacers. Only bad thing is people not using longer bolts to suit. The car is driving a lot better with wider wheels on the front as it was originally done this way by Lotus. They only put Smaller width wheels on for the car to handle like a front wheel drive car. This is a fact which i can back up as i know someone who worked at Lotus when the car was being made. If anyone else has a helpful answer and not a stupid comment please could you give me advice

[siztenboots]

What width tyres did you put on the new fronts?

sounds like normal rear sizes 225/45/17 , in which case he now has a very heavy wheel with an oversize tyre which will also be heavy.

all that weight spinning round as unsprung mass , not good on bumpy UK roads.

to make it even worse , spacers being mentioned as the cure

This site is starting to really suck when it comes to useful, helpful replies. You've just had a over something you've assumed.

let me know when you have tried this yourself, the assumption here is yours

[siztenboots]

225/45/17..

More weight on the fronts actually helps with grip.
Race teams use spacers on all corners on different tracks/different set ups so i don't see why you think there is something wrong with spacers. Only bad thing is people not using longer bolts to suit.
The car is driving a lot better with wider wheels on the front as it was originally done this way by Lotus. They only put Smaller width wheels on for the car to handle like a front wheel drive car. This is a fact which i can back up as i know someone who worked at Lotus when the car was being made.

If anyone else has a helpful answer and not a stupid comment please could you give me advice

most race teams use a centre lock wheel nut. if you put a spacer between the two clamping surfaces that it such a bad idea it is beyond explaining

[Nelly Vx]

Do not use the flat spacers you can not properly centralise them If you are going to fit spacers use hubcentric spacers job done

[martinmulligan]

225/45/17..

More weight on the fronts actually helps with grip.
Race teams use spacers on all corners on different tracks/different set ups so i don't see why you think there is something wrong with spacers. Only bad thing is people not using longer bolts to suit.
The car is driving a lot better with wider wheels on the front as it was originally done this way by Lotus. They only put Smaller width wheels on for the car to handle like a front wheel drive car. This is a fact which i can back up as i know someone who worked at Lotus when the car was being made.

If anyone else has a helpful answer and not a stupid comment please could you give me advice

most race teams use a centre lock wheel nut. if you put a spacer between the two clamping surfaces that it such a bad idea it is beyond explaining

You are refering to F1 and BTCC. I'm talking about normal race teams who run them

[martinmulligan]

Do not use the flat spacers you can not properly centralise them If you are going to fit spacers use hubcentric spacers job done

Thanks mate will look into it. Thanks for your pm as well!

[Nelly Vx]

You are welcome

[Paulus H]

I don't like reading stupid replies, we are all here to help each other??? I would agree, you would be best using hub centric spacers. The good alloy wheel distirbutors will be able to sell them to you, but my experience is that they will (obviously) try to steer you into buy a set of wheels instead. If memory serves me correctly the std rears are ET35. You need as a minimum ET22 for your 7.5 rears fitted to front. That means you will need 13 m/m hub centric. Nice thing about using hub centric spacers is that you don't need long wheel bolts. The bad thing is that they are extra unsprung mass. If your car handles better with rear wheels all round that's fine, I suspect that it would handle far better with 16 inch front with a slightly smaller width tyre.