ultimate wheel post

[kevtherev]

However can anybody tell me where i can purchase the small ball seat Nuts/Bolts for my 14mm drilled mercedes alloys??

Brickwerks...

ah! he's on his hols for a couple of weeks....sorry

[lloyd]

Yeah, Brickwerks orders won't ship until August 11th.

[crazymilk]

Great ty

Have u got a linky please???

[kevtherev]

Great ty

Have u got a linky please???

clicky

[HarryMann]

The pictures will have to be downloaded and then re-uploaded to Wiki it...

I'll put it up, but not without:

a) Asking Samba/Loogy

b) Crediting Samba and Loogy


The idea of Wiki'ing rather than linking straight through is to preserve information should it become unavailable on the originating site..

I like it, especially as it isn't written in colloquial slang and hasn't any references to eating another bacon sarny before tightening your lug nuts

Porsche spec studs can be used as a replacement, but a tack weld at each stud head may be necessary to keep the stud from spinning in the bore under extreme conditions.

Don't like the sound of heat-treating wheel studs

Spacers will not help you if the wheel's offset is too small. Only machining of the wheels can help you there.

Neither thinning a wheel face either...

[HarryMann]

Ralph,

That 25mm ET will affect the scrub radius - well all ET changes do.

It works in with SAI, Steering Axis Inclination, which if high, can produce steering lift, or tilt, 5mm won't be noticed...

What too much scrub radius can do is produce snatchy steering when one wheel loses grip, and heavy forces when a tyre's drag increases (aquaplaning, flat tyre, etc)

Not sure whether T25 uses true -ve scrub radius, but VW were one of the first to do so, in which case again, I doubt if 5mm will make too much difference.

However, if things feel a bit wrong and esp. straight line stability and 'whitelining' is worse, then bear this in mind ...

...increasing scrub radius tends to require increased toe-in.

(due to the loading of the steering components and subsequent deflection under load e.g. braking) but not on a fwd car.

[kevtherev]

The pictures will have to be downloaded and then re-uploaded to Wiki it...

I'll put it up, but not without:

a) Asking Samba/Loogy

b) Crediting Samba and Loogy


The idea of Wiki'ing rather than linking straight through is to preserve information should it become unavailable on the originating site..

I like it, especially as it isn't written in colloquial slang and hasn't any references to eating another bacon sarny before tightening your lug nuts

absolutely agree I'll ask Loogy on samba if he's ok with it and send the actual post in translated english, that we wish to wiki

[HarryMann]

Cheers Kev, but I've asked and awaiting reply...

though if you know him at all, a quick prompt might help

Have prepared the images to embed if we get the nod!

[kevtherev]

right ho
I have corresponded with him a few times

[HarryMann]

OK Kev, have got the go ahead, thanks...

Will then go ahead

[HarryMann]

OK, thanks Kev, TitusADA, everyone...

Can now be found here:

http://wiki.club8090.co.uk/index.php/Wh ... ive_wheels

[kevtherev]

good job Clive

I rather think that section is choc full of information now.

[HarryMann]

Yeh, let's move on shall we

[kevtherev]

this deserves a bump to show potential fitters there is a wiki

*bump*

[HarryMann]

.. and the link updated now to new Wiki address

Will see if I can't do a bulk back-end update across all forums of Wiki links to new wiki

wiki.club8090.co.uk/....