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Apr 5th, 2012, 15:29 | #11 | |
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Details of how to measure are here.
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Apr 5th, 2012, 17:51 | #12 |
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Hi - that sounds great, we are running basically the same gear, except mine is an estate. I think the springs are the same (from JP - possibly he has his act together now - HOW LONG DID YOU WAIT?), except I tried putting-on mudflaps, and they were dragging, did you modify yours?
I put a bigger exhaust and sizable muffler on mine, and have had some minor clearance issues. Gotta-go, welcome to the site. Here is pic of mine.
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Apr 5th, 2012, 19:15 | #13 |
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Dear Paul,
The backspace on my 5.5 Minilites is 3.75". Your link has a chart that says this is an offset of 12. Is that what you were expecting? Nigel. |
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Apr 5th, 2012, 19:24 | #14 |
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Dear James,
I was planning a trip to Texas. 4 weeks before my trip I ordered the parts from John Parker to be delivered to a friend of mine that lives in Texas. The parts were waiting for me when I got there. The springs shipped from John Parker and the shocks shipped direct from Bilstein in California. My mudflaps are standard and I haven't had any problem with them dragging. I was more worried about the Simonz exhaust, but so far I haven't had any clearance issue with this. My minimum clearance is 10cm under the centre section. What clearance do you have? Nigel. |
Apr 6th, 2012, 18:42 | #15 | |
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Fantastic - thank you for taking the time to do that! That backspacing and offset is indeed what I'd expected. Very useful to know for certain though & also great help as I'm in the process of choosing the tyre size and also setting the offset for a new (well, new to me...) set of wheels for my Amazon. Cheers, Paul
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Apr 7th, 2012, 02:52 | #16 |
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Hi - I'm very surprised to hear your mudflaps went on there. I'll try to borrow some kind of measuring device and let you know what I have got. Ahh, it could be the tires too - I believe they are slightly lower profile.
Also, I wanted to comment on the fender-liners you bought. Mine are metal, and come from Sweden (Denmark??). They are a peach - easy to install and worth their weight in gold, as far as I'm concerned. How are the plastic ones??
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Apr 22nd, 2012, 18:59 | #17 | |
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Mar 28th, 2013, 21:43 | #18 |
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yep these did fail. I had to replace them and the front dampers as one had failed. The springs had gone soggy and caused the car is sit much lower on one side. I suspect the failed spring is what caused the damper to go.
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Mar 29th, 2013, 07:28 | #19 | |
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3.75-(5.5/2) Which is what I have on my Superlite minilite copies. I had no rubbing until I installed the uprated roll bar. Planning on wheel spacers or a deep dish wheel. Tried to undone the steering lock stops - my they are little buggers! Russ |
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Mar 29th, 2013, 10:38 | #20 |
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The can be a pain to get undone. Give them a good wire brush and then soak in penatrating oil. Make sure the slacken the locking nut first before any atempt to adjust.
I know the IPD bar does have less tyre clearane than the original |
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