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GoldCoast/Brisbane
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May 2002
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 AE86 Suspension and wheel help!!
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Wed, 21 August 2002 07:53
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Need some help guys, 
I am in the process of planning my suspension and wheel package, have not talked to anyone yet but need good advice.
WHEELS: Ok about offset I know what it is and all that but do not have a clue as to what happens when you lower a car if you need to fit wheels that are of a different offset???
I am looking at 2 wheel sizes ATM.
15" x 6.5" offset 38
16" x 7.0" offset 40
I've got a gut feeling that I cannot use these offsets or that they would be highly inappropriate for the application, Ie. I want them for GREAT not just good handeling.
SUSPENSION: As said before lowering is on the agenda! NO not a gutterscrapper but a nice fill up the tyre to guard gap, with handeling the main priority. Any suggestions on suspension parts that are worth replacing? I don't mean bushes as ofcourse those will be replaced, more along the lines of should I bother with bigger swaybars etc??
Cheers,
Adrian!
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Location:
Eskilstuna, Sweden
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: AE86 Suspension and wheel help!!
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Wed, 21 August 2002 12:50
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Hi,
The first thing I'll say is the following is only my own opinion and your sure to get several.
Offset: The offset of your standard sprinter wheels is more than likely to be +27 and this offset or older style RWD offset is quite hard to find in the catalogue of the modern day after market wheel maker due to the onset of the FWD vehicle and they usually use an offset +30 as a starting point.
The offset of your wheels will pretty much not be affected by how low your car is going to be but as eveything to do with the track of your car. Which I doubt you will change anyway and can't be changed more than 25mm in NSW anyway.
You can fit say 35mm offset wheels to yoour car with spacers (which are illegal in NSW and create other strains on the wheel -meets hub arrangement) which in effect reduce the amount of positive offset the wheel has. That is the mounting surface of the wheel is closer to the centre line of the wheel.
If you make big changes to your suspension you can and might be able to get away with more. Like a coil over has much smaller spring platforms and a wider rim maybe easier to squeeze in without clashing with the spring seat.
Suspension: It is good to see that you don't want to go to low as too low will mean that your handling will end up being worse than standard.
This article is a good read:
http://www.club4ag.com/Battle%20Version.html#AE86 SUSPENSION TUNING GUIDE WITH BATTLE VERSION
Enjoy
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Location:
Montrose, VIC
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: AE86 Suspension and wheel help!!
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Wed, 21 August 2002 14:11
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I used the whiteline kit (with a 27mm front swaybar), strut brace, kmac strut tops and a wider track LSD rear end, and I think its a pretty good compromise for street use. I don't like cars too low or high, the whiteline springs sit fairly well (maybe you'd like them a smigeon lower at the front, personal opinion really). Sure it's not dental breaking hard, but the shocks/springs etc. seem to work together pretty well, and get rid of the wallowly feeling the car used to have (with pedders springs/KYB's)
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Location:
sydney
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July 2002
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Re: AE86 Suspension and wheel help!!
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Thu, 22 August 2002 08:47
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u will have to run a spacer with offset +38 or +40
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