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devolutio
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Has anyone had experience in modifying 3-piece rims? Mon, 07 March 2005 07:18 Go to next message
I have some simmons b45 15" wheels - 8" 4x114.3 . The offset is around 24mm I think.

Well anyway, I would like them to fit on my sprinter, but Im pretty sure they will hit the shocks on the front.

Has anyone had much experience changing parts on 3 piece rims? I'm thinking of changing a pair to to 7" and using them on the front. Is this a really bad idea? I could probably order all new centre pieces for them but it would probably be cheaper to pass these on to someone else and get wheels that actually fit my car.

I roughly measured the rims to be 30mm closer to the shocks (well touching them probably) than the standard mags.

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Re: Has anyone had experience in modifying 3-piece rims? Mon, 07 March 2005 07:43 Go to previous messageGo to next message
The standard sprinter hub to strut depth is about 110mm from memory . So you could take a measurement from the wheel hub facing or try it on the car , or sell them off , but other centers {not cheap} or convert the front suspension to another strut type ie :s13 140mm facing {lots of room}.

Another item is the 8" rim if a spacer used will need guard modification {simple trick there}, or another offset strut so you don't have to use hard to find offset rims .

Looks like that car isn't going to be stock for long Smile

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Re: Has anyone had experience in modifying 3-piece rims? Mon, 07 March 2005 07:51 Go to previous message
I just need to sell my lancer off so I can get serious about mods, had some spare time today so I checked out some wreckers and found a 80s 929 with these wheels on them. I couldn't find a damned thing about these cars on the net (should have pm'd nick2b).

s13 strut conversion eh? I will be spending money in that area so I might consider.

Thanks.
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