Has anyone had experience in modifying 3-piece rims?
Mon, 07 March 2005 07:18
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.
Re: Has anyone had experience in modifying 3-piece rims?
Mon, 07 March 2005 07:43
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
Re: Has anyone had experience in modifying 3-piece rims?
Mon, 07 March 2005 07:51
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.
Mon, 07 March 2005 07:18
