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Source for wheel lugs 900 1995

posted by  Danada80G on  Tue Aug 23 15:43 CST 2005
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This subject of spacers seems to raise a lot of strong opinions. I understand that the wheel offset is wrong and you're correct that the right thing to do is get the correct wheels. But a well engineered 5 mm spacer at around $60 will move the wheel away from the strut about 3/16" which will provide adequate clearance. The alternative is to replace the wheels and possibly the tires at a significantly higher cost.

The spacer option, assuming it is safe, is a lot more attractive.

I've put 40K miles on the car with the 1/16" clearance I now have between the wheel and the strut. The car handles very nicely and the tires have shown very little wear. I can't imagine that separating the front wheels by about 3/8" additional would make any noticeable difference.

Again, I have just started looking into this since I noticed the knicking on the strut. In looking at wheel specifications it appears to me that both the 850 and the 940 have the same bolt pattern so I am assuming the 850 spacer would work with a slightly longer 940 wheel lug.

Any thoughts on this situation are much appreciated.

Thanks
Roger





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