[Spridgets] Plus one wheel size/availability?

Mike/Donna Carpenter mail4carpenters at peoplepc.com
Fri May 9 08:12:03 MDT 2008


Are you positive that you are actually going around corners? ;^)) 

It sounds like somebody has already stretched your wheel arch metal or you hang all of the rim towards the diff.

You obviously have the extraordinary Spridget.

Mike C

-----Original Message-----
>From: Guy Weller <guy.weller at tiscali.co.uk>
>Sent: May 9, 2008 9:15 AM
>To: 'Mike/Donna Carpenter' <mail4carpenters at peoplepc.com>, 'Spridgets' <spridgets at autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: [Spridgets] Plus one wheel size/availability?
>
>Mine is a square wheel arch car. It has 5.5" rims and 13/175/60 tyres. I
>drive it. About 9,000 miles a year. I also go around corners.
>
>Guy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: spridgets-bounces+guy.weller=tiscali.co.uk at autox.team.net
>[mailto:spridgets-bounces+guy.weller=tiscali.co.uk at autox.team.net]On Behalf
>Of Mike/Donna Carpenter
>Sent: 09 May 2008 14:08
>To: 'Spridgets'
>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Plus one wheel size/availability?
>
>You da' man!  I think that you can put 6 in. rims in the stock wheel arches
>if ya don't drive it.  I guess just stand there and look at it ;^).
>
>Of course their are exceptions to everything.  OK, we will say that in
>general the square wheel arch Spridgets were designed for narrow rims.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Guy Weller <guy.weller at tiscali.co.uk>
>>Sent: May 9, 2008 9:00 AM
>>To: 'David Lieb' <dbl at chicagolandmgclub.com>, 'Spridgets'
><spridgets at autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Plus one wheel size/availability?
>>
>>I am using 5.5" rims without problems
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: spridgets-bounces+guy.weller=tiscali.co.uk at autox.team.net
>>[mailto:spridgets-bounces+guy.weller=tiscali.co.uk at autox.team.net]On Behalf
>>Of David Lieb
>>Sent: 09 May 2008 13:52
>>To: Spridgets
>>Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Plus one wheel size/availability?
>>
>>> Do you have modified rear arches?  If not, it was designed for no more
>>> than a 3.5 in. wide rim.  So 5 or 5.5 would be pushing it and ya better
>>> have an excellent panhard rod and use stock rear springs over any kind of
>>> less leaf racing springs.  The back axle seems to walk more.
>>
>>Factory wires were 4" rims and factory RO-Styles were 4.5" rims, so I am
>not
>>sure I woluld agree with this statement.
>>You are subscribed as guy.weller at tiscali.co.uk
>>
>
>
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