[Tigers] Fw: SS wheel spacers

[Jim]

I ordered a set from http://www.wheeladapter.com/ . Fred Goeske was great to 
deal with and provided a great product custom made to exactly what I needed.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James E. Pickard" <geowiz.sgy at cox.net>
To: "Tiger List" <tigers at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 9:32 PM
Subject: [Tigers] SS wheel spacers


> OK, installing longer lug bolts is going to be far more difficult than I
> imagined.  First of all, I have to remove the rear hubs, which requires a
> special tool I'll have to fabricate.  But even worse, apparently longer 
> lug
> bolts are not available that are the same diameter, requiring the hub 
> holes to
> be drilled out to a larger size.  There is a spacer available with 
> built-in
> bolts, but this one is 1" thick and won't fit under my stock non-flared
> fenders.
>
> So, my question is:  are the stock lug bolts long enough to safely use 
> when
> installing Rick's 1/4" spacers?  I have 14" Panasport wheels and I only 
> get a
> few turns on each lug nut before I get some resistance.  I can get a 
> couple
> more turns when I tighten them up.  Is that enough?  Is anybody else using
> this set-up?  Or is this more dangerous than not using the spacers at all?
>
> Jim Pickard
> B9473298 ('65 Tiger)
> AN5L/12109 ('59 Sprite)
> 2003 Mini Cooper
> Lafayette, LA
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