Just put on fuch rims and have a question..

I just put a set of fuch rims on my cmc widebody and they look great.the rear fills out the back nicly. I used 7" x 15 in the front and 8" x 15 in the back.i want them to fill out the front finders more.Can i use a spacer.I am allready using and adapter to convert the vw 4 lug to the porsche 5 lug.If so were can i fing them.

Use dropped spindle on front (increase track 1/2 inch) and new rotors that are drilled for the 5 bolt pattern -- then use spacers and longer bolts if needed. I personally don't believe the 4-5 bolt adapters are very safe --- especially in the front.

I agree with Gregory. I presume your running discs at the front. If so, you could buy some new rotors with a Porsche bolt pattern, then use Porsche spacers.
Ron

Blake,

You have to remove the wheel adapters immediately, they not only come loose, guaranteed, but if they are even a bit out of true (they ALL are considering the lack of care in their construction and country of origin) they'll eventually stress your ball joint and tie rod ends. Too many forces acting all at once on a single weak spot !

Do you have rotors with a slight lip just outside of the grease cap, if you do then you ought to running hub centric wheels anyway. This lip gives you the option of supporting the wheel on the rotor itself not just the lugs/studs. See if you can locate spacers that also have this support lip.

It just isn't safe, especially in front, to mess around too much. If you have to spacers on adapters on rotors on drop axles just to get an extra inch or so, then use some kind of locking fluid. Talk with race shops/web sites about what to do.

Be safe,

TC

Have you thought about a wider front beam?
Places like aircooled.net cip1.com and CBperformance.com usually have narrowed adjustable front beam center sections available. If they don't have widened beams, they'll probably be able to get one made up for you. That's prpbably to be the safest way to go. Scrap the wheel adaptors altogether!

Greg B

I just removed my 36 mm spacers on mine and and droped back to 20 mm spacers to lose some of the understeer that did the trick.

But now of course they don't fill out the wheel wells of my standard vs body as well But its close enough for me. would a pair of 36 mm spacers be to much for you. You will need new bolts from CSP and trhe spaces are theirs as well, if you want to price um and make me a offer. I must caution they did increase the understeer.

I run the 16x6 J Fuchs up front (and 16x7s rear. Yes, I have the 4 to 5 adapers and I've added about a half inch of spacer on each side. Mine have 15,000 miles on one and just a few on the second. I used Locktite on the threads. I check them often. I also check the bearings about 2 or 3 times a year. It works fine for me. I think it handles better. There are other solutions if you find you have a steering issues, those can be worked out with setup. Hey, I've got a pair of speedsters I've been driving for 4 years. Not that I'm the most "safety" concious guy, but I've been around quite a few blocks and my personal experience is that I have no "spacer"-related safety issues. It handles great. Maybe the rear trys to come up in hard braking in a turn, but that's a whole other issue.