"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
07/21/2016 at 19:29 • Filed to: None
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"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
07/21/2016 at 19:29 • Filed to: None | 6
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When I !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! after installing my new suspension, the -2.5° front camber setting created a bunch of extra space between the top of my tires and the fender. Since BMWs use wheel bolts, it’s very easy to put spacers on them. So I did.
I wasn’t sure how exactly to measure for the size of spacer I need, but I found !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that showed a guy using a carpenter’s square.
Made sense to me, so I bought a cheap !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! at Harbor Freight, and found right about an inch of clearance to the inner fender lip. Since I wanted to avoid rubbing, I decided on !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , because they include extended wheel bolts for a good price.
I also got a cool !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to align the spacers and wheels, and this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! that’s got some kind of plastic (Delrin maybe?) coating on the outside to not scuff up the lug holes in the wheels.
I’m very happy with the results. I don’t want to be hellaflush, but this got rid of the excessive clearance quite nicely.
MonkeePuzzle
> Textured Soy Protein
07/21/2016 at 19:34 |
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this is all very neat and tidy. the coated socket is nice, the wheel pin is handy, the builders square was a good tip.
nicely done
Takuro Spirit
> Textured Soy Protein
07/21/2016 at 19:51 |
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Cool beans.
I have a set of those covered sockets I bought waaaaay long ago when I was a technician. Mine are beat to shit and some are missing their plastic covers, but they’re awesome at keeping wheels from getting scratched. I even got a kid at work to buy a set after he scratched a wheel on a Hellcat.
Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> Textured Soy Protein
07/21/2016 at 19:54 |
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apparently Ontario outlawed wheel spacers in cars. thanks a bunch, jaggoffs (aka the retards that go all out).
OPPOsaurus WRX
> Textured Soy Protein
07/21/2016 at 20:28 |
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i was so excited to see you owned a (suspiciously shiny) framing square. Then I saw you bought it....
BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
07/21/2016 at 20:31 |
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They’re not outlawed, you just can’t pass a safety with them.
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Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
> BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
07/21/2016 at 21:24 |
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really? i couldve sworn someone got their car impounded because of it. either way, mixed feelings over it.
tromoly
> Textured Soy Protein
07/21/2016 at 21:25 |
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Well done increasing your scrub radius, enjoy that greater steering feedback and harder steering effort.
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Textured Soy Protein
> tromoly
07/21/2016 at 21:38 |
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My steering actually got a bunch lighter after my alignment so I’m fine if it firms back up a bit.
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tromoly
> Textured Soy Protein
07/21/2016 at 21:41 |
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Increasing camber and adding spacers would kinda counter-act eachother for scrub radius, kingpin inclination probably got affected though that shouldn’t be too big of an issue.
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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
07/21/2016 at 21:58 |
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Maybe in Quebec.