how low

Post by **bennett** » 13 Jan 2006 09:15 pm

how low can the rear end of a 360 5dr hatch go?

Post by **Ali** » 13 Jan 2006 09:54 pm

1" lower than standard unless you modify other things (have to shorten an arm I think)
cheers
Ali

Post by **bennett** » 13 Jan 2006 10:06 pm

Ali wrote:1" lower than standard unless you modify other things (have to shorten an arm I think)
cheers
Ali

thats no troble will it go 2" lower and run on 7"x15"?

Post by **340GLT** » 14 Jan 2006 12:20 am

The wheel size shouldnt be a problem i run 15x6.5 IIRC.
Cheers Adam

Post by **petefarrell360** » 14 Jan 2006 01:10 am

I believe your Cetus are 5.5 x 15" Adam, my Vesas are 6 x 15", which is interesting. The Vesas and Taurus are both 6 x 15", the widest 400 alloys, as I noticed how close my front tyres are to the GLT lip, but clearance seems to be ok, having had any problems yet, even with loads, spirited driving etc. But I was a tad concerned to start with!
Pete

Post by **SteveP** » 14 Jan 2006 02:00 am

Anteres 14s are also 6" wide.. strangely

Post by **petefarrell360** » 14 Jan 2006 02:41 pm

Yeah I noticed that too that your old alloys were 6" also, but 14's instead of 15's, and forgot to post that, all a bit odd really!
Pete

Post by **classicswede** » 14 Jan 2006 04:03 pm

Clearance is not so much the problem. The torque arm needs shortening to get more than a 1" spacer in. Just a case of cut sleeve and weld.

Post by **Carl** » 14 Jan 2006 04:14 pm

petefarrell360 wrote:Yeah I noticed that too that your old alloys were 6" also, but 14's instead of 15's, and forgot to post that, all a bit odd really!
Pete

It was to give clearance for the calipers on vented setups on the 400, or so I've heard

Post by **petefarrell360** » 15 Jan 2006 06:08 pm

Ah right, I see Carl, what we were also saying was that it seems odd that most of the 400 alloys are 5.5 x 15" or 5.5 x 14", yet then two are 6 x 15 and one set of 14" are 6" also.
Pete