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Old 08-14-2018, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by BruceTheQuail
..... Dan, the wheels are an easy 25mm inside the arches, there is no chance of rubbing.........
Good to hear its OK ! Would have been a nasty setback if they had been too big.

How about the size of the tires : the width of the track is the same, you only had the wheel offset the tires more ?
 
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Old 08-14-2018, 06:42 PM
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naah, they are heaps fatter - 265 front and 305 rear.
 
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Old 08-14-2018, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by BruceTheQuail
naah, they are heaps fatter - 265 front and 305 rear.
But then; your turning radius isn't affected ?

Can you make less turns of the steering wheel as the rims might touch somewhere at the end positions ?!
 
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definitely no adverse effect on steering or radius, as far as I can see.
 
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Originally Posted by BruceTheQuail
Cheers, I have been surprised at how good the ride is on them (it has Michelins) compared to the 19"s. It isnt crashy or jolty at all, if you werent really looking for it I dont think you'd notice it to be any harder than the 19"s.

The only thing is that as soon as I saw all of that rotor I thought "you know, they really need to be slotted or cross drilled..."
Bruce, your finger measured at the front of the wheel, but I see Dan's point, it looks like the front wheel/tire sits much further back in the wheel well than on mine. We have seen this once before, and it wasn't good. Is it the same on the other side?
 
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Perhaps the angle of the photograph playing tricks
 
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Yep, it is the angle, there is at least 25mm all round. It is because the tyre sits out so far from the arch, see pics. But thanks for your concern!



no excuse for missing cane toads with these fat guys
 
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N[i] No excuse for missing cane toads with these fat guys
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Bile fluid is an acid
 
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Having to wash some guts off is worth it for the environmental benefits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane_toads_in_Australia
 
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Here's a cane toad vid I remember from years ago.
Not the greatest picture quality, but it shows some novel ways of getting rid of cane toads, including Bruce's method:
 
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LMAO, being a Queenslander I know people that speak exactly like Dazza...and actually "Bruce" is a joke name based on them...
 
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Originally Posted by BruceTheQuail
definitely no adverse effect on steering or radius, as far as I can see.
Are thes "offset" , so the rims have 'build in' spacers ? Then all of the 2 extra cm tire witdh are displaced outwards and don't interfere with steering..
 
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@BruceTheQuail
I am'..selling..' your 'looks' to a V8 SVR driver in the UK.....

https://www.ftypeforums.co.uk/viewto...p=29383#p29383
 
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lol, I take way too much pleasure from that!
 
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