Rear hub spacers

[Grandpa Joe]

I've noticed the rear hub spacers look like steel in the photos.

Why is this when other cars I've fitted spacers to use aluminium?

 

[Bobby.]

Mainly for strength, and price as well I guess.

Their was word that alloy ones would deform slightly when tightened down, which would make the geo go out.

and the other reason is, theirs hardly anything to them so theirs hardly going to be any weight difference between alloy and steel.

 

[Mr R.]

Yes mate they are steel.

 

[Ed.innit]

Because when I designed them, everyone thought aluminium would bend and distort when you tighten the bolts....

 

[Grandpa Joe]

So its because of people's perceptions of what would happen. Yet thinner aluminium is used to make commercial aircraft. That's fair enough

 

[105e]

Run my alloy ones for a year no problems, although I didn't measure suspension angles before and after.

 

[Bobby.]

I wouldn't really worry too much about material.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

I'll get some made in 7010.

 

[MG cup]

As said, cheap steel is stronger than cheap aluminium so that was the main decider when everyone had their input on Ed's thread.

 

[Bobby.]

Wow wow wow, Eds thread, I think your find I brought this idea to light

 

[MG cup]

Haha maybe, I just remember Ed selling them and a discussion about them.

And you copied the racing puma right

 

[Bobby.]

This is the thread that got the ball rolling.

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?669000-spacers-behind-rear-disc-whos-done-it

And no I didn't copy it from the pumas, I wanted spacers and I was looking at shims and thought, why couldn't you just add 15mm to that shim? Lol.

 

[Ed.innit]

Ford girls have done it for yearsss...

Whoevers thread, I just had them made in the most popular material...