elecious Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 or get my dad the engineer to do them? From what ive seen they are just a round piece of metal with a few holes in sitting between the wheel and the car. My dad has access to lots of different steels and other metals which could be used and the lathes to make them. Would they actually be that difficult to make? or is there something more complicated about them that i cant see from photos? just wondering Quote
MITZ@CougarStore Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Me personally, I wouldn’t fabricate them myself and I’m not only saying that as I supply them… Quote
Stew Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 Well it's a tough one..... You can make them yourself and they'll be fine. Or you could make them and your wheels fall off..... People like Eibach invest time and money into research. I think it's worth paying for that to be honest. Quote
martinopy Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 It's not the sorta thing i'd like to attempt myself, would you be 100% happy sitting at 100 mph+ with them on? Give cs a shout and he'll sort ya with some hubcentrics, the only way to go about it imo. Quote
Rob_Quads Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 depends on how good you are with CAD and what machinary & steel you have at hand. If you have the right ones then you could design it in CAD but if your not great at them then just buy them Quote
Chris`I Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 depends on how good you are with CAD and what machinary & steel you have at hand. If you have the right ones then you could design it in CAD but if your not great at them then just buy them +1 - can your Dad make them hubcentric and gaurentee that they are spot on symetrical and will sit you wheels spot on central to the hub? If not then you will get judder at high speed and even worse might end up in the wheel falling off! Quote
hotrain69 Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 It's not the sorta thing i'd like to attempt myself, would you be 100% happy sitting at 100 mph+ with them on? Give cs a shout and he'll sort ya with some hubcentrics, the only way to go about it imo. just thinking about it gets me worried if i made my own spacers. get them from CS. peace of mind Quote
elecious Posted March 22, 2009 Author Posted March 22, 2009 yeah you guys are right, more to consider than i thought really, to me they just looked like a round piece of metal with a few holes in Quote
Stew Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 yeah you guys are right, more to consider than i thought really, to me they just looked like a round piece of metal with a few holes in A boomerang is just a bit of wood....... No matter how much I whittle sticks I can't get them to come back to me without the use of a dog. Quote
H5 Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 depends on how good you are with CAD and what machinary & steel you have at hand. If you have the right ones then you could design it in CAD but if your not great at them then just buy them +1 - can your Dad make them hubcentric and gaurentee that they are spot on symetrical and will sit you wheels spot on central to the hub? If not then you will get judder at high speed and even worse might end up in the wheel falling off! +1 Quote
Digsy Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 I can't see that its woth the effort getting it right for a couple of hundred quid. Quote
neo Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 or get my dad the engineer to do them? From what ive seen they are just a round piece of metal with a few holes in sitting between the wheel and the car. My dad has access to lots of different steels and other metals which could be used and the lathes to make them. Would they actually be that difficult to make? or is there something more complicated about them that i cant see from photos? just wondering OFFTOPIC but....... just out of interest would it be possible for your dad to mill/cast a replacement keyfob housing out of aluminum or similar, strange question i know Quote
rtbiscuit Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 i am an engineer, and a teacher, and i would even attempt this. only have to be out by 100th of a mm and you'll get wheel judder. spacers are meant to be a last resort to a problem so if you want them i'd get proper mech cad machined ones, becaus at least f your wheel falls off you have someone to sue. Quote
P15UL T Posted March 22, 2009 Posted March 22, 2009 yeah you guys are right, more to consider than i thought really, to me they just looked like a round piece of metal with a few holes in A boomerang is just a bit of wood....... No matter how much I whittle sticks I can't get them to come back to me without the use of a dog. lmao Quote
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