3" narrowed axle flange to flange length?
12-19-2014 | 11:06 PM
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3" narrowed axle flange to flange length? Hello all, I recently ordered my s60 with 3" narrowed per side. I was getting supplies to paint it when I figured lets just measure to be sure. Well I came up with 60.5" flange to flange. I went out and measured my stock rear and got 64.75-65" (tape measure wasn't perfectly straight). It wouldn't be the biggest deal except I already ordered my rims with an offset for a 3" narrowed per side rear. Did strange mess up?
Can anybody please verify what the appropriate length of a rear is suppose to be when its narrowed 3" per side on an 4th gen fbody?
Thanks, Derek!
Can anybody please verify what the appropriate length of a rear is suppose to be when its narrowed 3" per side on an 4th gen fbody?
Thanks, Derek!
12-20-2014 | 03:31 AM
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Hello all, I recently ordered my s60 with 3" narrowed per side. I was getting supplies to paint it when I figured lets just measure to be sure. Well I came up with 60.5" flange to flange. I went out and measured my stock rear and got 64.75-65" (tape measure wasn't perfectly straight). It wouldn't be the biggest deal except I already ordered my rims with an offset for a 3" narrowed per side rear. Did strange mess up?
Can anybody please verify what the appropriate length of a rear is suppose to be when its narrowed 3" per side on an 4th gen fbody?
Thanks, Derek!
Can anybody please verify what the appropriate length of a rear is suppose to be when its narrowed 3" per side on an 4th gen fbody?
Thanks, Derek!
12-20-2014 | 08:26 AM
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Sorry man my memory apparently isn't very good. I knew we got it narrowed as far as they could without altering anything on the car. Because its all together and I was just laying under the car with a tape measure. It looks like ours is 55.5 inches, flange to flange. the backspace on our rims is 5.5 inches
12-20-2014 | 10:20 AM
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On a 10" wide rim? It would not be possible. Ours is over 3" a side and we wanted to have it at 4.5, but it would have rubbed the fender flange. Even with it trimmed down to a 1/4" it only clears by about 3/8".
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12-20-2014 | 10:41 AM
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4.5" is the norm on a 10" rim. Most people run a radial tire. I run a MT 275 Pro.
I don't see how you got that 28-10.5 to fit with 5.5 bs. Bet that was a bitch, without mini tubbing it.
I don't see how you got that 28-10.5 to fit with 5.5 bs. Bet that was a bitch, without mini tubbing it.
12-20-2014 | 10:59 AM
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Sorry man my memory apparently isn't very good. I knew we got it narrowed as far as they could without altering anything on the car. Because its all together and I was just laying under the car with a tape measure. It looks like ours is 55.5 inches, flange to flange. the backspace on our rims is 5.5 inches
Just to clarify, your 55.5" is axle flange to flange, not rearend housing flange right?
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12-20-2014 | 03:35 PM
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No. That was from the outside of the axle housing flanges on both ends. Just measure yours outside of housing flange to other side. And then you could compare my measurement to yours keeping in mind that ours was as short as it could be cut. If our measurement is less. Then you can see how much more the you could have gone.
12-20-2014 | 03:42 PM
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Actually it was very easy. Where the bump stop was, it stuck out quite a bit. So we cut it flat with the rest of the frame rail. Then replaced it with a flat plate for strength. We have coil overs in the back. Just drilled a hole in the plate to put the bolt through. Our tire will completely go up into the wheel well without hitting anything.
12-20-2014 | 04:15 PM
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You can see how it was, and hopefully you can zoom in on the one on the lift. You can see the flat plate just above the tire. Then in the one you can see how far it will go up in the wheel well. And you can see how they are tucked in, not sticking out. Its actually perfectly centered in there. Had to use the off set control arms too.
12-20-2014 | 04:31 PM
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No. That was from the outside of the axle housing flanges on both ends. Just measure yours outside of housing flange to other side. And then you could compare my measurement to yours keeping in mind that ours was as short as it could be cut. If our measurement is less. Then you can see how much more the you could have gone.
Ps thanks so much and really digging your white roll cage!
12-20-2014 | 04:41 PM
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Hmmm, maybe I'm confusing myself. I too measured 55.5" housing flange to flange. I just figured it would be 6" shorter overall than stock. Did you specify 3" shorter per side when you ordered yours? So with your 5.5" back spacing the wheel would be tucked 1" over factory?
Then yours is as narrow as they can make it. I'm sorry but I can't remember what the stock rear end measured. No I just told them to make it as narrow as possible. Wanted more dish so we wanted 4.5" bs but it would not fit the way we wanted. So we got 5.5.
Ps thanks so much and really digging your white roll cage!
Then yours is as narrow as they can make it. I'm sorry but I can't remember what the stock rear end measured. No I just told them to make it as narrow as possible. Wanted more dish so we wanted 4.5" bs but it would not fit the way we wanted. So we got 5.5.
Ps thanks so much and really digging your white roll cage!
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12-20-2014 | 05:11 PM
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Holy moly show car status. Did you make that aluminum trim between the steering wheel and the stock colomn?
My stock rear measured 64.75 axle to axle and 59.5 housing to housing. New s60 measured 60.5 axle to axle and 55.5 housing end to end. That's what threw me off like it was only narrowed 2" per side.
My stock rear measured 64.75 axle to axle and 59.5 housing to housing. New s60 measured 60.5 axle to axle and 55.5 housing end to end. That's what threw me off like it was only narrowed 2" per side.
12-20-2014 | 07:38 PM
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Actually it was very easy. Where the bump stop was, it stuck out quite a bit. So we cut it flat with the rest of the frame rail. Then replaced it with a flat plate for strength. We have coil overs in the back. Just drilled a hole in the plate to put the bolt through. Our tire will completely go up into the wheel well without hitting anything.
12-20-2014 | 07:42 PM
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Hello all, I recently ordered my s60 with 3" narrowed per side. I was getting supplies to paint it when I figured lets just measure to be sure. Well I came up with 60.5" flange to flange. I went out and measured my stock rear and got 64.75-65" (tape measure wasn't perfectly straight). It wouldn't be the biggest deal except I already ordered my rims with an offset for a 3" narrowed per side rear. Did strange mess up?
Can anybody please verify what the appropriate length of a rear is suppose to be when its narrowed 3" per side on an 4th gen fbody?
Thanks, Derek!
Can anybody please verify what the appropriate length of a rear is suppose to be when its narrowed 3" per side on an 4th gen fbody?
Thanks, Derek!
12-20-2014 | 09:03 PM
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Ordered it through my local speed shop, the Lord worked crazy good deal on it, so way under what any of these vendors are offering. Ya complete. The rims are bogarts, d6 15 x 12 with 6.25" bs, which if shortened 3" on each side will tuck the center of the wheel in .75".