farewall to the 91 200q20v avant

[ben swann]

Would it be worth taking/swapping the calipers off the '87 5000 tq, as
the car will likely be for parts? BTW the 5000 is for sale with over
$9k in new parts(posted on Marketplace).  There are relatively new ATE
powerdisk rotors, pads and calipers are in good condition that I could
swap over.  Would this be a ridiculous downgrade?

If the spacers work, then that is probably my solution.

On the other hand, one of the few annoying things I experienced in my
drive home yesterday was the shimmy I felt when I applied the brakes,
which I attributed to rotors.  I did not have that problem with
the '87 - nothing but smooth at all speeds after I changed out the
original rotors.  I did not want to begin pumping money into the car,
especially if the UFO's are costly.

Ben
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Phenneger <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2003 4:13 am
Subject: Re: RE: farewall to the 91 200q20v avant

> Ben,
>  H&R makes a full set of wheel spacers for these car.  I assume
> your wheels wont fit because the 91' 20v has the original UFO
> brakes?  You could convert to G-60's now if it needs brakes.
> But thats not cheap.  In the meantime get some 8mm spacers to
> take up the space.  They are hub centric and work well.
>  Dont forget longer bolts to match.
> l8r
>  Todd Phenneger
>  1-4ktq
>  2-ur-q's
>
> --- ben swann <benswann at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Taka,
> >
> > Great - But I just found out my Fuchs don't fit on the 20v.
> > Opting out
> > of buying the snows on steel wheels from Dan, as I was going
> > to install
> > my Fuchs with all seaon 205/60 VR15 tires on the '91 200 20v.
> >
> > It seems they won't quite bolt all the way down and reach the
> > hub/bolt
> > flange and there is about 1/8" of space between the wheel
> > flange and
> > hub/bolt flange before the lugs get torqued down.  I am
> > wondering if
> > there is any type of readily available plate I can insert to
> > take up
> > the clearance?
> >
> > Maybe the the Fuchs can't fit at all, in which case I'll be
> > selling
> > them - a nice set of unblemished Silver Fuch Wheels.  I'll
> > then need to
> > be on the lookout for some wheels with Snows or all-season
> > radials for
> > winter.
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: TM <t44tq at mindspring.com>
> > Date: Saturday, January 25, 2003 8:30 pm
> > Subject: RE: farewall to the 91 200q20v avant
> >
> > > Ben-
> > > Congrats.
> > >
> > > Don't forget that the 200 also has a much-improved
> > dashboard, tighter
> > > feel and the nice flared fenders that give you virtually any
> > option
> > with regard to wheels- 9" wide with the proper offset can be
> > done, try
> > that with a 10v
> > > type 44.
> > >
> > > Taka
> >
> >
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