[s-cars] Wheel Offset Q no A

[Martin, Gary G]

To those new members lowering their cars, an inexpensive (hell, it's free)
way to get the negative camber back in spec. or very close, is by elongating
the camber plate slots with a round file. I did this on my S4, and one side
is within spec and the other side is very close. Sorry, I don't have the
details with me, but IIRC they were at 1.0 and 1.2 negative. Prior to this
mod they were at 1.5 negative, and based on tire wear at that setting, I
think tire wear will be acceptable at the new settings.

Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Munger [mailto:mungerts at uneedspeed.net]
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 5:49 PM
To: 's-car-list'
Subject: [s-cars] Wheel Offset Q no A


With camber getting out of whack when lowering our S-cars, how would a
lesser offset affect the problem, would it make it worse (i.e. more
correction would be necessary) or better (less correction would be
necessary)?  Would the opposite be true with a greater offset?

My thinking is that with a lesser offset (than 40 mm), the moment arm is
shorter between the hub and the centerline of the wheel, therefore any angle
created as a result of lower suspension, would be lessened by a lesser
offset wheel.

TIA,
--Scott Munger
'93 S4



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