Re: 16 inch Borbet type Ts and 225/50Z16 Dunlop SP8000s...

[DeWitt Harrison <de@aztek-eng.com>]

On Mon, 12 Apr 1999 08:43:25 -0400, Peter Schulz wrote:

>Will not fit on a 1990 CQ with stock springs and Koni
>(yellow) sports...
>
>The tires will not clear the tie rod ends...

Despair not.

H&R sells wheel spacers for your car. Figure out how many
mm of clearance you need to open up a gap of, say,
4 mm between tire and steering arm then check out
their offerings. The thinnest is 8 mm, I believe, giving a
increase in track of 16 mm. H&R would consider this
a +16 kit. You may actually find that a little extra track
width in front will improve the car's ability to turn in.
(Make sure the fit in the rear is OK before going to all
this trouble. Spacers are seldom a solution in back.)

Try playing around with fit using washer stacks
held in place on the hub with something gummy while you
get in 3 bolts. Don't bear down on the bolts because there
won't be many threads engaged with the washers in place.
(That reminds me, you'll need longer bolts too for the
final installation.) Don't drive with the washers in place either!

I can help with an H&R p/n after you determine the thickness.
You may also be able to pick up a  mm or two by smoothing
the weld seam on the outboard side of the steering arm end
with a file. Only file where it will do you some good and don't
get heavy handed and break open the weld. HTH.

DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
88 5kcstq