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> Correcting the rear wheel to fender offset.
Jonny Retrofit
post Sep 16 2021, 12:11 AM
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Hi Guys,

We are running 8 x 15 Fuchs on the back of our narrow body '14. With careful tyre choice and a mild fender pull this works great on the passenger side of the car. On the driver side, however, there is 5mm less clearance which appears to be a common issue.

The wheels look great and I want to keep them so have been thinking about how to correct this offset. One option would be to modify the trailing arm front pivot tube. E.g. shorten on the inboard side and lengthen outboard, bringing the arm in by 5mm.

Any thoughts on this approach with respect to the suspension geometry? The only thing I can think of is that the damper would be at a slightly different angle but I can't see 5mm across the length of the damper making that much difference. We don't have a rear ARB. Pretty sure the driveshaft has enough slack to cope with the 5mm reduced distance.

Thoughts welcome!
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Jonny Retrofit   Correcting the rear wheel to fender offset.   Sep 16 2021, 12:11 AM
SirAndy   Thoughts welcome! Just pull the drivers side ...   Sep 16 2021, 12:35 AM
Jonny Retrofit   Thoughts welcome! Just pull the drivers side...   Sep 16 2021, 12:49 AM
LefthandRev   Thoughts welcome! Just pull the drivers side...   Sep 16 2021, 10:30 AM
Jonny Retrofit   This side is fine: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/u...   Sep 16 2021, 12:58 AM
Superhawk996   This side is fine: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   Sep 16 2021, 01:07 PM
mepstein   [quote name='Jonny Retrofit' post='2945852' date=...   Sep 16 2021, 01:10 PM
Jonny Retrofit   [quote name='Jonny Retrofit' post='2945852' date=...   Sep 16 2021, 01:28 PM
Optimusglen   You going to shorten the axle 5mm too? Or potentia...   Sep 16 2021, 08:21 AM
mskala   Unsure of your goals and restrictions, but given t...   Sep 16 2021, 08:43 AM
brant   Unsure of your goals and restrictions, but given ...   Sep 16 2021, 09:23 AM
Shivers   Out of the box. Is your 914 some kind of fire brea...   Sep 16 2021, 09:20 AM
Jonny Retrofit   Just to be clear, I don’t want to narrow the arm...   Sep 16 2021, 10:45 AM
mrholland2   Just to be clear, I don’t want to narrow the ar...   Sep 16 2021, 11:12 AM
jcd914   The suspension is precisely aligned with the cente...   Sep 16 2021, 10:59 AM
horizontally-opposed   Agree with others—the right move here is, unfort...   Sep 16 2021, 11:05 AM
infraredcalvin   Although I'm not a fan of stretched tires, the...   Sep 16 2021, 12:18 PM
Jonny Retrofit   Yes it’s the car that was on Vintage Voltage. I...   Sep 16 2021, 01:04 PM
mepstein   This used to happen all the time at the shop where...   Sep 16 2021, 01:08 PM
914e   @Jonny Retrofit My rear fender clearance varied c...   Sep 16 2021, 01:35 PM
rhodyguy   Try a baseball bat. Or in your case a cricket bat ...   Sep 16 2021, 01:48 PM
targa72e   I did similar to 914E but used plywood against the...   Sep 17 2021, 08:03 PM


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