Re: [T3] Empi 8 spoke

[Douglas_Brashear@mail.amsinc.com]

I have EMPI 8-spokes on my 73 fastback and have had no problems whatsoever,
except maybe that the standard VW lugnuts are a little on the short
side...you will probably want to insert lug studs into your discs/drums and
use acorn-style lug nuts (that way you can also use a wheel lock on each
wheel, so some hoodlum doesn't make off with your new investment).

Just my $0.02

-Doug
69 auto FI square (for sale)
73 FI fasty (almost done & lookin' sharp)
98 NB
douglas_brashear@mail.amsinc.com



                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 



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To:   "type3@vwtype3.org" <type3@vwtype3.org>
cc:    (bcc: Douglas Brashear/AMS/AMSINC)
Subject:  [T3] Empi 8 spoke




Hello all,

Thanks for answering my questions about rims.  I have settled on the
eight spoke empi's for my 71 squareback.  The guy at Komet in California
said that on some squarebacks he thinks 71's the calipers rub on the
spokes in the front.  He says that a half-dollar sized disc sticks out
too far... probably the back of the piston.

Have any of you ever heard of this?

He also said one guy just filed it down a little, and another option was
to get some spacers from a porche dealer.

Have any of you guys heard of such a problem for empi's on a 71
squareback, all stock?

Thanks again,

Charlie

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