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Re: [T3] Notchback rear is sagging, and rubbing on my tire !!


On 13 Jun 2004 at 22:00, Robert Carpenter wrote:

> --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote:

> It's possible that the wheels you got do not all
> > have the same offset. You 
> > should be able to tell this by swapping the wheels
> > from side to side.
> 
> This is what im hoping for !! As i allready had 2
> chrome 5 spokes, and i just so happens that i put the
> chrome ones on the drivers side, (yes its only the
> rear thats rubbing and its at the top of the fender
> well).

If the outside wall of the tire is rubbing against the fender, then it is also 
possible that the car has had body work on one side, leaving it slightly 
distorted. The distorted side could be either the rubbing or the non-rubbing 
side.

Wheels with different offsets remain a strong possibility.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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