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Old 10-31-2009, 02:48 AM
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Merv, I spent an interesting morning at Matts' place, aka spookypt.

We put my Dragways on his Harrison and found to my surprise that they fit fine, just tucking inside the guards.

The only explanation that was confirmed by Scott at Venom is that I must have a R33 rear end. I had been told by the guy that i bought the car from that it is an R32 and he's ordered the wheels to suit Warricks spec.

So the lesson is don't assume that what one's told is correct.

The R33 is wider than the R32 (as I think you already know)

Anyway, Matts' RF Racing 17" wheels with +50mm offset (plus a 25mm spacer) are a perfect fit. Not Hallibrands but apart from the wrong colour look pretty smick. The next question is, will Mr Cross accept spacers? If not I'll leave them off for rego.

I'll persevere as you did with your wheel combo, I still can't fathom how you tucked them under the guard, i'll revisit this after paint. She's off to Des the painter in a few weeks......should be home before Chrissy for trimming up.
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