lengthen axles

Old Aug 11, 2014 | 04:52 PM
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lengthen axles

Anyone know a place that can custom lengthen my rear axles?
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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 05:12 PM
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Any place that doesn't fabricate such a thing would be a bad idea I would think.
Unless you are going super widebody, is having a lower offset and chopping your fenders not sufficient?
Old Aug 11, 2014 | 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by sigterm
Any place that doesn't fabricate such a thing would be a bad idea I would think.
Unless you are going super widebody, is having a lower offset and chopping your fenders not sufficient?
I'm just running quite a bit of camber at the moment to fit my rims and the rear axles keep popping out
Old Aug 11, 2014 | 05:39 PM
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You could find some adjustable lateral links to move the wheel in or out. Sounds like you need some better fitting wheels though
Old Aug 11, 2014 | 06:22 PM
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Lateral links will exacerbate the problem since they actually move the knuckle itself laterally.

DDS can make you custom axles but they are going to be $$$

Tbh..... Roll/pull/chop fenders. It's cheaper and you can run a less stupid amount of camber.
Old Aug 12, 2014 | 01:46 AM
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since they actually move the knuckle itself laterally
Move the knuckle towards the center of the car more shortening the distance from the knuckle to the axle end. I used msi links to push my knuckle out, but there's adjustment to push it in also to shorten the distance. I don't see why that wouldn't work. Or even put in some wagon lateral links which are already shorter then the sedan ones.
Old Aug 13, 2014 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ddavis
Sounds like you need some better fitting wheels though
This
Old Aug 13, 2014 | 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ddavis
Move the knuckle towards the center of the car more shortening the distance from the knuckle to the axle end. I used msi links to push my knuckle out, but there's adjustment to push it in also to shorten the distance. I don't see why that wouldn't work. Or even put in some wagon lateral links which are already shorter then the sedan ones.
Yeah that's a good point, it would probably result in him having to run even more camber though.. Bottom line, get proper sized wheels and tires.
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Old Aug 13, 2014 | 06:51 PM
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Old Aug 14, 2014 | 01:41 PM
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I wouldn't even want to imagine the stress on the bearings with that much negative camber.. not to mention how easy the rear must lose control with so little tire contact.

WTF Japan?
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