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10-25-2014, 06:47 PM
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Snows on Duckfeet
Winter. 
It's coming.
It's coming.
10-26-2014, 09:09 PM
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10-26-2014, 09:42 PM
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Hello Bob. Glad you discovered detailing clay. Although sooner is better, it's never too late, man.
10-30-2014, 05:49 PM
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B2 Auto Designs - 15mm Wheel Spacer Adapters
Speaking of duckfeet... bought these so they won't look so silly after the drop.
11-06-2014, 06:35 PM
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I would think pellet or BB gun as their projectiles are about 1/8" and not high powered enough to leave more than a nasty dent. Anything more than that like a .22 would punch a hole in the door. Still that sucks though. I'm sorry you had that happen to your car.
11-14-2014, 08:42 AM
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Duckfeet with Snows and Spacers
I installed the Snows and Spacers this week, and overall I'm very pleased with how the duckfeet will look back on the car for Winter. The concern was the drop on Swift Springs, and how unhappy I'd be seeing the OEM sport rims tucked deep into the fender because of the drop. So I coughed up the money for a set of 15mm wheel spacer adapters from B2 AutoDesign; (pics a few posts back).
Installing the spacers was both easy, and a PITA. Had to shop around for a 6-sided 17mm 1/2" socket that would fit inside the spacer. Finally found one at Sears.
A few days after the install, I got to thinking I didn't have to use the little half-sized lug-nuts that came with the spacers. I think there's enough clearance into the duckfeet between the lug-holes that I could have used the lug-nuts that came with the vossens. Or even my McGard spline-drive lug-nuts. Something for me to experiment with in the Spring.
Here are the pics, reposted from the Sedan Chat Thread.
Installing the spacers was both easy, and a PITA. Had to shop around for a 6-sided 17mm 1/2" socket that would fit inside the spacer. Finally found one at Sears.
A few days after the install, I got to thinking I didn't have to use the little half-sized lug-nuts that came with the spacers. I think there's enough clearance into the duckfeet between the lug-holes that I could have used the lug-nuts that came with the vossens. Or even my McGard spline-drive lug-nuts. Something for me to experiment with in the Spring.
Here are the pics, reposted from the Sedan Chat Thread.
11-14-2014, 10:44 AM
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I installed the Snows and Spacers this week, and overall I'm very pleased with how the duckfeet will look back on the car for Winter. The concern was the drop on Swift Springs, and how unhappy I'd be seeing the OEM sport rims tucked deep into the fender because of the drop. So I coughed up the money for a set of 15mm wheel spacer adapters from B2 AutoDesign; (pics a few posts back).
Installing the spacers was both easy, and a PITA. Had to shop around for a 6-sided 17mm 1/2" socket that would fit inside the spacer. Finally found one at Sears.
A few days after the install, I got to thinking I didn't have to use the little half-sized lug-nuts that came with the spacers. I think there's enough clearance into the duckfeet between the lug-holes that I could have used the lug-nuts that came with the vossens. Or even my McGard spline-drive lug-nuts. Something for me to experiment with in the Spring.
Here are the pics, reposted from the Sedan Chat Thread.
Installing the spacers was both easy, and a PITA. Had to shop around for a 6-sided 17mm 1/2" socket that would fit inside the spacer. Finally found one at Sears.
A few days after the install, I got to thinking I didn't have to use the little half-sized lug-nuts that came with the spacers. I think there's enough clearance into the duckfeet between the lug-holes that I could have used the lug-nuts that came with the vossens. Or even my McGard spline-drive lug-nuts. Something for me to experiment with in the Spring.
Here are the pics, reposted from the Sedan Chat Thread.
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11-14-2014, 12:23 PM
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Well... for Winter.
11-14-2014, 12:27 PM
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Seriously.
Wheels were never a priority to me.If I had money to burn, some year soon I'd like to have three sets of wheels and tires, and then sell whichever summer set I liked the least: either the Vossens, or the lightweight 18's.
11-14-2014, 01:06 PM
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Here's another perspective that just occurred to me. I suspect if my car were just like this last year (lowered and spaced), that I wouldn't have bought new wheels at all. Or that if I ever did, it would have been lightweight 18's rather than 19" Vossens.
Seriously. Wheels were never a priority to me.
If I had money to burn, some year soon I'd like to have three sets of wheels and tires, and then sell whichever summer set I liked the least: either the Vossens, or the lightweight 18's.
Seriously.
Wheels were never a priority to me.If I had money to burn, some year soon I'd like to have three sets of wheels and tires, and then sell whichever summer set I liked the least: either the Vossens, or the lightweight 18's.
I'm just sitting here waiting for my 18's. Maybe I would end up getting some swift springs after those pics.
