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Old 15-03-2010, 09:56 AM
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still having trouble fitting the cosworth wheels onto my standard 3 door sierra, so ive got spacers on atm, and wel it drives shit with spacers and mot time is coming up soon and the wheels stick out the arches, so ive been looking at 3 door cosworth hubs and 3 door cosworth suspension, but dont want to buy both if theres no difference to the standard hubs apart from the abs does anyone know?

or is it just the suspension i need to change?

as with my standard suspension and hubs without spacers the suspension sits on the tyre when i let the jack down
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What off set wheels are they ?, what size are they ?, the 3 door hub is different in many ways, most noticeably cost, you won't get any change out of £150 a pair s/h, then you also may have to buy new tca's, as the outer joints are different and won't fit some std hubs.
I can only assume you are using a larger wheel diametre, and it is hitting the spring pan ?, the spring pan on the cossie is much higher, ie further away from the tyre, on a cossie with std wheels/tyres, you can't squeeze your little finger in the gap between the tyre and spring pan, there is a gap but very small.
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they are standard 3 door cosworth wheels 15/205/45, yea its hitting the spring pan, and ive looked at cosworth suspensions and there doesnt look any difference in height, ill get cosworth suspension then and see how it goes if there is a slight gap, thanks for the help

was going to get these, they come up on the cheap now and then

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Originally Posted by boy-racer-1
was going to get these, they come up on the cheap now and then

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT
it says in the listing that they are "pinch bolt type" so they are not 3 door cossie hubs
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I had std cossie 2wd suspension on my last sierra, with 3 door hubs, on 205/50X15, and also to start with the std hubs, went on no problem.
As jon has pointed out these hubs on ebay are cossie, but not 3 door, easy way to tell they are cossie is the area at the base of the strut is filled in, whereas it is sculpted out on a non cossie hub.
Nothing wrong with std sapphy hubs, a lot cheaper than 3 door hubs, and foir what you're wanting just as good, just make sure they are 2wd hubs, 4wd take different struts(thicker body).
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ok cheers thanks for the help
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