Racer_Z_

It's a generic photo used for all car shocks. The add is for the Tokico Blue shock only. They are NOT car people, they will sell anything and everything and never know anything about what they sell. I've called a few places like this to see what they have to say. They can't even answer a simple question about the product. I prefer to pay a bit more at a place where the employees can answer my questions and offer product suggestions. "I've never used this part before..." "I'm trying to do this..." "Then you need to also get this for it to work properly...." "That won't work because of...., but this will work on your car....." Sure, I pay more, but I get more.

On Sunday it was not raining so we played with spacers and offsets. We used two 1/4 inch spacers to simulate zero offset. The wheel is a nameless BBS copy 15x7 with 1/2 inch offset. The tire is a Falken 225/50x15. We supported the two diagonal wheels to provide full suspension compression (bump). We didn't see any rubbing. It was close though and we didn't drive it. Dave Patten has informed us that our Retro-4 (15x7 zero offset) was shipped today. Maybe next weekend we will have them and can mount up some new tires. We won't be able to drive though, we're in the process of gutting the interior. The biggest obstacle is that we've removed all the wiring harnesses and are making new "racing" harnesses. This is a dedicated track car.

I was wondering the same thing after I made the post. I measured them today. They are about 1/2 inch offset. We had to use a 1/4 inch spacer to keep the fronts from rubbing the springs. If it wasn't raining, I would have put two spacers in to fit for zero offset. I ordered the Retro-4's today with a zero offset. (15x7) If they rub the fender I have access to a machine shop and can change the offset. I don't want to use spacers. 225/50x15 with a 15x7 is the largest tire/wheel allowed in the VARA class we want to run in. I read somewhere that with a zero offset, this won't rub on a stock Z. I haven't confirmed this, but I will find out soon enough.

We run 225/50x15 on 15x7 rims with stock bodywork and no rubbing. We have Tokico Lowering Springs and polyurethane bushings. Everything else that would effect wheel rub is stock. We've driven our 240z around town and out on the track like this. If rubbing is going to show up anyplace, it will be in the sweeper doing 120, and we don't rub.

I can't find the price. I will inform the powers-to-be. I remember it being about $300 for the two day week end.