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Old December 18th 2004, 12:51
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Unhappy +3cm on the left and +5 on the right ???

hi,
ok, I`ve got 1303 (1974), kerscher coil-overs, 944n/a front brake setup and Cup2 7" et55 alloys.... it all looks awesome... but only on paper. Problems occured when I started putting all this together. Everything fits fine... but... drivers side wheel sits +3cm from the fender edge and on pasanger side wheel sticks out +5cm .... ??? well can any one tell me whats going on? is it possible to adjust this difference? if so - how?

I`ve just left the garage after 2 hours spent under the car measuring all the distances on both sides of the car and everything seems ok... please help !!!!

I can send some pictures if it helps to understand the problem (I know that my english is lame

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Old December 18th 2004, 18:15
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Have you thought about the fenders being miss shaped or not the same?
It would be easy for a beetle fender to look right and still be a few Millimeters off from one side to the other.
This could be the case, and if it is. it might just be as easy as bending on of the fenders out or in to make them even (just a little, as you dont want to tweek them) If they are already painted (for the final time) i would not recomend bending the fenders much at all, if any. In doing so it would be easy to crack the paint along the fender lip.

Maybe measure from a fixed point on the body (not fender) out the the fender lip to see if one fender is different. Assuming all the fenders are bolted up tight and not loose.

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Old December 18th 2004, 18:30
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this does seem very odd, but it is probably the fenders....

btw, can you tell me why your setup is sticking out past the fenders so much?

With 17 x 7 et 55 wheels, should they be under the fender lip and not sticking out past the fender lip?
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Old December 19th 2004, 04:26
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you`re right... wheels should be under the fender... but they aren`t ... tyres are 205/45 and the distance between kerscher strunt and edge of a tyre is about 2-2,5cm... is it correct? can any one measure that distance? everything is bolted tight... I will post some pict today, on monday I will order fibreglass +4 fenders...

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Old December 19th 2004, 04:37
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This is not odd at all. The VW jig was not that great on the Super(1302/1303) Pan. My 72 is the same way, Rt. side wheel sits a little farther out than the Lt., not alot but it does. I have talked to many people that say the same thing. The Sandard Bug had some off measurements too. I don't think that they located the control arm mouting bracket on the pan with much precision. After all it was a cheap economy car.
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Old December 19th 2004, 16:01
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Hello kuna,
you might check the following: in your setup with the two bolts strut (74) you can adjust the camber on the wheels by two ways, by the upper bolt of the strut or from the inner bolt of the control arm. If you fixed all the bolts (without noticing the siting point of the inner control arm bolts) and then you went to someone for an alignment, more likely for him to have set it up via the upper bolt of the strut (easier). So the wheels will not be at a simetrical distance in reference with the longitudinal axis of the car and this might be the problem. Sorry for my english, I hope you catch the point

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