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I think if you move the wheel out with longer studs and a spacer or something it accelerates wear of the wheel bearings due to increased load, like extra torque load being applied during corners because the wheel is further out from the "fulcrum" point (the axle). Not sure how much you can get away with before it is noticeable though and it would depend on the offset/width of the rim as to how much extra torque it would produce.

Pretty sure that's it anyway.

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^Not to mention it's illegal! And in this case I actually see a vapid reason for it being so.

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Yeah....sanity prevails guys.....road use maybe but not when its gonna' end up with a semi slick tyre on it.....
Different wheels here we come.....want to keep factory alloys on it so were now on the hunt for some BA wheels....

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A wise decision mate. Happy wheel hunting!

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Oh yeah and I always forget to mention illegal so potentially no insurance in a crash.

Good luck with the search! I've seen the BA 18" XR rims on plain XT Falcons and on XR8's with PBR brakes...might be worth offering to buy them off a random guy if you can't find any for sale off car.

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If you're too fussed on size, all FPV 19" rims fit. You could always throw on a set of rims off a FPV GS. They're factory and I'm pretty sure they were the standard rim on the BF GTP. I've seen them sell for about $1500. Usually have some usable rubber on them for that price too.

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Ive bought 8 BA alloys that have small buckles, gutter rash on them......
Im going to get them all straightened out and have four polished up to use as road wheels while the other four will be just painted silver for track use.

Not real cheap at 250 odd bucks a wheel to get em' cleaned up....ugh

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You'll have quite a collection though and at least no chance of getting the white worm effect under the clear I've seen on so many FPV rims (mine included). At least I assume the XR8 18's don't have the same hard corner between the outer face and the inside faces.

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yep.....got 11 rims now.....spun em'up and only two are really crook......so Im getting 4 redone really nice for road use and the others will be for track work.

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