13 inch wheels

[dopdog]

Has anyone got any pictures of a later raw striker that has been converted to 13 inch wheels? I am after some pictures of the rear setup or any advice with regards to doing it.

[r1_striker]

The bolt hole in the upright needs to be lowered by about 12mm and the one lower bush needs to be replaced with a rose joint. So needs a threaded boss needs to be adding on the lower suspension arm to take the rose joint.
Looked in to doing mine before i rebuilt it, spoke to martin at raw about it
hope this hleps

[dopdog]

does that mean i need a new bearing carrier?

[phoenix]

Using Wheelspacers is another possibility.

[r1_striker]

does that mean i need a new bearing carrier?

Do you mean the hub carrier? you can modify your old ones, could weld some plates on the side with the to arm hole further down. the bottom arm will be harder to change

[dopdog]

if you do this would you not change the movement/ camber of the set-up?

[JohnEM]

I had fun with this! I have an I.R.S. Striker with drum brakes.
First problem was the lower wishbone bolt through the carrier was too long, shortened and even the nut had to be cut down, I do check that its still there and tight, even then with Escort wheels I needed a spacer to stop the chamfer on the inside of the alloy from fowling it.
So it's tight and depends on the wheels you chose.
John.

[dopdog]

Thanks for the info,
I will get the rose jointed bottom wish bone that should get over this issue. I will let you know how I get on.

[Rost]

I've been looking into this too Don't know if Raw's solution will be elegant so some pictures would be a great help (haven't fount any on the net so far)
Lowering the hole in the top wishbone will certainly change the roll center of the car. Also I don't really like the design of the upright for use with rosejoints.

[dopdog]

will be doing this over the next few months so will keep you all updated.