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Nick(at)Scholtes1.com
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: Speedster Wheel Pants and Tires

KitFoxers,



I recently purchased a Model IV Speedster.  The kit came with wheel 

pants, but the builder never installed them, opting for large tundra 

tires instead.



I would like to install the wheel pants.  I've read somewhere that the 

tires that go under the pants are a different size than the stock 

tires.  But I've never seen it written anywhere as to what that size 

is.  So, some questions:



-- What is the "standard" Kitfox tire size?



--What size tire goes under the wheel pants?



-- What pressures does everybody typically run in their tires?



The builder included  the wheel pants.  In reading the installation 

instructions, there is a spindle that is used to support the outboard 

end of the pants.



-- Does anybody have a pair of wheel pant spindles that they would be 

willing to sell?



Thanks very much!



Nick Scholtes

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 10:43 am Post subject: Speedster Wheel Pants and Tires

Hi Nick-

I run 14-15 psi in my 16 x 7 x 8 Cheng-Shin tires under/in wheel  

pants...Grove landing gear. The wheel pant kit should include the  

outboard "spindles." The standard axle gets drilled to accept these  

spindles...out to 1/2", as I recall. The spindles are merely a large  

washer and internal nut welded to the end of a length of 1/2" (I  

believe) chrome-moly tubing. I had decided on going to the smaller  

tires so they would readily fit within the pants, and so as to not  

cut the pants to fit the tundra tires (which I had on at the time)  

and then find later that the smaller tires would leave huge gaps  

between the tires and pants. John McBean probably has the spindles. I  

hope you've got the mounting brackets for the inside of the wheel  

pants, as I had to build mine...lotsa work.



Lynn

On Feb 26, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Nick Scholtes wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 KitFoxers,



 I recently purchased a Model IV Speedster.  The kit came with wheel  

 pants, but the builder never installed them, opting for large  

 tundra tires instead.



 I would like to install the wheel pants.  I've read somewhere that  

 the tires that go under the pants are a different size than the  

 stock tires.  But I've never seen it written anywhere as to what  

 that size is.  So, some questions:



 -- What is the "standard" Kitfox tire size?



 --What size tire goes under the wheel pants?



 -- What pressures does everybody typically run in their tires?



 The builder included  the wheel pants.  In reading the installation  

 instructions, there is a spindle that is used to support the  

 outboard end of the pants.



 -- Does anybody have a pair of wheel pant spindles that they would  

 be willing to sell?



 Thanks very much!



 Nick Scholtes

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Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
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