Quote Originally Posted by Marc_EE9 View Post
You can take 10mm off the 242 TRE's to fit onto an EF8/EF9, BUT I would NOT recommend this. People have had issues with this in the UK, mainly clearance issues.
Where have the clearance problems occured Mark ?

The reason the EF8/EF9 TRE's are shorter is that the steering arms on the their knuckle/hubs are longer than both the ED and DA9 knuckles, (the DA's being the usual choice when upgrading to 262mm brakes) which positions the TRE's ball joint hole closer in towards the steering rack.

I am asking about the clearance issues because the other alternative to shortening the ED TRE's is to shorten the actual tierod itself by the 10mm (has the same effect and a better choice). Having not had the chance to compare EF8 and ED TRE's side by side, is there a difference in their shape? I must admit I was originally puzzled by the offset "crank" in the ED and DA9 TRE's until I was under my CRX one day with the wheels turned full lock and noticed that the "crank's" purpose was to clear the wheels inner rim. I could only see there being a clearance problem if wheels with a greater offset than +38 or +40 were fitted or maybe very large diameter/combination of both. What do you think?