Munchie
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A corsa B lowered 50mm?! without arch mods?or wats involved in making them fit?
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loz@sussexcarz.com
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knock the arches out and cut the lip off of the plastic arch.unless the width of the wheels is more than a 7" then more work will be needed!
[Edited on 08-01-2005 by loz@sussexcarz.com]
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infinitycorsa
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no def not, i had a set et42 lowered 40mm .....even with the arches cut back and rubber hammered out i had to sell them.....dont do it m8, save ur self the hastle
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Munchie
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its not me! im selling my alloys but the lad that wants them is lowered 50mm 
they fit ok on my corsa c!
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Munchie
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also if the car wasnt lowered....wuld it fit then?
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by infinitycorsa
no def not, i had a set et42 lowered 40mm .....even with the arches cut back and rubber hammered out i had to sell them.....dont do it m8, save ur self the hastle
Funny how my ET42 18's only rub a little and it's lowered 60mm....
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ed
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They will fit, but will need to have the arches rolled. Tell him that.
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Munchie
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yeh ed they are the same wheels as ures but 17"
aint u got ure arches rolled tho!?
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ed
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I hammered them out a bit... Nothing to serious. I really need to chop the lip out to stop the scurbbage all together. When the -40mm springs were in they weren't scrubbing though.
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Munchie
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sound mate thanks!!
is there any tutorials on how to do this ?
u said u where lowered 40mm and it didnt scrub even on ET42? so lowered 50mm on 17" shuldnt rub in theory!!!!
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ed
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Well, bearing in mind I tested it once, they should be ok though really... So long as the arch work is put in. Mist XE did a tutorial on trimming the arches a while back. Dunno where it went thoug.
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Munchie
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and trimming the arches enables more types of wheels to fit as well tho!!!! ill send this thread to the lad neway!
cheers for ure help! ill get in touch with Mist XE as well!
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Mistamist
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Alright fella, there is a chance the side walls of the tyre will rub the inner arch on compression, but this also depends on the shape of the tyre wall, yoko's are quite square so havve a tendancy to rub slightly (did on mine and im et49 down 40)
where as avons have a curved sidewall that follows the contour of the arch. best thing to do is to let them rub slightly for a couple days then take them off as see where the tyre is making contact with the arch, big mallett, saw/grinder, some paint, annd you can cut the lip off the arch (this is where it usually catches)
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Twiggy
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Been down this one!!!!!!!!! They stuck out the arch about 1/2" that was std. Now running 40mm on 195/45/16 and there spot on, just the odd scapage just to remind you of the old days!!!!!!!!!!!
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infinitycorsa
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Im sorry 1800 but dont u think its more hastle than what its worth :S........... i had mine lowered 40mm with ice in back and was catching all the time even though the arches had been cut back.... easy solution DONT BUY ET42 unless u want shed loads of problems
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infinitycorsa
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quote:
Originally posted by Munchie
sound mate thanks!!
is there any tutorials on how to do this ?
u said u where lowered 40mm and it didnt scrub even on ET42? so lowered 50mm on 17" shuldnt rub in theory!!!!
Honestly m8 these will catch on a corsa b
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by infinitycorsa
Im sorry 1800 but dont u think its more hastle than what its worth :S........... i had mine lowered 40mm with ice in back and was catching all the time even though the arches had been cut back.... easy solution DONT BUY ET42 unless u want shed loads of problems
Just took me a few hours with a hammer and some tools for knocking the bodywork back... Still catch, but only over huge bumps, I was expecting that anyway with 18's lowered 60mm. Also depends on the car, as some Corsa's rub like hell on just one side, and others don't rub at all - to do with the manufacturing tolerences.
[Edited on 09-01-2005 by 1800ed]
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Ben
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Its easy to cut arches back , i did all for in just over an hour.
marked a line all the way around the arch just below the holes (1-2mm) then got jig saw and cut the full lip out , just watch on the drivers side as theres the fuel lines .
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