Sly boogie :D
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Hello there all =]
Picking up my first car on Monday (Arden blue 3 door Corsa B, 1.0 12V) and i have some 16" alloys here ready for it. They have 205/50/16 tires, will these be okay on standard height?
After i've got some money together i want to get some 195/45/16 rubbers on there and lower it -60mm. Does this sound like it will work alright?
Here is 2 pictures of one very similar to mine with the same alloys and 195/45/16 tires, but standard height, could someone photoshop them for me?:
Could someone also be a dear and colour and smooth the bumpers (the grey bit smoothed into the blue bit, and colour the arch, and the rear tow bar thing = gone please  )
Hope the IMG tags work! Got a few other plans but the first big one will be the wheels department.
Also, when i start working on it am i allowed to do a progress thread on it?
Thanks guys, can't wait till monday =]
[Edited on 07-12-2008 by Sly boogie ]
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marklawton
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you should be ok at standerd height, but you need to check the et of your wheels to be able to lower it 60mm, if they are et45-et49 then you will be ok
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Sly boogie :D
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How do i check the ET?
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Charlton
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will be cast on the rim
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Sean-B
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look like et38s to me
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Sly boogie :D
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Cool thanks guys. Could anyone photoshop it to roughly -60mm for me?
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Daveskater
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It's a bit tricky getting it the same level both ends with that angle, but this is roughly 60mm.
I agree with Sean-B though, they seem to be the wrong offset.
Also, with 205/50/16 the tyre is going to be a good few cm's larger than the originals, so the speedo will not be quite right. I have 195/45/16 and they are 2cm larger (which will be minimal difference - I think it's about half an mph at 30) so they will be even bigger. Plus my 12v was noticeably slower after fitting the 16's, and with the extra width on your tyre it will give it a little bit extra grip so will make it harder to turn than it made mine. Then again you will probably have PAS 
Base models ftw 
[Edited on 08-12-2008 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
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Sly boogie :D
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It looks sick in the rear photo! Not digging the lack of a spoiler though 
Picked mine up today, it's worse than i thought sadly The rear quarters both have pretty annoying dents in, quite noticeable. And the sill is dented, so what i thought would just be a door and bonnet will be a fair bit more
Am i right (and i'm very un-knowledgeable about offsets) that if their ET38's then a set of 10mm spacers will bring it out to ET48, enough for -60mm? I don't plan on racing my car anyway so they shouldn't be too risky?
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Daveskater
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It's not perfect but here are the blacks colour coded:
Yeah mate mine is the same colour and I want a spoiler too 
I'm not quite sure about the spacers tbh, I've not used them and haven't had reason to know about them yet so hopefully someone else will be able to help you out with that.
I'll try working on smoothing it now if you like
Oh yeah, feel free to start a progress thread when you have some pics of your own motor. If you like, include the pics I've done to show what you want it to look like etc.
Edit: It turns out that I fail at smoothing
[Edited on 08-12-2008 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Sly boogie :D
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Haha thanks mate, looks fantastic ^__^
Mine needs fixing before modifying sadly. It has alot of dents in the rear quarters which i'm NOT happy about
If you love photoshop, you could always make my wheels grey for me?
Like this colour:
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Daveskater
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Will do mate, I'll try and remember to do it tomorrow as I'm off out in a sec
Glad you like the pics  I forgot to do the door handles though 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Sly boogie :D
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Haha it was mainly the archs i need to see as i wasn't sure about it. I think it looks kinda wierd on a corsa but i think it'll look better when done
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Daveskater
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Here are the darkened wheels for you mate.
Imo fully colour coded is where it's at, I want mine done as well 
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Sly boogie :D
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Oh my god that looks awesome
I've decided i don't want a GSI spoiler though, i want this one:
As i like being different and being rounded i think it'll suit my smoothing plans
Thanks for all your help mate You seem good at photoshop haha!
If you want a challenge and your bored you could always try the spoiler *pulls puppy eyes and all that*
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Daveskater
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I'm alright with photoshop, as ever there will be people out there way better than I am
If you can get a pic of the spoiler at a similar angle to the car pic then I'll give it a bash
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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Sly boogie :D
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I didnt think you could as thats the only pic i've got. I'm pretty confident it'll look alright though, its not like its a devil spoiler or something haha!
You done anything to your corsa then? Pics?
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Sly boogie :D
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WHEY HEY!
Just checked my offset, it says ET45 on mine (they were off a cavalier if that helps, despite being aftermarket), does this mean i can go with my previous plan of a -60mm drop on 195/45/16's?
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Daveskater
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Yeah that should be alright
I haven't done a lot to my car yet because of insurance and actually buying the parts, if you click on the Garage button on my posts you can have a look at a load of pics from when I bought it (this Feb) to now.
[Edited on 10-12-2008 by Daveskater]
Numberwang!
Originally posted by AlunJ
I like you Dave, you are a man of men
Originally Whatapp'd by Neo
Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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