romeo21
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can enyone help. i just got brand new 17ins wheels for my corsa lowerd 40mm. when ever i go over bumps it rubs badly. is there enything i could do.
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S21NMP
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what offset and tyre size did you get? did you have any arch mods done? I'm looking to get 17's with minimum arch mods. I think 17x7 is 205/40/17
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romeo21
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thats what i got and its rubbing at the front but i aint rolled the arches yet
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S21NMP
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apparently, you have to debolt the arches and bond them back on, unfortunately, I have my skirts bonded on top of the arches and so they cannot be removed.
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romeo21
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what kit have you got
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S21NMP
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Combat front bumper and panique side skirts...
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romeo21
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where did you buy the kit from and how much to spray and fit
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Icy
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what offsets the wheels tho?
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romeo21
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205/40/17
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S21NMP
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front bumper = £200 carismastyle.co.uk side skirts = £140 http://www.mcrallying.net/
Saxo spoiler w led brakelight = £110 Ripspeed
Got a friend in work who's husband did the work, charged me £350 for all that and to fit delocked colour coded handles which I'm still waitiing to get...
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romeo21
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that dont looke like a combat front
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Kieran McMutrie
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Mine is 205/40/17 and lowered 35mm with no rubbing problems at all. It did rub slightly to start with but I cut the top part of the plastic arch away and it's fine now. The main bit of plastic to stop crap spraying into engine bay is still there though
[Edited on 11-03-2003 by Kieran McMutrie]
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Tim
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205/40/17 isn't the 'offset'. We're talking about the ET number which should be between 45 and 49mm... this is how far the wheels stick in/out of the car (i.e. distance from bolt face to the centre of the wheel) and therefore have a lot to do with scrubbing!
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