thunda
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got sum 17s off a golf et 37 and they fitted on my car with no problems,
not rubbing at all. So whats with people sayin you MUST HAVE ET 45-49?
the only problem ive been told of so far is with lowering? u cant go too low with et37s? is that the only problem?
my last wheels were 15's also et 37.
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rob_watti
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exactly u cant lower it at all. do wot they say stick wi 45-49 et and u cant go wrong. mine r et42 17's lowered 40 mm and i had big problems. i had to knock my arches out and then have then smoothed on the outside so u couldnt see where i had knocked them out. cost alot
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thunda
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even when i hav shit in my boot and people in the back the car is sittin on its ass and not scrubbin at all?
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luca2020
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thats cos u aint lowered it mate
people who get 17s lower it as well otherwise it looks like a monster truck, i very dout ull be able to lower 40mm with et37 and not do any major arch work
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Cybermonkey
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as soon as its lowered and people are in the back, say bye bye to arch rims. Those wheels must stick out like crazy. I bet your handling suffers terribly too right?
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Gambit
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u cant lower at all on 17's et37 ur car must look like a roller skate
the offset aint so big a deal on say 14 or 15 wheels but any bigger and offset is the main problem
u never said if it was a corsa b or c
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thunda
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the wheels dont stick out at all, and the car aint high at all, can just about get a finger in the gap between the back wheel and arch, and the fronts a touch higher.
so the only problem should be lowerin it.
k thanks. by the way its a corsa b. if u wanna see pics i can send em.
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Gambit
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yeah, email me them
only other thing i can think is that they are 7" wide
what profile are the tyres
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thunda
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205 40's bro, i think your right about them being 7" wide actually.
some1 told me that your the man to talk to about wheels.
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Gambit
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most 17's are 7.5 inch so u can get away with a slightly lower offset with 7 inch, though i still reckon you couldn't lower it
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Icy
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my 15s were et33 
rubbed like fkc with no lowerin
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greycorsa
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i had 15" et35 no lowerin. no probs.
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Gambit
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i had et35 also lowered 40mm & it rubbed with the 195/50 tyres, once swapped to 195/45 tyres then i had no rubbin
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Leven Cruise
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quote:
Originally posted by greycorsa
i had 15" et35 no lowerin. no probs.
Me too... lowered 60.
only 6.5 wide tho, with 45 profile tyres.
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