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broster
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having to start looking for some track tyres soon, i have a spare set of 15" compomotive wheels et49, wondering if anyone has run a 195/50/15 tyre on a corsa with no rubbing, dont want to shread the tyres on the body work......
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should be fine mate i would have thought, have some 50's at work myself for one of the corsa, not really that diffrent
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26th Feb 08 at 20:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cool, if it rubs your to blame
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pmsl, thanks mate
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i was running 50/195's yoko 048's on 7" rims

The only issue i had was with the inner edge of the tyre was rubbing on the suspension.

To sort i raised the suspension a few mm. Spacers would have worked too.

They were on ProRace et45 or 49 for info
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im using 3mm spacers at the moment to clear the suspension, but wh=ith a few tweeks it should be ok, cheers adam
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I was going to say, suspension height is an obvious limit to what tyre size you can use, and wheel width.
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mark - my steelies are 6.5x15 et49 and i run a 195/50r15 yoko parada with a 5mm spacer on the front without scrubbing
Robin
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26th Feb 08 at 21:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You woman, asking before buying.

Just get it done.
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James - Sell me your BBS rims
corsaandy
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im running 195/50 toyo r888 on cav gsi rims so 15x6 et49 and they have been fine no rubbing at all


best pic of fit i have got

but if your going with toyos its best to note this

http://marktg.toyotires.com/file/TireStorage.pdf
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26th Feb 08 at 21:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
That's no big deal, cracked tread never harmed anyone
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lol does if they blowout tho!!
smcGSI16V
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quote:
Originally posted by corsaandy
im running 195/50 toyo r888 on cav gsi rims so 15x6 et49 and they have been fine no rubbing at all



Thats good to know as I've got the same rims and I is purchasing some R888's next month.
Steve X16XE
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I'm going to get some 888's for my TD 1.2's. It'll not be sat "on it's arse" when it's all set up for the track.
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thats that sorted then
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mark. i have 195/50 15's on my sport, it never rubbed, that was 40mm, and even when pushed it didnt

i had my first corsa on 50's dropped 60mm and that didnt rub either
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Might have to raise the front of the car a bit, but the MOs are 6x15 ET49, so they should be fine.
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
mark. i have 195/50 15's on my sport, it never rubbed, that was 40mm, and even when pushed it didnt

i had my first corsa on 50's dropped 60mm and that didnt rub either

only thing is ill be running more camber than a standard car so this will move the top of the tyre towards the suspension, and im running coilovers which are wider than std

got some wheels and tyres to try tho

 
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