Corsa CDX
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Hello,
I'm new to this site and i need your help i've got a 5 door corsa which i want to fit 17 inch alloy's onto & lower it,how low can i go without any arch modification the alloy size will be 7 by 17 and the tyre size will be 205/40/17 also what would be the best lowering kit for this car...............
Many thank's in advance's
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digitalbanana
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i think the answer u'll get is you can lower it 40mi...depending on the offset. et45-49 are needed for vaux. but most likely u'll need to remove the arch bolts on at least one arch and bond them back on.
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Gambit
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send a u2u to KrisTD he'll give you all the answers u need, he has a five door on 17's and lowered 60mm
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Kris TD
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without arch modifications on a 5 door, not a chance mate. had to butcher my archs to get 17's on. let alone dropping it 60mm, although i can now carry 5 people with no rubbing atall.
http://groups.msn.com/krispringle/exterior.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=38
tak a look at that pic, the fronts dont rub and i havent done anything to them, its the backs that caused the problems as the wheels hit the inner archs, not the outer archs like they do on 3 doors.
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Kris TD
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http://groups.msn.com/markpringle/carmods.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=60
thats it with standard rear archs lowered 60mm
oh it used to rub with just me in the car lowered 35mm when i first got 17's and that was with none of those plastic archs on the car.
[Edited on 05-06-2003 by Kris TD]
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Corsa CDX
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 Cheers Guy's & thanks for the info Kris TD
[Edited on 05-06-2003 by Corsa CDX]
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TOMAS
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Easy to get 60mm but not comfortable.... im down 70mm front, 60mm rear with 17's on my five door. It NEVER catches but is very bumpy. You have to use Powerflex bumpstops and mod them slightly to so that you are just sitting off the bumpstops by a couple of mill's. You need to also do all the usual, removing the top THREE bolts from the rear arch's and also shaving approx 5mm off of the plastic lip on the arch. I also slightly knocked out the metal arch on the back with a mallet but only about 4mm outwards which i dont think was needed.
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Kris TD
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basically like mine except i had to cut the metal work too as it still caught.
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