Hazman
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i made a post earlier on today about some 15's on et40 lowering. I've been looking at some other alloys. Seen some nice 16's et 45 i want to lower the car 50 - 60 mm any chance of this happening.
cheers, sorry to be annoying
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Rileysport
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should be ok... de bolt the arches though
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Hazman
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ok thanks. Can anyone second that? i just wanna make sure. I guess its better to buy some more alloys with the correct offset that to try and make alloys with the wrong offset fit?
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abdus
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well, i think anything above et40 should be fine....
got halfords to change my et35 (tsw freeze) today to et42 (tsw pace) and will soon lower the car 50mm...
Haha I used the freeze alloys for free for 1.5 months....They apologised abt the wrong advice and I setteled on the et42 because there was nothing in et45 15s....
Hope its all fine.....
[Edited on 20-03-2006 by abdus]
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Hazman
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Lol, that was a good out come then.
I've been reading up more and 16's lowered to 40 look alrite, and they dont cause any problems, so i think the 16's on et45 up to 50mm are ok with little if no arch mods. if any one could definately confirm this it will set my mind at rest. they look better than 15's too. I think my current 15s on et40 will cause problems lowering 50-60mm from what i have gathered. so i think it might be a set of 16's!
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Hazman
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i dont know if it makes much difference but they are 7 inch wide? with tyres 195/45
[Edited on 20-03-2006 by Hazman]
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Adam_B
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mine are et 45 16x7 with a 195/45 this low-
arches are de-bolted and stuck back on with tigerseal, its fine but i never have people in the back
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Hazman
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how low is that at the back
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Adam_B
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think its 60mm.
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marklawton
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i have et45 alloys lowered 60mm, only had to debolt the back arches and i can have 2 people in the back, go for 195 tyres if you can
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Hazman
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is that on 16's
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Siberia
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it depends on how stiff your suspenion is and what tyres you have...
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marklawton
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quote:
Originally posted by Hazman
is that on 16's
yep, 16s et45 and lowered 60mm on g-max suspension
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Hazman
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they are actual;ly 6.5 inch rather than 7 inch. I take it this means they sit further into the arch?
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Daniel_Corsa
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I have 16" ET45 and lowered -50mm no rubbing what so ever and have not had to trim or de-bolt the arches.
Going down to -60mm at weekend may de-bolt just to be on the safe side.
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ckallis500
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im running 17x7's wit 205/40/17 tyres, my car is lowered 60mm front and 80mm back (ish) just re-move the 2 top bolts on each arch, mine do not rub at all...
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