C4RL0
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to have wheels machined down to your correct offset?
I'm looking at some wheels but they only come in some daft offset of about 20, which won't be any good the Corsa.
Does anyone know or heard of anywhere that does this?
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STEvieXE
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not that amount, think maybe could get away with 3mm or so. some dont agree with that but i have saw it done, maybe not the safest tho
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Toby
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you can but is only like three mil so i.e. from a 49 to a 46 you cant add it on which is what you want if you have et 20
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Mattb
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taking 29mm of is a bit much tbh
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STEvieXE
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ur adding offset to wheels when u skim them, not removing. sounds wierd but true
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaB4ever
you can but is only like three mil so i.e. from a 49 to a 46 you cant add it on which is what you want if you have et 20
i thought the whol point of machining wheels is to get the offset higher? not lower
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Mattb
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yep, offset is actually measured in - mm.. strange but true 
[Edited on 09-06-2007 by Mattb]
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C4RL0
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so if there is no way i can skim them what else can I do?
Maybe have the arches pulled out? Euro stylee?
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LeeM
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stretch 
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Kurt
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you can get spacers to fit them to corsas these days, think i saw in the lates tv
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Robin
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He doesn't want spacers, that'd make them sit out even further.
A 20mm spacer (which an adaptor would be) would make an ET20 wheel have an effective offset of ZERO, that's 49mm too low for a Corsa.
Anyway, 29mm off the face of the wheel is fat too much, unless it's got REALLY thick hubs on the wheel, if it's a normal wheel, it'll just end up thin and weak and the bolt might pull through.
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M2RTY
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BUT all wheels come from the same casting and then are machined at factory
wheel A might have 10mm taken off it and wheel B might have 20mm taken off it. taking a further 10mm off wheel A will not do any harm
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Robin
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It depends on the drilling of the bolt holes.
On a wheel with an offset of 20, it might have 10mm between the chamfer and the mounting face, a wheel with a 49mm offset would be the same, so removing 10mm from either would make the bolt pull through.
The holes are drilled for bolts the same length, it's very rare for the bolts to be really long.
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C4RL0
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quote:
Originally posted by Kurt
you can get spacers to fit them to corsas these days, think i saw in the lates tv
I'm wanting to sit the wheel further under the arch, not further out.
Does anyone know where I can get my arches pulled out, it's got to be a top job. It would really suit the wheels I'm after as well if I got some flared arches
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Kurt
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hmm let me have a quick gander in tv, im sure it said hk make something..
edit: it was h&r apparently they make spacers and adaptors
try www.amdtechnik.com
[Edited on 10-06-2007 by Kurt]
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C4RL0
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i'm not wanting spacers or adaptors! Spacers make them sit out furhter, which I do not want and I don't need adaptors because i can get them in 4 x 100!
I want to know of any proper places that do arch flaring, non of this filler shit.
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ajscorsa
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ive got et40 wheels wanna get them machined so its et 45, this be ok u rekon???
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C4RL0
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duno mate, apparently you can do it about 3mm. So you can get them machined to about et43. I thought 40 would just be Ok though?
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ajscorsa
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its fine lowered 40 but rubbed with people in the back -60, plus there 7.5" wide rather that usual 7
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C4RL0
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what size tyres have you got on them?
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ajscorsa
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195 40 16's
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C4RL0
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solution - strip it out
No ferrying people about so it won't scrub 
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ajscorsa
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loll nahh, i need the petrol money from them loll
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IvIarkgraham
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i had mine machined from 42-45 but its not reccomended to take 29mm off
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ajscorsa
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how much did i cost mate?
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