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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: twistedblack69 on 06 February 2010, 20:09
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Just put some RZs on my Golf with a 195/55/15 profile and having some rubbing issues. The rear arches don't seem to be as bad as how they used to be with my 80mm drop suspension,
They're not as close to the arches as they were with my old alloys,
yet when I'm driving, they start rubbing,
and the front wheels are rubbing on the arch cowling. Will this be remedied by putting a 50 profile tyre on them, or am I going to have to look at a 185/50/15 tyres all round?
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195/55 is too big especially with a 24mm offset, 185/55 being the largest diameter standard size. Think 195/50 with arch work, or 195/45.
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Ok, I might go 185/45/15 just to be safe lol are Yokohama Parada any good?
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Ok so apparently I can't get 185/45/15, so will 195/45 be enough?? Is that gonna stop the rubbing on the cowling, or am I gonna need to take that off completely?
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That offset sounds way out for the car. I thought you needed et35 for mk2's
What car did they come off? :smiley:
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BBS RZ's are normally ET30 rich. you sure yours are ET24??
just rip the innner arch liners out, get rid of the balloon tyres and fit 195/45's. JOB DONE
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Dean, yea sure they're ET24, that's what's stamped on them. They're 15s, and 7j, so different dimensions to the ones you had. Gonna see if me old man's old garage can get me some cheap tyres. I got the Yokohama Parada I have on my old alloys for £30 a corner
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my RZs are ET 33 :huh:
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I've got 7J ET24 with 195/50/15 tyres and a 30mm drop, koni shocks set to hardest and there isn't any scrubbing if the car is two up to speak of.
I get some scrubbing at the front myelf because unfortunately I have to run 2mm spacers in order for the wheels to clear the fooking calipers :rolleyes:
Really need to find some better fit wheels that will ideally clear the calipers as a 7J with et24 is totally wrong for the car really.
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Which ones are the RZ's again? Got any pics?
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whats are on your siggy, and mine
mine are off a Rado, or a G60 G2
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(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t139/vwkittie/E30wheel.jpg)
Is this an RZ? It's a 7j ET24 BMW BBS wheel. Have never known the model of wheel though!
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yep thats an RZ.
guess 14's are ET30 and 15's are ET24 then dude!
get some low pro on there and your laughing.
walked past ya car earlier, they need a bloody good clean too!
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The whole car needs a clean, but there's other things that need doing first, cheers mate
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I am running 195/50 15's ET33 and its pretty decked, only scrubs if I have a few people in the car and driving like colin mcrae though.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t139/vwkittie/E30wheel.jpg)
Is this an RZ? It's a 7j ET24 BMW BBS wheel. Have never known the model of wheel though!
Are those 14's? They look a bit different to mine
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Just been out and checked and mine have
ET33
6 1/2 J x 15 H 2
191 601 025 AA
Whats the difference between 7J and 6 1/2 J? is this the width? depth?
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its the width of the wheel
7" and 6" 1/2"
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I am running 195/50 15's ET33 and its pretty decked, only scrubs if I have a few people in the car and driving like colin mcrae though.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t139/vwkittie/E30wheel.jpg)
Is this an RZ? It's a 7j ET24 BMW BBS wheel. Have never known the model of wheel though!
Are those 14's? They look a bit different to mine
Nope, 15s, 7j et24. Scrubbaholic!
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Digby, yours may be the Corrado wheels. Would explain why they have a higher offset, as the Golfs of the era had ET38 (may just be my reasoning, but it works lol) whcih would explain why they look slightly different
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Yeah when I put the part numbers on google it says Corrado G60/Golf Rallye. I just dunno what all this ET33 n 6.5J is all about lol
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The ET/offset is where the alloys attach to your hubs, not really sure on this, but say its et33 like yours, im guessing that means 33mm from the middle of the wheel. If its negative ET im guessin that will be bolting up closer to the inside of the wheel.
Somebody please reword that to make sense.
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Yeah when I put the part numbers on google it says Corrado G60/Golf Rallye. I just dunno what all this ET33 n 6.5J is all about lol
The higher the et number the further inside the wheelarch the wheel will sit.
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As above. Digby's ET33 alloys will sit further inside the arch than my ET24s. The ET24 will poke out further if that makes sense.
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No worries I understand now, kinda.
In hindsight I should of googled it before posting lol
The tyres on the rear of the golf seem to be a lower profile than the fronts for some reason.
Might be because the rear is sitting lower than the front, I can barely put my fingers between the tyre and the arch on the rear :undecided:
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Yea mine's like that. At the mo, I can get my middle finger up to my second knuckle, but when I first got the car, I could get like...the tip of my finger under there lol.
Do you mean your car seems to have different profiles? The profile is stamped on the sidewall of the tyre