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Title: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: davies1644 on 22 January 2011, 20:11

right am looking at a set of porsche wheels in 17's for the vento and they are rim width 8.5" front and 9" rears will these fit and will i be able to get a really good drop on them?? et is 55

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: Jimp on 22 January 2011, 20:36

Quote from: davies1644 on 22 January 2011, 20:11

right am looking at a set of porsche wheels in 17's for the vento and they are rim width 8.5" front and 9" rears will these fit and will i be able to get a really good drop on them?? et is 55

They will fit if you are careful with how big an adaptor you go with. Is your stud pattern 5x100 or 4x100?

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: davies1644 on 22 January 2011, 20:39

I am 4x100 so will need adaptors what size adaptors should I get?

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: jonnypolish on 22 January 2011, 20:56

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Running 8J all round, Arches fully rolled.
20mm Spacer at the Front
25mm spacer at the Rear

You can make judgments from my guideline :afro:
Depends how you want the car to sit though, Tucked or Poke?

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: Wayne on 22 January 2011, 21:34

Et55 will give you plenty of room to play with

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: davies1644 on 22 January 2011, 21:52

Want it tucked so it can go really low

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: Wayne on 22 January 2011, 21:55

Quote from: davies1644 on 22 January 2011, 21:52

Want it tucked so it can go really low

You will stuggle with 17"s to go really low and also with that width too far in could hit the shock.

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: jonnypolish on 23 January 2011, 00:57

What Wayne said, 17's are too large to go LOW on, you can go down on the rim but not the floor :(
15's and you'll touch the floor  :cool:

Only problem with 9's is that they will be extremely tight to tuck, aswell as the 8.5's at the front! (On full lock)
Could just go down on some seriously low profile tyres though and have some poke?

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: tweed on 23 January 2011, 08:18

jonny how did you fit your plastic arches with your arches rolled?
I want some poke lol

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: _redders_ on 23 January 2011, 09:10

if the fronts are et 55, you'll want some 25 mm adaptors up front, take it down to et 30, and run a 195/40/17 tyre, fronts will be perfect and you'll be able to tuck a little too without rubbing or fouling the shock... if the 9's are also et 55 id go for 20mm adaptors in the rear giving you et35, i run et 35 on a 9.5 and they poke by about 10mm but i still have about an inch between the wheel and the shock, so yours will sit fine, go for a 205/40/17, or a 215/35/17 tyre and you'll have a pretty nice set up mate... trust me, im a doctor.........

im not really, but ive had enough wheels!

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: davies1644 on 23 January 2011, 09:55

Redders how low are you running yours?

Title: Re: will 8.5 wide porsche wheels fit?
Post by: Wayne on 23 January 2011, 10:16

This was 7x17 (et35) with 205/40/17's running 70mm drop on the front and about 60mm on the back, rear arches were trimmed back but would still catch with weight in the back, I never touched the fronts.

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