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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: GolfGTiMk216LoveIT on 17 November 2005, 18:13

Title: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: GolfGTiMk216LoveIT on 17 November 2005, 18:13

 :shocked: how do people make the back rims stick out more than the front is this hard and will i need extention work or is it just a case of getting different et set ups??? :shocked: plz help

Title: Re: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: Mr Blue on 17 November 2005, 18:21

9'' wide on the back and 7's on the fronts :smiley:

add spacers and u can push the rears out even more

i reccomend 9'' wheels all round :cool:

Title: Re: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 November 2005, 18:24

i don't cos you end up going slower.

oh and spacers. Or a low offset.

Title: Re: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: GolfGTiMk216LoveIT on 17 November 2005, 18:31

wot do u mean slower? :cry: still dont quite understan and will i have to have archwork?

Title: Re: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: Mr Blue on 17 November 2005, 18:37

Quote from: The Slick Effect... on 17 November 2005, 18:24

i don't cos you end up going slower.

just for looks mate :smiley:

Title: Re: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 November 2005, 18:40

think about it, you are bolting 9" of cast ally onto your driveshafts each side. Now you also have a 9"wide tyre in contact with the road. In order to move you need friction. The amount of friction you are going to get from them is going to cause them require more power to get them moving and keep them moving. Hence killing your power output and making you travel slower.

Archwork, yes, as i said before anything larger than a 7.5" wide wheel is more than likely to require arch work. especially at the fronts. As it needs to be able to turn within the arch without fouling either your driveshaft or your arch. At the rears if you fo for 9s then definately you will need to remove the lip and get it rolled. Removing the lip will require the arches being seam welded back up as they are made of 3 skins. If you don't do this the inside of the arch will rot away.

as blue mentioned, for looks yeah great, they look fat, if you want to keep a good speed level up then smaller alloys the better.

Title: Re: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: GolfGTiMk216LoveIT on 17 November 2005, 18:49

that sux i enjoy the speed to much !!! i am looking at getting some borbit A class what do u think i should get to make it look good but still have the speed any other alloys can u think of to reccomend i have about 800 to spend??

Title: Re: how do people make the back wheels stick out further than the front??
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 17 November 2005, 18:55

if your getting borbets and want them wide at the rear then look for a set to buy from germany. Muchos cheaper and will leave you with about 500 to use on archmods.

Other than that, i would say stick with a set of 7/7.5s at front and rear. Much easier to play with and won't require much modding.

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