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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: drivebycar on 29 August 2008, 14:03
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Yo,
Im looking at a tasty set of Rota RB's for my car, and there is the option of 15 x 8 et 25 or et 35.
But there is a set that is 15 x 7 et 40 which are cheaper.
Im only going to have g60 arches on it so dont want anything thats going to poke out further than that, but the same I dont want anything thats gonna destroy my front arches either, especially on full lock.
Help, much appreciated :grin:
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if your car is lowered you may encounter arch problems, i'd roll or cut away some metal - won't show anyway with G60 arches.
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Yeah it is lowered. Which set should I be looking at really? How expensive is it to get the arches rolled?
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an afternoon with the angle helped me get my borbet 16x9 et15 ' s on :P
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:laugh: hahahaha
do you get much rub?
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which ET should I be going for?
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bump
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I have had 15x7 et24s on my car from a beemer, rears were fine but fronts rubbed a little after lowering 40mm.
I now have 15x7 et 13s which rub at the back but not the front after I rolled the metal lip right up and chopped out the lip on the plastic arches.
Id say since those wheels are wider go for the ET35, or just go for the cheaper 7j ET40 ones which are pretty much exact oem fitment for a MK2! Then if you like you can space them out a bit to lower the ET if the mood takes you, or go widetrack if that floats your boat!
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Well ideally I wanted them as wide out as possible, whilst not causing loads of problems, or being illegal :laugh:
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depends what you want to go for, wideness at the expense of handling but an easy life, or wideness with best handling but a fair bit of spannering involved.
either way will require arch work if you go uber wide however :)
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I would be tempted to go with the latter. Good handling with a bit of spannering :smiley:
Think I will probably go with 8inch width on the wheels.
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might need to go with g60 arches if you go widetrack + 8J! do a search on clubgti for widetrack threads started by andy947, he has wide/low offset + passat widetrack on his MK2, wide as fcuk!
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haha wicked, yeah I am getting g60 arches before the wheels go on anyway. So basically I need to deal with some of the metal under these?
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its a case of suck it & see! real g60s had a section of the arch lip cut away from the factory, with 2 squre holes for a pair o hooks on the G60 arches to slot into as there is no lip for the top rivets. Most people just chop the hooks off and use the rest of the rivets to secure the arches without issues.
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Ok cool, thanks for the help :smiley: