My New wheels rub sometimes? 18x8J ET 42?

[johnford60]

Hi,

Got some new wheels on my MK5 GTI, and they rub the splash guard when corning hard etc, they have supplied me 18x8J with a ET42 offset, is this wrong or wright?

My old Monza 2 where 18 x 7.5J by Et51 offset I believe.

John

[GtiJames]

what wheels you got? and are you lowered?

as mine are the same offset as yours 18x8 et42 speedline turini's and as you can see from the pic I have got it lowered too and they don't rub

[johnford60]

I got BBS CH ( Reps ).... and every wheel will rub if you push the car through corners ?... Wel thats the size it says on the box

oh and not lowered!

[johnford60]

From the look of your car, the wheels look like the sit in quite a bit still, mine look like they are setting further out?

[GtiJames]

i aint no expert but your offset maybe wrong, it is sometimes a risk when buying reps as they are not made to the same high specification as genuine wheels, hence the price difference.

before i got my turini alloys I had to fit 10mm spacers to clear my brake calipers when using the oem pescara alloy which was et51, so that gave me a total offset of et41 - with this I got rubbing on the front arches but never the rear

there is solutions such as adding negative camber but this can ruin the handling, or arch rolling..

where did you buy them from and can you return them?

[johnford60]

[johnford60]

[GtiJames]

i see your on standard suspension and they do stick out quite a bit

what tyres did you get put on, 225 or 235, if the latter then that might be causing the rubbing

[johnford60]

225 on mine?... Unless the wheels in the box where wrong

[johnford60]

Any one got any other idea's? :embarassed: