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Offline golfmk4owner

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GT wheel offset
« on: 10 June 2010, 17:42 »
I have 18" alloys on my GT 130 but they wont clear the brake caliper without spacers (the GTs must have bigger front brakes than normal mk4's)... what offset would i need on a set of 18s to fit without spacers... the ones i have are ET38, id rather not have spacers on my car now to be honest.
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Offline Tucker82

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Re: GT wheel offset
« Reply #1 on: 10 June 2010, 17:52 »
Mine are ET35 and are fine. ET38 should be fine too
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Offline golfmk4owner

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Re: GT wheel offset
« Reply #2 on: 10 June 2010, 18:06 »
See this i cant understand... my ET38s wont clear my brake caliper without spacers... so would i need to go lower, such as et35, or higher such as et 42, for more caliper clearance?
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Offline Wayne

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Re: GT wheel offset
« Reply #3 on: 10 June 2010, 23:58 »
Run a 3mm spacer which would leave you with a 35 offset.
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Offline Tucker82

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Re: GT wheel offset
« Reply #4 on: 11 June 2010, 18:45 »
The lower the offset, the further the wheel pokes out. The higher the offset the further inside the arch. Lower ET is better and I didn't think 38 was too bad...
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