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Offline chrismorby

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baby needs new shoes
« on: 20 September 2010, 15:35 »
as per title, i really need t osort out some new wheels. was looking at Lenso bsx's in 15. but car is dropped 60mm front and 40mm rear but not on coils. i have no clue about what offset i want/need and i dont wana scrape the arches and i dont wana change to coils either.

Fronts....Size: 15x7.0 ET20 
Rears.....Size: 15x7.0 ET38

 any clues guys

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #1 on: 20 September 2010, 15:58 »
To be honest et38 with 195/50/15's all round would be a good choice you could always run a 10mm spacer on the rear if you wanted.

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #2 on: 20 September 2010, 16:23 »
so sounds like rubbing may not happen?

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #3 on: 20 September 2010, 16:28 »
so sounds like rubbing may not happen?


Et20 will rub, et38 will be fine  :smiley:

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #4 on: 20 September 2010, 20:01 »
so would running ET38 front and rear work best for me?

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #5 on: 20 September 2010, 20:12 »
I was about to start a new thread about spacers and offsets but i'll just hijack this one instead  :tongue:

I'm running standard gti wheels, how much can I space the rears without them going beyone the arch? Rubbing the arch won't be an issue because i'll adjust the coilover to suit. I was thinking 25-30mm possibly???

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #6 on: 20 September 2010, 21:00 »
i feel like ive just been raped  :cry:

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #7 on: 20 September 2010, 21:22 »
i feel like ive just been raped  :cry:

 :grin: Get used to it buddy

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #8 on: 20 September 2010, 21:26 »
I was about to start a new thread about spacers and offsets but i'll just hijack this one instead  :tongue:

I'm running standard gti wheels, how much can I space the rears without them going beyone the arch? Rubbing the arch won't be an issue because i'll adjust the coilover to suit. I was thinking 25-30mm possibly???

If you running 195's then 10 to 15mm max, 205's 5mm max.

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Re: baby needs new shoes
« Reply #9 on: 20 September 2010, 21:26 »
so would running ET38 front and rear work best for me?

Yep :afro: