Banded 15's

[mjb]

Thinking of running Banded 15's on my Mk3 in 5x100 fitment 8J front and 9J rear with stretched bridgestone tyres (currently running Audi peperpots with spacers) - my ride is lowered on H&R Coilies but not wound right the way down due to speed bumbs all over the shop where I live

Any advice on issues/probs I may face/look out for? - much arch work needed?

Cheers

[mjb]

also they apparently have 175-55-15 tyres!!!!

[clancy]

depends on the offset as to whether you'll need to touch the arches

[tweed]

Give me original wheel specs and ill work out the et.
I know it will be low and I know you will need arch work

[LittleReDuck]

I run 9J et35 16's on the front with a little stretch and have to run big camber to squeeze them under the archs at the top.
My rears are 9.5j et38 and rub bad, definitely arch work required at the rear but you might get away with it up front.

[tweed]

Hes gonna be adding couple inch to the lip with wheels already at et35/40 the new et will be very close to 0

[mjb]

Well just got home from picking them up  ......they look awesome.....

I believe they are :
Genuine Ve oem steel wheels
6J x15 H2
PCD 5x100
ET 38

Now banded to 8J Front and 9J rear

However I will 100% confirm this in the morning as im knackered and its too dark

[clancy]

Might be wrong, it's late and brain is tired

but pretty sure you'll be 50mm closer to the arch on the front at 75 on the rear. New offsets will be something like 8j et 13, 9j et 0 ish

so yeah, archwork lol

[mjb]

Haha - best get the arch roller out then!!! - good job ive not wound the ultra lows right down at the moment 

[Wayne]

Why do you want to run banded steels, very heavy plus they need to be done to a very high standard or insurance companies can refuse to cover them.