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Offline brashleyd

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how wide
« on: 09 December 2008, 18:57 »
hi all

i have just bought some 7 x 15 porsche teledials from ebay that have an et of 23 and some 20mm adapters is anyone able to give me an idea if weather i am going to need any arch work with a 60mm - 70mm drop? will probs go for 195\45\15 tyres.

cheers  :smiley:
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Offline Benrevs

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Re: how wide
« Reply #1 on: 09 December 2008, 19:19 »
You definitly will if you put the adaptors on!  The wheels I have on atm are et 35 and they are only just inside the arches!
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Offline Ben Lessani

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Re: how wide
« Reply #2 on: 09 December 2008, 19:27 »
I've got 15x7's on and with a (guess) 60-70mm drop, I just clear the arches. With spacers - I could bet you'd hit the arches.

Its not that difficult to roll the arches - do it the pikey way, with a scaffold pole and a fat fella!
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Offline spacerat

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Re: how wide
« Reply #3 on: 09 December 2008, 23:13 »
ive got 16x8 D90's with 35mm spacers, lowered 120m (i think, fk coilovers wound right down), archers did have to be rolled thou, bit worried about the stress on the wheel bearings but does look the nuts

 
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Offline Wayne

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Re: how wide
« Reply #4 on: 10 December 2008, 08:57 »
You can get teledials in et53 which with a 20mm adaptor takes you back to a 33 offset you going to struggle to fit yours at et3 without serious arch work, they may even end up outside the arch.
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