Tyres and lowering

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:49 pm

Im lowering my car 60mm tomorrow can't wait, but I got 7J wheels on the rear, and think they will rub as I got 195/50 15s, what other tyre will be good as I was think 175/50 15s?

gazza_no7 · Post by **gazza_no7** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:20 pm

What offset is are the wheels?

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:22 pm

Will it say the off set on the wheels?

gazza_no7 · Post by **gazza_no7** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:55 pm

Should say on the inside of one like ET 49 (that's what mine say)

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:50 pm

What does the offset do? I'm new to this stuff

gazza_no7 · Post by **gazza_no7** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:07 am

Means how far the wheels sick out

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:16 am

ET 38

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:35 pm

My wheels are scraping the wheel arch I think I need new shocks an tyres

gazza_no7 · Post by **gazza_no7** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:14 pm

Have you lowered it already?

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:18 pm

yes this morning

LSKSK · Post by **LSKSK** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:28 pm

Its not the tyres mate
You can either widen the arches
Or get some other wheels with less offset

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:30 pm

Alloys cost £800 so not getting rid of them, what about better shocks? I could only afford the springs

gazza_no7 · Post by **gazza_no7** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:27 pm

It's not to do with your suspension... It's to do with the width of your wheels and the amount you have lowered... You can go 40 without the scraping problem I would have thought but 60 without the correct offset wheels will scrape

junior23 · Post by **junior23** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:28 pm

Aw ok was thinking 40 but wanted to drop it as much as I could

c16se corsa · Post by **c16se corsa** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:18 pm

Pictures?

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