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Tyres and lowering

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:49 pm
by junior23
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?

Tyres and lowering

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:20 pm
by gazza_no7
What offset is are the wheels?

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:22 pm
by junior23
Will it say the off set on the wheels?

Tyres and lowering

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:55 pm
by gazza_no7
Should say on the inside of one like ET 49 (that's what mine say)

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:50 pm
by junior23
What does the offset do? I'm new to this stuff

Tyres and lowering

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:07 am
by gazza_no7
Means how far the wheels sick out

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:16 am
by junior23
ET 38

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:35 pm
by junior23
My wheels are scraping the wheel arch I think I need new shocks an tyres

Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:14 pm
by gazza_no7
Have you lowered it already?

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:18 pm
by junior23
yes this morning

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:28 pm
by LSKSK
Its not the tyres mate
You can either widen the arches
Or get some other wheels with less offset

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:30 pm
by junior23
Alloys cost £800 so not getting rid of them, what about better shocks? I could only afford the springs

Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:27 pm
by gazza_no7
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

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:28 pm
by junior23
Aw ok was thinking 40 but wanted to drop it as much as I could

Re: Tyres and lowering

Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:18 pm
by c16se corsa
Pictures?