these are et45 with 3mm spacers on them = et42, 17" with coilovers wound very far down

with 2 people in the wheel sits way under the arch, ill get some pics of it later on

i can tell the difference between et45 and et42 onb the front in my corsa

et35 is just silly, ditch them VW rims and get some vaux ones!

to be fair, vauxgirl has done some work ;) like grinding the welds off the back of the drum?

I had 15" et42 voodoo's on my nova, then sold them and got vaux et49 16's, the handling improvement was very noticable, even with the bigger wheels. It just to tramline quite badly before, doesn't at all now.

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Originally posted by miles
Why anyone would want et38 whether they physically fit or not is beside me. They will screw handling and wear out bearings. They will also look silly!

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Originally posted by BeArDy
wear out bearings :look:

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wear out bearings :look:

vauxgirl has have Et38 for ages AND a 2lt 16v and i only know of 1 going in the past few years

posted on 02-12-2003 at 08:39 PM
Why anyone would want et38 whether they physically fit or not is beside me. They will screw handling and wear out bearings. They will also look silly!



the oz wheels had a maximum of et38 and i got em cheap, then sold em - thats why :)

Vauxgirl off here she has 17's on a ET38 offset
and i know this FOR A FACT

Why anyone would want et38 whether they physically fit or not is beside me. They will screw handling and wear out bearings. They will also look silly!

although i did glue the archs on, cut the metal up, use longer bumpstps, rubbed like buggery on et42 15's lowered 35mm this is a 5 door btw.

i have et40 16's lowered 60mm and dont have a single prob, even with a full car.

i have et35 with 195/45/15....lowered 40mm

no scrubbing at all with full load

vauxgirl has et 38 with no arch work ;)

i had some OZ Saturn wheels on my old corsa B in et38 and they were completely fine until i lowered it. Then they scrubbed on medium bumps and with people in the back.

I didn't touch the arches, and took the expensive route, fitting a Spax PSX adjustable suspension kit. This sorted it.

The fronts were ok it was just the rears. So cutting the arches back should sort it.

i had 35ofset 15'son for a while and had no probs with my corsa B,

changed em now tho

Ok I had a few people now asking me about ET38 alloys (15's), and saying people are telling them they WON'T fit on a corsa at all, no matter what you do!

I've had a set of 15's (ET38) on my corsa now for nearly a year (3 door), with a 60mm drop on a set of coilovers with no problems at all with a few small modifications.

What I did to get them on without any scrubbage (even with 3 people in the back & a boot full of ICE), aswell as no problems up front, was to trim the metal on the front wings back by 10-12mm, roll them out a little, then de-bolt the plastic-arches & stick them on.

For the rear I just knocked-out the inner-arch a bit with a rubber mallet, de-bolted & stuck the plastic arches on. No problems!

Just make sure though if you do get 15's with an offset of ET38, don't get 50-profile tyres, as even with doing what I did above, they will still catch unlike 45 profiles!

I'm not sure about 5-doors though, but I know my 3-door has had no problems at all!