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Jason Iles |
posted on 8th May 03 at 10:29 |
quote: Ah right, I thought Ashman had troubles fitting them, he has the basic model with 13" steelies on them??? there for will fit perfect with the offset he is asking for :boggle: P.S. can you U2U me the price of some smoked rear clusters :thumbs: [Edited on 08-05-2003 by J 11ESY] | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 8th May 03 at 10:16 |
Yes J11ESY your car is a 1.2 Sxi the same as mine, and the brakes are harly big, OzzySri has a 1.8Sri which has big brakes, that is where the problem lies, this is also the reason why the wheels on my car that come standard on an Sri are ET40 | |
Jason Iles |
posted on 8th May 03 at 09:56 |
17" rims fit with et45 no problem I have Lenzo VL2's and they don't rub on the brakes, however it is close, check my garage for pics :thumbs: | |
dig dave2811 |
posted on 8th May 03 at 07:15 |
SO U NEED NEW all new bolts if u get spacers. | |
OzzySRi |
posted on 8th May 03 at 06:13 |
i had the same problem when i went shopping for rims. I kept insisting on et45-49 (coz ppl on here said so) and they kept saying .."nah wont fit, will foul on the brakes". They said possibly et45 depending on the design of the rim. | |
ELZ_Sri |
posted on 8th May 03 at 00:32 |
You will need longer wheel nuts if you use spacers. Whatever thickness of spacer you use will need to be added to the length of your wheelnuts. | |
si_reading |
posted on 8th May 03 at 00:29 |
Think you might be able to get spacers from Halfords, but dunno really! Think you might have to get longer nuts to screw your wheels on with spacers but not sure, coz if you used the normal nuts they won't screw in as far as they should. | |
AshMan2 |
posted on 7th May 03 at 23:37 |
Ive heard something about wheeler spacers from a guy at work. He said get "good ones" or they coulf fuck the wheels? Where can I get some from and how much? Sorry for sounding thick but like I say im new! | |
Red_SXi |
posted on 7th May 03 at 23:22 |
Wheel spacers will push the wheels further out, so moving the wheels away from the calipers, but at the same time lowering the offset. You can go as low are 38 - 40 offset on a corsa C in 17's so some spacers should do the trick. The standard offset of all the wheels on the corsa C except the 16" Sri wheels is 49. | |
si_reading |
posted on 7th May 03 at 23:13 |
I think the original offset is et49 for the standard wheels (I am not 100% on this though!). I think if you go for an offset further away than the standard like mine is et42 it shouldn't rub brake calipers. | |
AshMan2 |
posted on 7th May 03 at 23:09 |
If they do rub the brake calipers, what should I do? Gonna try em on before I buy. What offset should I have for the Corsa C? | |
si_reading |
posted on 7th May 03 at 23:03 |
I've put a set of 17's et42 straight onto my SXi Corsa C. No scaping on front or rear! Well hasn't scraped the rear yet, but its probs would if you had loads of weight in the back of the car. I haven't taken out more than one person in the back of the car since put 17's on it! | |
ELZ_Sri |
posted on 7th May 03 at 22:43 |
I tried Kosei ET48 17's on my '03' plate 1.8 Sri and had the same problem - couldn't even get the front wheels on 'cos of the larger brake calipers. Swapped to same wheels but ET38 and they went on no probs. No scrubbing or any problems since. | |
AshMan2 |
posted on 7th May 03 at 22:38 |
Im thinking of getting some 17's for my 51 plate Corsa C. Currently has 13" steels on at the mo. |