Skipz
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Mates just bought Kei RSS alloys in 17" look really nice 5 spokes with the chrome lip...
They are 7x17" and he was told they will fit the Corsa B even with his 50mm drop... (by skidz) So i'm guessing they will be the right offset not 100% sure..
Now We've hit a huge stumbling block.. the tyres are rubbing right were the arch bend into the quarter (just at the top of where the moulding should sit)
How much room is there to play with between the inner arch and the actual quarter? will wellying it with the hammer cure it ??
By the way wheels are going on a 5 door... Ali_kerr_86's 
will Et45 Offset 17"s fit straight on without any Major archwork? and will the fact it's a 5door Make any difference  I'm really strting to think these Wheels are the wrong offset cos more and more people have said they have a 60mm drop on 17"s and it's fine no archwork done at all 
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Ben
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take off the plastic arches , get a jigsaw and cut 2-3mm below the holes, this way you will cut out all the lip and they will not scrub , i did this on fronts and rears
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Rhino
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Seen it just the now in the Retail.
Looks low but  
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ArdenSXi
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5 door corsa's rear arches are smaller than 3 door's iirc, also depends on the width of the wheels/tyres!!
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Skipz
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Ben Thats been done but it's rubbing on the Inside of the arch Above where i've cut if i cut it to cure the rubbing i'll have to take away some of his rear 1/4's 
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Originally posted by Rhino
Seen it just the now in the Retail.
Looks low but
Aye looks lower than Mine did would have been interesting to put it against mine dunno if it's just his Jamex suspension or what!
Did you see the state of the Rear arches?? I had to literally bang them out so far so they didnt rub with TWO in the car!!
I never had this hassle with my Momo's
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Ben
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if its toching the rear 14s then the wheels must be the wrong offset , i have et 205/40/17 with offset of 45 and mine dont catch at all ,although its quite tight.
they must be wrong offset
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Skipz
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Gonna phone the wheel place the morra Cos i really think that they are the wrong offset aswell
A shame for Ali tho cos he's been dying for new wheels for ages
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ArdenSXi
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Take a wheel off and look inside it for the offset, should say ET?? or just a number in a circle, should be around 40 i would have thought
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Skipz
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quote:
Originally posted by ArdenSXi
Take a wheel off and look inside it for the offset, should say ET?? or just a number in a circle, should be around 40 i would have thought
I'm going to do that but i want to See what Skidz say the Offset is so if they say it's ET45 and it says ET 40 on the Wheel they will be getting them Back and told to replace them! If they Tell me they should be ET45 then ET 45 is what i want cos these wheels are gonna end up damaged or fucking Ali's car And I'm not being responsible seeings as i fitted them..
I have this gut feeling that Skidz have cocked up Yet again.. this will be 3 times they've Stuffed my mates about with wheels
[Edited on 21-04-2005 by h18_oab]
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AdiSRI
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on my 3 door my 17's touch the quarters inside, a lot depends on tyre choice...
just take a grinder to it, or bash it out a bit or lastly get a bodyshop to sort it.
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AdiSRI
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also from my memory kei are either ET45 on some types of wheel and ET42 on others, you could have ET42 ones.
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ali_kerr_86
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quote:
Originally posted by AdiSRI
also from my memory kei are either ET45 on some types of wheel and ET42 on others, you could have ET42 ones.
just off fone to skidz they said they are ET 42 ill just go out an check it will also get some pics for ya guys to she boabs (skipz) damage 
KEI do ET42 in 17s an ET45 in 18s would prob be easier to fit the 18s
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Skipz
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quote:
Originally posted by ali_kerr_86
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Originally posted by AdiSRI
also from my memory kei are either ET45 on some types of wheel and ET42 on others, you could have ET42 ones.
just off fone to skidz they said they are ET 42 ill just go out an check it will also get some pics for ya guys to she boabs (skipz) damage
KEI do ET42 in 17s an ET45 in 18s would prob be easier to fit the 18s
GRRRRRR  if you werent so soft and said Danny and Buzz could go up the town and if danny hadnt bunged up the f**king tunes there wouldn't have been anydamage to the tyres
and the arches look worse now cos i took my temper out on them and wellied them so you could get home  i knew it was a bad idea fitting those damn wheels
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ali_kerr_86
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offset ET42
rear driver side
fronts are perfectly fine i can get full turning circle
passenger rear is the worst
the rubbin
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ali_kerr_86
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altho u cant say the wheels are shoot arches = work in progress
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Skipz
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that arch is gonna take some banging to put back in
Pity we ran out of light on Tuesdaynight or it would have been done by now and we probably wouldn't be having this conmversation.. will get it all tidied up and sorted on Saturday 
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mav
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are they gonna take them back..
it's their problem if they supplied wrong offset and they got damaged due to this.....
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K17STY
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why not just cut the arch off and leave enough to stick zee trim back on
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ali_kerr_86
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oh skipz forgot to tell ya i phoned em an they said i was to take it in on sat an they said they would see wat they could do
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Skipz
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i was under the impression that ET45-49 was the correct offset for a Corsa Mav so you may well be right that they are the wrong offset...
We'll give it another bash (no pun intended) on saturday if i Can Cure the Rubbing 100% Ali can keep his 50mm springs and the Wheels... if i cant cure the rubbing we're fucked for crail
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Skipz
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quote:
Originally posted by K17STY
why not just cut the arch off and leave enough to stick zee trim back on
read ZEE whole post numbnuts  it's rubbing on the rear 1/4's not the arch
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mav
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yeah 45-49
my 17's were 45...
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Skipz
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
yeah 45-49
my 17's were 45...
SO Skidz have royally fucked up again?? If it was me selling the wheels i would have checked and if the book said ET45-49 for a corsa i would not have sold them without Explaining to the Customer that there may be rubbing due to it being a slight lower offset
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mav
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yep i would get on to them asap.....
they would know about offsets surely.....
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AdiSRI
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you can cut a fair bit more metal off, and bash it with mallet but it prob wont cure it completely, those tyres are seriously rubbing!!
Ive been there tho m8, people convoying with me last year will remember me attacking my front archs with a screwdriver i believe it was in complete frustration lol.
Think it was on way to pvs?
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