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c-sport
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17th Feb 06 at 12:10   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hello everyone.......could you please help me? i need some new wheels and want to put 17" ones on but i dont know if they are going to rub so i thought i'd try get some advice off of here ......the car is a 1.4 16V 1997 corsa B (sport)! any one got any experiance....plz help!
Jamie Walby
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17th Feb 06 at 12:11   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I have 17s (for sale I might add ) they scrubbed a little bit but I pulled the arches out and now they are fine.
James
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17th Feb 06 at 12:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
wallaby what wheels you getting?

I have some 13" steelies if your interested
Doug
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17th Feb 06 at 12:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Speedlines
mwg
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17th Feb 06 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
This is wot Ive done to my rear arches. Ive got 17" ET45 lowered 30mm

chopped the metal arch back to just below the bolt holes
flared the metal arch by using a hammer and block of wood
sanded the lip of the plastic arch back a bit

and Ive also chopped back the bolts as far as I could that hold on the plastic arches on the front and back arches. Haven't chopped any metal on the front arches though
Dione J
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17th Feb 06 at 12:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Get some 16"s instead. 17"s ruin handling and speed... also wears down your wheel bearings alot quicker..
Jamie Walby
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17th Feb 06 at 12:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by James
wallaby what wheels you getting?

I have some 13" steelies if your interested


They dont fit over my brakes and not speedlines. Im looking at some black wheels either 15" or 16". Need to think about performance now as i have just bought some throttle bodies and 17s will slow me down too much
mav
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17th Feb 06 at 12:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had 17" ET45 lowered 40mm...no scrubbing except when 5 up on bends....nothing major..1.6 1997 sport.

oh and 'help zone' would be appreciated cheers
c-sport
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17th Feb 06 at 13:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
OOO....sorry about the 'help zone' will do next time! and 13" steelies...lol...no thnx mate...the wheels i want....not decided exactly....so 16's it is i guess...dont really wanna muck around with the arches and all that...thanks for the advice tho!
mav
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17th Feb 06 at 13:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i didn't muck about with mine, and as i said only scrapped on big bumps 4-5 up..

[Edited on 17-02-2006 by mav]
c-sport
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17th Feb 06 at 14:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yea.....i'd rather have thm not scrape tho...and i dont want to lose too much performance!

 
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