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Author 16's ET35 ARCH WORK??? SURELY NOT!
S21NMP
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17th Mar 03 at 13:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just been told that my new 16's with 35 offset will still need arch work done? ARE THEY MAD???
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well if your new alloys are et35 then you will need shed loads of arch work

obviously if you look of the back of the boltface u will see what offset they are

what alloys are they?
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They are Fox Premiere 1's in 16" The reason I didn't go with 17's cos they needed arch work!!
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did u check the offset before you bought them?

the main reason for needing arch work is because of the offset, not the size!
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They said it wouldn't be a problem cos they are 16's. Really annoying!!!
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well whoever 'they' are, i would advise u to take them back and get your money back or exchanged for et45/49 wheels
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They being Halfords. I'd expect them to know better!
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well then go back to Halfords and get the scraggly wee cúnt who said they would fit without rubbing, get him to fit them theyre and then, and go for a test drive with him

Halfords are only interested in your money & not you yourself
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I have 15" fox wheels cos I knew that 16's would rub, mine are the premier 4's et38. Had a full loadin mine with no rubbing at all. So get 15's with 195/45 rubber and then lower it -40mm.
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It's definately the offset i've got 17's with a 35mm drop and i've not needed any arch work cos they're et45. the best thing to do is get your money back and buy some wheels with a higher offset.

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i have 18's at ET35 on mine
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and???
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yeah but u have wide archs
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and it's looks fookin ace with the wide arches.

I did have to cut away loads of the arch tho. Actually, cut away more this weekend ready for lowering.
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so your post is pretty pointless in this thread
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damn, how did u know before i posted it?
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i guess..lol
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because ure beardys mate arent u?
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don't use your card powers
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hmm...nope, never spoken to beardy before, except once about engine conversions...
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fair enough, just a lucky guess then, 18's et 35 must be wide archs, lol
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not really
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et35 on 16" is also probly nor road legal and an mot fail as they stick so far out of the arches
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They said they'll fit, so they'll make them fit... And I'm not paying!!!!!!!

Am I right in thinking that the offset is ET49 (standard wheels) so an offset of 35 will be 14mm further out of the arches??? 14mm doesn't seem a lot?

6.5" wheels + 14mm = just over 7" which should fit in the arch???

[Edited on 17-03-2003 by S21NMP]
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yeah but it moves the tyres out aswell.
i had 15's et 42 and they rubbed like buggery. u will have to cut the metal away with a jigsaw to make them go on the back without rubbing continuosly. the front will need similar surgery. take them back and say they sold you the wrong wheels.

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