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M4tt
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it isn't a daft question.

it's the distance from the wheel mounting face in relation to its centre line.
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ET stands for einpress tiefe in german, which means pressed-in depth.

that's for all of you that want to show off to ya mates

guess who's got a "how to modify a corsa" manual
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so the distance the wheel is from the car??
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This distance the face of the hub is from the centre of the wheel yes..
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thanks for the help, im going to buy some alloys soon and i want to sound like i know what im talking about to the sales man. lol.
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well make sure u ask for the correct offset for ure car
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what would be the correct offset. ive got a corsa b, and lowered 40mm i think. lowered b4 i got it.
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et 49 in the corsa offset, so try and stick as close to this as poss. Anything below et 40 and you might get some problems mate. Hope this helps in your search for the perfect wheel!
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thanks alot people.

 
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