advice needed lads

4.2 V8 32v Naturally Aspirated - 414 bhp
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geordie jay
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advice needed lads

Post by geordie jay » Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:31 pm

I like these wheels a lot question is will these be a straight swap?or will I need spacers etc.im pretty crap when it comes to this subject so looking for some info from the experts. :biggrin3: cheers lads :thumbs:
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Re: advice needed lads

Post by MartayMcFly » Sat Aug 01, 2015 2:16 am

You'd need at least 10mm spacers, probably more to get them sitting right. For comparison, the wheels you've got on are 9" wide and ET25, those are 8.5" ET38, so they're 6mm narrower either side of the centre and sit 13mm further in to the arch so 19mm spacers (which you can't get, so say 20mm) would sit the outer face the same as you have now. Standard wheels are 9" ET29 so again 6mm for the width and 9mm further in, or 15mm spacers to match how the standard wheel's face sits.
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Re: advice needed lads

Post by geordie jay » Sat Aug 01, 2015 10:22 am

cheers martin !!! im honestly crap when it comes to alloy sizes and widths :thumbs:

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Re: advice needed lads

Post by gilly » Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:17 am

geordie jay wrote:cheers martin !!! im honestly crap when it comes to alloy sizes and widths :thumbs:
Exactly the same bud, I can't work it out either hence all my questions about alloys. :oops:
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