cooki
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just fited my new wheels+cant move the car lol
any tips on what to do to the arches or will i just have to change the springs for 40mm
[Edited on 02-06-2008 by cooki]
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cooki
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never mind should of just looked in the tutorials first lol
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marklawton
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what size tyres are they mate, as my first wheels were et45 and i was down 70mm
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fazza
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should be fine mate, mine was lowered loads more than that without any rubbing etc
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Gareth F
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Remove rear arches, trim/hack around 8 inches along the top of the arch off leaving just enough to bond the arches back on and possibly slighty pull arches out........ i think 
Getting the right rubber is v important.
[Edited on 29-05-2008 by munk3yrac3r]
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fazza
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or just remove the arch bolts and then bond them back on 
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cooki
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lowered 60mm
think there et45
195/45/16
no bolts in rear arches as there bonded on already+the front wheels are scrubing aswell when i turn the wheel
going the body shop later out of hours+gorna help my mate trim the arches back
[Edited on 29-05-2008 by cooki]
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JoeyB
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Sound more like ET35 to me.
Do they sit right out of the arches?
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fazza
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dont understand why they scrubbing mate? didnt at all on mine mate
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fazza
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also no they dont stick out of the arches. well didnt on mine mate so should be fine
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Gareth F
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My old wheels were offset 38 so didnt even think about lowering it on them. Might just be a very wide rim causing it to rub the inner arches on the front, a mate of mine had to cut the plastic inner linning in a few places. But for the rear arch work check out the Haynes moddifying quide..... its all in there
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marklawton
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what make tyres have you got lee, when i had my old wheels i had yokos on and didnt rub but when i changed tyres they rubed cause they side walls were curved and not straight
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fazza
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they are 195/45/16 and are made by fullrun
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cooki
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as above mark
defo seem to be et45 as they do sit inside the arches but just scrub alot 
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cooki
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had the plastic arches cut back+it didnt make the blind bit of differance
any ideas what i can do next as im sure the wheels are ET38 now they have got to be
will triming back the metal arches underneath the plastics help any??
come on guys realy need the car on the road its my daily run around not my oproject lol
[Edited on 02-06-2008 by cooki]
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aron
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i have ET38s down 60mm
-remove the plastic arch
-trim the metal lip back
-use a hammer to tap the metal outwards (2-3mm or so, without cracking the paint)
-treat/paint the fresh metal edge
-put the plastic arch back on
-job done(?)
i get a little scrub on mine with passengers but that's all.
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