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Ollie-Smith
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24th Oct 10 at 10:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hey all, just got sum 17's cheap off a mate. put them on and they rub slightly. tyre size 205/40 r17.

what mods can i do to get rid of the rubbing???
connollygt30
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24th Oct 10 at 10:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Noooooooooooooo!!!!
Ian
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24th Oct 10 at 10:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Bump stops on the dampers, trim the arch lips, bit more camber on the rear if you don't mind being scene.
Ollie-Smith
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ok cheers, have got coilovers on the car so the rear suspension is pretty solid so not to sure about needing bump stops.

can i take the front inner arches out?? would it affect anything??
BYRON
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24th Oct 10 at 11:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What offset are the wheels?
mwg
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What offset are they? Think mine were 45 offset and I had to trim the rear arches a little bit both the metal and the plastic.
Ollie-Smith
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not 100% sure!! they were originaly on a clio, then a new corsa!

will try trimming the arches a bit and see wot happens!

i wasnt planning on puttin 17's on but they look so nice and really set the car off so i wanna get them fitting nice!
N3CRO
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24th Oct 10 at 12:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
17's look awful on a Corsa B unless the car has a chav bodykit on. WAY too big.
AndyCorsaSport
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Why is it people post threads on here, asking for advice for how to fit things, and all people reply with is "dont do it, it will look shit" basically, its not speedlines and GSi kit.

The lads asking for advice on how to get the 17's to not scrub FFS.

As said mate, find out the offset of the wheels, i had ET 45 17's on my corsa b and it was only lowered 40mm and it scrubbed, trim the arches and the nuts off the arch spats.
mwg
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24th Oct 10 at 13:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I thought mine looked good.
taylorboosh
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24th Oct 10 at 13:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im in agreement on too big
Jamie-C
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24th Oct 10 at 14:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They look fine on random dav's
deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by mwg
I thought mwg's looked good.
swissxe
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24th Oct 10 at 15:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
think some 17's can look good on b's




but 205/40 are a bit big i think 195/40 ore 185/35 would be easy'r to fit
any pics off it fitted??
N3CRO
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They look horrid imo. Just look WAY too big.
Novaneil
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24th Oct 10 at 18:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I take it these also look waaaaay to be big then



As Andy said, the lad wants advice not opinions.

These are ET49 with 205 40 17 tyres. Arches were cut back and its lowered a fair bit. No rubbing at all
dangermouse2503
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24th Oct 10 at 18:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I agree with swissxe. Best bet is to get on the wheel whores website. They have conversion tables and recommended tyre size's for certain dimension wheels. Its a bible
kartel86
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24th Oct 10 at 18:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
17s r way to big 16s are the max id go for i had 17s on my first corsa and they rubbed well bad
youngsezer
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24th Oct 10 at 18:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
personally i think they are too big but each to their own

as said best way to go would be arch trimming or rolling maybe raise your ride height slightly, and smaller tyres
kartel86
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24th Oct 10 at 19:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah true but im same as you mate but if they like it it dont matter what anyone else thinks
youngsezer
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exactly, i give my opinion but i too have had people dislike my ideas and understand that its not my car, people do what they think looks good
barter
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24th Oct 10 at 19:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Novaneil




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youngsezer
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although i have to agree that red one looks sweet,

the blue one above isnt too bad either but the black one looks like the wheels dont fit, strange though as they're the same

[Edited on 24-10-2010 by youngsezer]
barter
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quote:
Originally posted by youngsezer
although i have to agree that red one looks sweet, the blue one above isnt too bad either but the black one looks like the wheels dont fit lol


i was the other way thought the black suited better,but everyone differnt.but outta the 3,the red one hands down
youngsezer
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