pavorotti
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et 40 will my car handle like shit will spacers help?
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slugger_54132
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was size wheels are they?
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pavorotti
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17s! i had et 37 on my car and it handdled terrible 15s! would spacers help?
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Charlene
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Need to know what the profiles are of the wheels?
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pavorotti
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tyre profiles are 35s i think!
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slugger_54132
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probably wonjt work with 17s without arch work, handling wouldnt be great but that is because they are 17s more than the offset?
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pavorotti
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spacers help?
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slugger_54132
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no, i think u would need to go the other way with them? I may be wrong but et40 will bring the wheel further out and this means u would need to get part of the inside of the alloy skimmed off to bring them closer in? I will go double check this tho
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slugger_54132
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[Edited on 15-05-2005 by slugger_54132]
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Ian
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Spacers reduce the offset, 5mm spacers on ET40 wheels is ET35.
[Edited on 15-05-2005 by Ian]
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Joff
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The car will handle like shit, being 17" won't help matters.
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slugger_54132
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So in theory skimming the wheels would increase the offfset by a few mm?
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blue_lew
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is et45 a decent offset for corsa b then?
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slugger_54132
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upposed to be et49
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Joff
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quote:
Originally posted by slugger_54132
So in theory skimming the wheels would increase the offfset by a few mm?
It would decrease it as the ET49 figure is a negative value.
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R Lee
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curious, why would it handle worse if the offset is lower than 49?
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Joff
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The car's been designed with negative scrub geometry in mind. Supposed to help when you've got a blow out and other times of crisis, but increasing the track seems to give the little cars more of an excuse to tramline all over the road.
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blue_lew
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upposed to be et49
yeah i know they're supposed to be et49, but just wondered how bigger margin you have?
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Joff
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To maintain handling:
+4mm / -1mm
To clear bodywork:
angle grinder
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gavin18787
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dont want to be a spaz but im a bit confused about offset etc is it to do with the shape of the wheel and how far it sits away from the hub or is it something that you can adjust in and out? im presuming its the first going by the diagram posted by slugger_54132
BTW sorry if im hijacking the post a little 
cheers gavin
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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