16 x 7 Wheels...

[Benn]

16inch, 7inch wide looks like et 40-45 on a very low Nova, will be running 195/45 tyres.. How much rubbing do you think there's gonna be?

Front i know it will touch the arch more as its an inch wider than the turbo rims..
I have a bit of clearance on the rear, but an extra inch wider and the lower et..

[Mazz]

Mine are 15", ET45 and 7J (195/45) with no interior, they scrub the shopping in the boot!!

[djbrowney]

what wheels you thinking of ???

[Benn]

Cheers Mazz, so gonna rub alot with mine being low..

DJ, few choises...

[djbrowney]

like what mr lol

[Nova_Tek]

Err IIRC Benn ask Mike B GTE. He has Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's ET45 16x7'' wide lowered 80mm AFAIK.

I believe he has some rubbing issues but he can tell you how bad.

I'm interested in what wheels you want. Good chance they'll be special :)

[djbrowney]

im planning on running vectra st wheels so wonna know aswel !

[Benn]

lol Cheers Tek and ah ok Browny. I'm looking at a few aftermarket rims.

[The Simps]

Its gonna be tight! Trouble is all novas are slightly different!

[Nova_Tek]

That's what makes them so unique lol

[Benn]

Its gonna be tight! Trouble is all novas are slightly different!


Wonder where i could get one to tyre, what are 5stud st rims?

[bazil]

The White ones that look like cesaros but 16"

[Benn]

Yeah they are 7" wide, so i'm gonna use one as a test.

[Mazz]

Mine are the Pro Race 1.2's too Benn :(

Loverlee wheels, shame they only come 7J :cry:

[Nova_Tek]

^ even in 15''

[-JELLY-]

ive got et 40 16x7 rotas with 45 tyres lowered proberly wel ova 100mm an have only slighty pulled arches with lips removed.. no rubbing atall.. can put 2 in bk aswell :thumb:

[Mazz]

^ even in 15''

Yep, thats what mine are :(

I love the Pro-race 3's, but they are a 7J too :cry:

http://www.topgear.co.uk/acatalog/PRORACE3BLACK.jpg

[Mike B GTE]

16inch, 7inch wide looks like et 40-45 on a very low Nova, will be running 195/45 tyres

soundsvery very familiar - although why use 45 series tyres??? use 40s and save a bit of room - although the answer to your question is 'a hell of a lot' the back is fine with rolled arches, but the front is very tight. depends how low 'very low' is, im down 95 and made it work.

[djbrowney]

i reckon the 7 j st wheels will fit, or least im hoping so lol

[djbrowney]

i wish i had now bough 4o profile tyres !!!

[Nova_Tek]

Yep, thats what mine are :(

I love the Pro-race 3's, but they are a 7J too :cry:

http://www.topgear.co.uk/acatalog/PRORACE3BLACK.jpg

I'm currently running 6.5J ET43. It rubbed slightly more on one tyre than the other. But I've had the arches pretty much rolled all the way up. Looking at wheels, probably a Vaux set, but I'm loving the Team Dynamics stuff. Just worried that they'll rub.

[Mike B GTE]

'Tis tight i tells you, tight.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa201/M16KEB/DSC00017.jpg

just get them on and make it work, stop faffing about! :thumb:

[Benn]

Doesn't look any worse than what i have now tbh...

[Mike B GTE]

arch lips need a fair bit of persuading, especially if you want to retain a degree of steering lock. 40 series rubber helps, so does a bit of -ve camber, the shocks are about 1mm off the inside of the rim also. Steering on gradients or uneven surfaces posed the biggest issue - but its not a difficult job to get that set up working.

[Benn]

I have 1/2 of the steering movement as is, and cant do more than a turn on a slope or anything. Clearance to the shock isn't top good tho.

[blue_peg_16v]

i used to have 17s in a 45 ofset on a hatch with all arches roled on a 60mm drop and they were fine on the same set up previous to the 17s i had 15s both 7j with a 42 offset and the scrubbed like feck so depends on offset imo

it was the rears on mine that were the problem but with the 17s could take passangers in the rear and it didnt catch

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/scan0002.jpg

[Benn]

Cheers for the info.