40mm offset wheels

[Gareth_C]

Hi all im looking at some 6.5" wide by et40mm offset wheels for my nova and I was wondering if anybody has tried to fit an offset on there nova mainly the rear. Any help appreciated cheers

[Ben]

Whats the car lowered by? you can get away with 42's quite easily and 38's are a pain and look odd. Also down to your individual shell tolerances a lot as well.

[Gareth_C]

Whats the car lowered by? you can get away with 42's quite easily and 38's are a pain and look odd. Also down to your individual shell tolerances a lot as well.

its on coilovers mate so atm it sits approx -70mm :thumb:

[Ben]

your going to sturggle!

[MK999]

bend the lips and yank the arches out, mine had way more than 9mm clearance at the lips on ET49 wheels at -100mm

[Gareth_C]

The rear lips are well and truley flat at present and btween a 195 toyo 888 and the arch I have approx a fingers distance (not accurate i know) and that on a 46 offset

[MK999]

Good luck getting 888's in there on 40 offset lol Was basing my estimate 195/45 road tyres :p

[Edd]

7j 14" et33 hear lol

Easy to fit IMO, take stub axel off rear beam, ultra thin cutting disc on grinder, cut odd the plate the stub axel bolts too, trim it a little fit to other side of beam, gives you a extra 10/12mm clearance

Once I update my project thread in next few days the pics will be on there

Using 175/50 tyres btw

[Ben]

7j 14" et33 hear lol

Easy to fit IMO, take stub axel off rear beam, ultra thin cutting disc on grinder, cut odd the plate the stub axel bolts too, trim it a little fit to other side of beam, gives you a extra 10/12mm clearance

Once I update my project thread in next few days the pics will be on there

Using 175/50 tyres btw

So your rears will sit in further than the fronts?

[Edd]

No, Rose jointed bottom arms wound in 8/9mm, alloy adjustable top mounts moved accordingly

[blue_peg_16v]

i had 42mm 15s with a 60mm drop and they caught like fook on my old hatch so went and bought 17s with a 45mm ofset and never had a problem even 4 up with no further arch mods amazing the difference 3 mm makes

[grooge]

my old sr lowered 40mm rubbed with 15 et49 with 195/45 tyres and you couldnt drive with 195/50s as they pushed into the arch lip. my current sr however has miles of clearance. so think it depends on the shell.

[loggyboy]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=112122