offset goin mad

[garageboy]

help me ive bin told by about 4shops that a good offset for a vauxhall is 42-45 but da haynes max power nova book says 49 and sum peeps on nova load says 49 so can sum1 tell me wat is da best offset coz i need to no as i am gettin new 195/50/15's and lowerin it 40mm butn i dont wana do any arch work so i need da right offset so plz can sum1 tell me :!:

[Adam]

The vauxhalll offset is 49, people tend to say stay with 45-49 and you should be O.K

[LiD0N]

i was led to belive the offset was et49 but when i took my gsi alloys off i noticed et47.5 stamped on them..??

[Jack]

wasn't there two versions of the standard alloys, one was et49 and the other et47.5...?

[cooper_nova]

i was led to belive the offset was et49 but when i took my gsi alloys off i noticed et47.5 stamped on them..??

:o :?
my gsi alloys have et49 stamped on them

[Ste_Nova]

47.5 was to clear the gsi brakes

[cooper_nova]

47.5 was to clear the gsi brakes

will et 49 clear ate 2.0 16v brakes ste???

[LiD0N]

ste, that would explain why my alesios scrape on gsi brake caliper..

[Ste_Nova]

no thats usual.... did u bend the metal retaining bar?

[LiD0N]

err na i aint bothered cos im gonna fit my 2ls l8r... they wont catch will they? they didnt on my 1.2

[General Baxter]

beat this,

145/80 - 13 :D


is that right? its an F reg Mk1 saloon

[epo]

thats tyer size mate there on about how far in and out the wheel stciks out