Old School meets Euro Spec.

[Dod]

Was thinking about ditching the speedlines in Favour of a set of 7x13 Alley Cats off me Dad's old Manta. Was going for Super Lights but god, they are dear!!
Will these fit on? I had 7x16's on the car before and they rubbed a bit but the 13's wont have as big a diameter, and tyre wise, i've 205's on the speedlines now. Will these fit or id the Manta the Wrong offset? Please dont let it be, please dont let it be.!!

[Aragorn]

manta is ET38 iirc and with 7" wide wheels its gonna stick out about 20mm more than a normal wheel and look totally gay imo

thats the euro style however so if thats what u want then go for it

[Dod]

No, i want it to fill the arch and no More,, No sticking out or rounding off arches. Just, low and Lairy, could i widen the whole square arch, ala wide arch kit but not as wide?

[Jack]

Its possible, but if its got to come out about 20mm thats quite a way to pull it out!

[novaexplod]

its illegal to have wheels that come out past the car body too.

[boredbloke]

i dont think they'll stick out as much as 20mm i had 205's on mine and they sat dead flush with the side of my car, although my arches would have caught on them if the suspension hadn't been the standard :lol:

[waits for everyone to moan]
u may need some 5mm spacers though [/waits for everyone to moan]

go for it!

[Stuart]

i put some 5.5j 14 manta wheels on with std size tyres and they stuck out due to being a homo offset

[Aragorn]

easiest way to work it out:

a 6jx15 et49 vaux wheel sits at position X

dropping to ET35 moves the wheel out to X+14mm

making the wheel 1" wider means 0.5" per side more wheel, 0.5" = 13mm

so now we have X+14+13mm so thats 27mm further out than the standard wheel.

if u do those sums on your current wheels you'll get a figure u can measure against your wheel and see exactly how far outboard they will be

[Dod]

Yes Teacher! :lol:

Naw, i see what you're saying, but its wide 13's i want. Its more about the stance than anything. Might do more research, but still keen on the idea though.

[Aragorn]

then find some 6 or 6.5" 13's in ET49 and you'll be fine

[Jack]

[waits for everyone to moan]
u may need some 5mm spacers though [/waits for everyone to moan]
MOAN MOAN MOAN lol!

My mates 205s on his SR sat flush with his arches, yet my 195s stuck out a fair bit as the offset was about as homo as Boy George in a gimp mask with a banana in one hand and a tube of KY in the other.

At least on a Nova you don't have to worry about finding wheels with a certain spoke design to fit over the front calipers... farking faff brakes lol