How low is 2 low?

[MIXMASTERMENCE]

OK, so my new rims arrived yesterday. But.......................

The dude on the fone assured that if i have had my arches done they will fall straight on.

NO

Now, 3 out of 4 aint bad. But the rear drivers side dont fit. The rims are 205, 45,17 with a ET45 offset. I know I know, 17"s on a nova. but others have done it.

The beast is booked in on tuesday to be looked at, but................

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???

[dunova]

So you've had your arch's rolled? What width are the wheels? 7 1/2"?

Are they rubbing by a lot or only just catching?

[burgo]

i didnt think you could go to low

[Riggy]

But.......................


. The rims are 205, 45,17 nova.



looks like your prob is your tyre size mate , idealy you would want 195/40/17 i would have thought

[leemh1234]

205/40/17 on falkens as there a slim tyre.so if ur arches have been rolled or cut right of they should fit. 8)

[jamie gsi16v]

any 205/40/17 tyre will fit under nova rolled arches and check the yellow nova in my feature, one pic shows how low you can go on 17s!

[MIXMASTERMENCE]

cheers kids,

Time to get the anglegrinder out then!!!!!


NNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW

as the sparks fly everywhere!!! Rusty arches in no time.

[Philsutton]

The rims are 205
like riggy said the tyres are the problem, 205's never go on novas well. The best for a nova 195 anything more an your just going to get no end of trouble from it. But saying that i know one person thats got the same on his slammed to the deck on coilovers an it doesnt catch at all. Not sure how he's done it.

[dunova]

I've never seen a 195 width tyre on a 17" alloy-i'm pretty sure 205 is as small as you can go :?

Anyway, i had 17's on my old gsi (i cut out the arch's, then wax oiled them), lowered 60mm and the offset was 40. Didn't rub atall, even with a car full of people! Tyre's were 205/40/17 aswell.

[Adam]

I've never seen a 195 width tyre on a 17" alloy-i'm pretty sure 205 is as small as you can go :?

Anyway, i had 17's on my old gsi (i cut out the arch's, then wax oiled them), lowered 60mm and the offset was 40. Didn't rub atall, even with a car full of people! Tyre's were 205/40/17 aswell.
Depends on the width of the rim, a 7J width should have 205, but 6.5J etc can have 195.
I have 7J 16s, so same width as most 17s, and they have 195 tyres on.

[jamie gsi16v]

everywhere makes 195/16 tyres but you carnt get 195/17 tyres, theres no such thing, it would work if sumwhere made them but they dont, best tyre for the 16" is 195/45/16 and best for 17" is the 205/40/17, both are fine on the correct offset.

[Adam]

everywhere makes 195/16 tyres but you carnt get 195/17 tyres, theres no such thing, it would work if sumwhere made them but they dont, best tyre for the 16" is 195/45/16 and best for 17" is the 205/40/17, both are fine on the correct offset.
They do, Pirelli Pzeros you can get in 195/40/17, and Continental. :wink:

http://ssl.delti.com/cgi-bin/reifenbestellen.pl?typ=1451000&dsco=10

[jamie gsi16v]

thats one up on me, :roll: worth investing in for big wheels on standard arches. well done that man