wheel help needed.

[sealeyA1]

righto fellas, i need some wheels for my wide arch nova but seem to keep getting useless info off useless salesmen that work for wheel shops tellin me different things can anyone tell me what size wheels they are using on thier wide arch novas, what width and what offset? (i know about vauxhalls offset but dont wanna have to have massive spacers), do i need spacers on the rears? any help would be grateful thanks.

heres a pic of what i mean.

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8420/dscf0009ot0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[sealeyA1]

cant believe a post about a superman gearnob has got 27 posts an i canna get no help for me wheels ;) , come on peeps, its killin me tryin to find some wheels for me ride, as ya can see its in no condition to be takin it anywhere to get a trial fit an i know theres some sweet wide arch novas in the group with lovely fittin wheels, so someone must know a fitment to help me out. :thumb:

[Nevo]

Sorry mate cant help ya with your wheel problem ..lol But i can help you in by telling you that is going to be a sweet car mate :thumb: Loving the colour what is it called ???

[Jack]

You could probably work out what width/offset wheels you need if you measured the gap between the edge of your current wheel and the arch.

[sealeyA1]

cheers pal, its a lambo colour, not too dissimilar to ford electric orange (i painted the car before the ford orange came out) thats how long i've been working on it, to be honest its gettin me down an i wonder if i'll ever get it done. :(

[sealeyA1]

You could probably work out what width/offset wheels you need if you measured the gap between the edge of your current wheel and the arch.

i guess i add the extra measurement to the vauxhall offset then, i did ask one of my local wheel suppliers tha same thing an i got 'dunno mate, ot really sure' feckin lot of help eh.:tard:

[Jack]

lol, sounds about right.

Well, you know the standard offset - so say if you want the wheel moved out by 10mm, you'd want an et39 wheel. Or Out by 20mm = et29, etc. Thats assuming you get new wheels of the same width as the current wheels ;)

Bear in mind that's going to put more strain on the hubs though as the centre of gravity of the wheel will be off. Using a wider wheel would take some of the strain off, but may catch on the inner arch. Ideally, use a wide track kit.

[sealeyA1]

cool, cheers jack, will look into it, least im gettin somewhere. ya know of anyone whos done wide arch without the wide track kit or is it a necessity? how long will bearings last without kit?

dont think weel width at rear will be a problem as i cut the inner arches right back so they would be able to fit bigger, wider wheels, fronts might be a different case tho.

[John]

t45ste had a widened rear beam for sale recently, check out his recent for sale threads.

[John]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94901

[sealeyA1]

if i fit a widened rear beam, will i have to do the same with the width on the fronts, would that mean gettin all new drive shafts, lower arms, adjust the top mounts ?

anyone thats done it ?

may be a little to much work for now plus i aint got the money to that just yet, maybe an option for late on if i do need to do all the front.

[just vaux trev]

sorry off topic but is this from stoke on trent

[sealeyA1]

sorry off topic but is this from stoke on trent


if ya mean the car, no its not
if ya mean the beam cant give ya an answer. lol