Fitting wide wheels

[Daniel306]

What needs to be done to fit 9" rear wheels and 8" front?

[cwspellowe]

Well certainly not originality...

You'll need to space the rears to about ET -5 and the fronts to +5 and depending on tyre size and ride height possibly arch pulling and rolling

[Daniel306]

How will i work out the ET, Cant find any markings on them, and whats the standard tyre width for 8 and 9" rims?

[cwspellowe]

Define standard? See pics in my project thread for heavily stretched tyres. 195 49 r16 on both 8 and 9j.

Et's work negatively, so if you add a spacer the ET goes down. A wheel et40 with a 20mm spacer makes it et20. An et10 with a 20mm spacer makes it ET-10.

[Daniel306]

know how to work out Et from this?

Front wheels are 210mm wide and are 120mm from inside rim to mating face

Rear are 235mm wide and 115 to mating face

[cwspellowe]

ET+5

ET-2 (ish)

To calculate it, you want to use this equation:

(distance from inside wheel to mounting face) - (wheel width divided by 2) = offset

So front wheels 120 - 210/2 = ET+5

Rear wheels 115 - 235/2 = ET -2.5

So they'll be pretty much spot on at that offset and wheel width mate

[kingy]

just out of interest, what wheels are they?

[Daniel306]

15" Image 3 piece split rims

[kingy]

:romance-heart: :romance-heartbeating: how much are these little butes?

[Daniel306]

Not sure, i got them when i bought that car, but it wont be going back on the road for a while so i though i put them to some use, but when it dose go back on the road it will have genuine dimma alloys, so far i have the two rear just need to front,

[kingy]

are they reps? if not, are they for sale?

[cwspellowe]

If they're 3 piece splits I doubt they're reps mate

Don't like them much myself tbh. But if you're fitting them to a 306, those tyres ain't gonna fly

[Daniel306]

those tyres have been flat since 2004 so they are not going on anything, just the rims im using, need to get tyres for them

the dimma alloys? the ones in the pic are genuine, they dont make them anymore tho http://www.imagewheels.co.uk/

[kingy]

for sale?

[Daniel306]

i wont sell them, i dident like them much when i first seen them buy they have grown on me

[cwspellowe]

If they're 15" i'd go for 195/45 front and 195/50 rear tbh. Or if you're hardcore go 195/40 for both, but would take some serious lows to pull that off with 15" wheels.

[kingy]

i wont sell them, i dident like them much when i first seen them buy they have grown on me

dont like you any more. .