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novagt
09-09-2010, 21:55
hi i have a nova rally car with willwood brakes on front im runin 14 inch wheels but i have to put 20mm spacers behind the wheels to clear the brakes can anyone tell the right offset compomotive wheel i need to get rid of the spacers

kn1
09-09-2010, 22:18
38
i have them on an astra
but you need the wheels with the curved spokes

Paddy1winger
09-09-2010, 22:40
for a start i take it your running ET49 wheels at the minute with a 150mm wide wheel you need ET20 rims

novagt
09-09-2010, 23:24
i had oz wheels on with the spacers . i tryed fitting acom ET38 without the spacer and it wouldn work

Paddy1winger
09-09-2010, 23:26
well tell me what size wheels with the 20mm spacers fit ET and wheel width

novagt
09-09-2010, 23:29
the 14 inch ET38 will fit with the spacers . but i need a wheel that will fit without the spacer

Paddy1winger
09-09-2010, 23:36
I'm guessing you fit competion tyres on so your rims are 6 or 6.5 inch wide

So with a 6 inch wide rim (150mm) you need an ET5
with a 6,5 inch wide rim (162.5mm) you need an ET13

Thats calculated taking an inch to be 25mm ( I think thats right )

novagt
10-09-2010, 09:32
the wheels i have are 6jx14 .so wot yr tellin me if i get et5 they will fit on over the brakes with out the spacer . are they a deep offset wheel