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zzr1100rick - 8/10/06 at 03:19 PM

Hi i have done a search on offset for wheels and im still a bit confused
What offset has others used as i under stand it sierra is et38 i want to use 195/50/15 or 195/55/15 tyres
is it ok to stick with original offset or do i need somthing else ? Rick


andybod - 8/10/06 at 03:24 PM

use either et 35 or et 38 and you'll be fine don't be tempted to order anything like et 15's as they don't fit under rear arches i made that mistake hope this helps i've gone 17's with et 35 offset on 205/40/17 tyres and they fit but i'm going to have to buy different front arches


zzr1100rick - 8/10/06 at 03:41 PM

are you having to buy new front arches due to the tyre width


chrisj - 8/10/06 at 05:47 PM

I had to get dax wings for the width on my 17's. They satified the examiner through the horizontal and the vertical axis as well. No need to add the proverbial mudguards to get this tick !

I used a Northern Irish firm from the interweb called something alloys who produced me the 17" 7js for about £350 all in. They used Peugeot on the front and Ford on the rear or the other way around.

Anyway send them the email from the website and job is a good un. I would thinking about it use them to cover them as well. My local tyre fitters were happy to add the ebay rubber I sourced very reasonably for not inconsiderable sums (because they didn't supply them). Plus the fag factor of lugging the rims about and waiting on a saturday for them to be done !

Moving on I'm going to get a set of Borbet's for my wee beasty. They do a 108 pcd when ordered from Germany and they do them to fill the arches to !

So 10" rears rather than the piddly 7j which need to go !


andybod - 10/10/06 at 08:00 PM

sorry for delay in response i think i willl have to get new front wings not got that far yet though