ROTA RIMS PROBLEMS?? ANYONE??
 

i put 17inch tarmac prodrive rep Rota rims on my my95 wagon with 215/45/17 tyres and under hard cornering they rub on the back and with people in back its a nightmare!!! Standard WRX shock in her and not lowered or anything!! Anyone else experienced this?? Or wat size tyres they using?????????????????? I assume offset a bit wider as they clear the brembos i put on front.

Normally people use 215/40 on classics and I think you're right about having a slightly larger offset.

Yeah wasn't sure to change to 205/45/17 or 215/40/17. STi V5 Shocks going in tomorrow evening!! So should be sitting a bit lower!!

anyone!!

The further you go from manufacturer's standard the more chance you have of rubbing. These wheels have a smaller off set than standard, are wider than standard and you have taller tyres than standard.
The only thing you can change really is the tyre profile. 215/40/17 will be best and will return the wheel diameter to very close to original (in fact just a tiny bit smaller.) 205 won't fit the 7.5" rims very well - too narrow.

I can't really understand why they go to the trouble of ripping off a Prodrive wheel, but changeing the offset from the ET50-55 which is right for the classic scoob and is stuck to by all the Prodrive/Subaru wheels :confused:

How much smaller?? As i said i have STiV5 standard shocks which sit bit lower then standard WRX suspension. Will the wheel look lost then with that tyre size?????

They were called Tarmac II. They are the prodrive P1 replica rim in 7.5x17

Well, the picture shows my car, which is slightly lowered, and with the same size rims as yours, but with 215/40 17's, and i don't think they look odd!!

Where are yours rubbing?? if it's on the strut, then a small shim.spacer may be enough until you need new tyres, if they rub on the arch, then you'll have to suffer it til the tyres are shot!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...eza_dood/4.jpg

Arch on rears. And they are brand new toyo proxes!!

As are mine, so it must just be the fact that have the 215/45's....

So yours are Rotas too aren't they??

Yup, so exactly the same width and offset as yours!!

Get the arches rolled at a decent bodyshop and all your problems
will be solved.

Rob

I'm running a GB on Rota's at the moment and the 17's I've listed are 215/45/17 so I'm not sure what problem your having there, this may sound a silly comment but are you sure there are no wheel spacers left on the car from the previous alloys ?

I ran this very size on my classic on a new age 17" rim and it's dropped right down low on H&R springs and the tyres never touched... if anything the tyre actually dropped into the arches under pressure.

It may pay to remove a wheel and check for spacers and at the same time have a look to see what the offset is stamped on the insides of the alloys, I think you will find it should be a 48. I'm running 215/35/18 with a 48 offset at the moment and having no troubles at all.

Hope that helps you

Simon

Well its not spacers left behind the wheel anyway. I'll check the offset!!

35 is the recommended offset for classics.

Quote:
Originally Posted by richiewong
Normally people use 215/40 on classics and I think you're right about having a slightly larger offset.

Originally posted by CyprusScooby
35 is the recommended offset for classics.


215/40 is the tyre size. Not the offset

I've got Rota Torque's and they were rubbing at hard cornering....although I did have too fairly large ladies in the back lol

A bit of negative camber might nip the top of the tyre in nicely to avoid the rubbing.

I had 215/45 Dunlops on my classic for a while, they rubbed all the time until I did a track day and the outside of the tyre wore down a bit.