hi ppl im new

thinking of buying some rsgt http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=7927803039 alloys 205/40/17 tyres. thing is the offset is 38 so is this too far out. i was thinking as ill only be using 205 (are these too narrow?) tyres i may have a little more room?

stew.

oh, and its a classic k reg import wrx!

 

I would say that ET38 is way out
Personally I would not below ET45 or 48 and 215/40 tyres.

 

you have a pricvate message mate..

 

ok but cant you make up the offset with some spacers or dont it work like that?

 

No, you would need to machine off at least 10mm, and probably 15mm from the mounting face of the alloy to get the offset close to correct.

You then have to look at how much metal there is left to support the wheel (ie will it be strong enough!).

It is probably far cheaper and safer to buy wheels that are correctly designed for the car.

I wouldn't go with economy tyres either. Your car is only connected to the ground by a few square inches of rubber. Whilst economy tyres might be OK for 90% of driving, the last thing you want to do is to find out that they aquaplane badly in standing rainwater, are very poor under braking, or can't handle changing direction quickly in an emergency.

The excess on your insurance is probably way higher than the cost of a half decent set of tyres, so why take the risk.

John

 

Stew,

The off-set is miles out, and the tyre size is wrong. Spacers are a bad idea in any event, and on a powerful car like a Scoob just don't go there. And anyway, spacers would only reduce the off-set further.

Apart from those minor details, they're perfect

Richard.

PS Get some decent rubber, not flash wheels. Toyo's new R or Goodyear's F1 are highly rated. 215/40x17 is correct for a Classic car, and ideal offset is ET50-53.

 

tar

 

JohnS, was I reading your mind, or you mine?

 

Just got et45 offsets with 214/40 R17 TOYO T1-Rs and while they feel fine on the car they do just clip the wheel arch on my wagon to the extent I'm going to need to do something like rolling the arches. So be very careful what you get especially if you've dropped it at all. Safer to stay with 50/53 offset.