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  • Wheely confused.

    I’ve got myself confused looking at wheels, will these fit? It’s the fronts im most worried about. The rears fit with some 5mm spacers right?

    Fronts: 8.5J R18 ET18
    Rear: 10J R18 ET13.

    I’d appreciate any guidance, I find it really confusing!

    Thanks.

  • #2
    People have fitted similar offsets but the fronts will stick out from the wheel arch and may/will need stretched tyres or swapping of the front top mounts to give more negative camber
    Last edited by Dave P; 23-02-2019, 07:21 PM.

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    • #3
      Thanks Dave,
      So would an 8j et40 front work? The car is also lowered 30mm, would I need to raise it up again? Also, am I right about the rears needing spacers?

      Thanks again.

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      • #4
        The rears are fine even with a 10mm spacer in most case. But the front will be "aggressive" and on an 18" wheel particularly could cause some problems with poke. With swapped top mounts you will reduce the poke.

        On my car I have 8.5J ET13 but they are only 17s with lower profile tyres and there is slight poke but the tread isn't poking if that makes sense.

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        • #5
          Thanks, looks like I'm staying standard for now.

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