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Hi Ya…

I am just about to order the following for my 3DR.



Front 17" x 7.5
Rear 17" x 8.5

I can order them in any offset as the wheels are blanks at the moment.

What "offset" should I go for, naturally I want the best looking (not sucked under look).

I have standard brakes and the wheel arches are not rolled/trimmed which I want to avoid doing. The car has lowered springs (approx 1 inch) but I also have the original springs if need be.

The shop suggested +25 for the rear and +20 for the front which they got from an old BBS wheel fitment guide book.

Thanks guys..

MB..

Sonic Boom

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Front ET35
Rear ET25

Depending on how much want to chop the rear arches you can push it out as far as ET15, I run ET23 on the rear with quite abit of arch work and ET33 on the front I don't think you could go much more than ET30 on the fronts.
Rich

Staffi

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Yeah as Rich Says, mine are the offsets he's mentioned...

Sonic Boom

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Any excuse to put a photo or 2 up Pete
Rich

BRAMMER

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I run the same size but ET30 front and ET22 rear with all 4 arches rolled and trimmed

Staffi

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Only way to exaplin offsets though Rich TBH, no point putting offset numbers up without showing the fellas how they sit...

Sonic Boom

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In that case, here's mine:

Rich

Staffi

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Exactly....

Anyway, PLEASE tell me your cars out of Martin's place??

Sonic Boom

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Nope it's still there!!!
Rich

siscossie

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Mine are et35 but there 18"

Staffi

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@ Rich

RSRoy

Mine are genuine BBS RS.

Front 8x16 ET30
Rear 9x16 ET41

Arches rolled and trimmed.

lacey

I ran 9j x 17" with 25mm of set with no mods to the rear arches

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Thanks everyone for your input and photos, wow.... some nice looking 3DR's....jealous of all of them, hopefully mine will look as good once finished.

KODAK - just to clarify, when you say your offsets are the same as Rich "mentions", are you referring to what Rich recommended (Front ET35 & Rear ET25) or what Rich has on his car (Front ET33 & Rear ET23). And are your rims 17 x 7.5 & 17 x 8.5

Thanks again everyone.
Cheers

MB..

Staffi

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MB,
Yes my offsets are FRONT ET35 and REAR ET25 fronts are 17.7.5/ rears 17.8 matey and no arch mods at all..

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Hey KODAK.

Once again, thanks for your help......

So your's are "8.0" on the rear........ the ones I am getting are going to be "8.5" (I can only get them in either 7.5 or 8.5).

I am wondering if the "8.5" with ET25 on the rear will be OK or should go for a different ET on the rear. Any way, I have got the front ET sorted so far.

My next question is going to be "tyre" size you are running.

Cheers

MB..

Staffi

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I'm running 205/40/17s front

215/40/17s rear my friend.

Do you have Arch mods on your 3dr??

If so you'll be fine with the 8.5s and bigger tyres..

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No..... bodywise, she has never been touched so no arch mods.

rsnissan

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ET 24 9" rear NO mods

BRAMMER

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Simple solution to this is don't lower it too much - mine used to catch with standard arches front and back

Mine are 8.5 rear with ET22 and they used to touch the arches but i was running the car this low on coil overs - you need to go for a bigger tyre on the rear i got 215/40 then realised they were 8.5 and not 8 as thought but their is 225 but i think they only do them in 35 profile, for a 40 the next step is 235



This is now with all arches sorted and the rear lifted

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Thanks everyone....... settled on ET35 (front) and ET25 (rear), they should arrive later this week. I will then workout what tyres to go for.

Cheers

MB..

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BRAMMER - so what tyre size are you running on the rear now...... still the 215x40 or did you change up to 235x40.

Cannot find 225x40 here in OZ, only 225x45, scratching my head here a bit.

Cheers

MB..