selling my flat faced 5 spoke compomotives

they are 8 x 17 et 15 group a fitment. painted orange beginning of this year and then never used, all straight





£600, these are hard to come by now days

thanks

 

Hi Ronnie
What's the largest brakes I could squeeze inside these?
Would I get away with 356mm AP's?
Cheers
Iain

 

I'm not 100% sure Ian. I reckon they might just squeeze in

 

Hmm it's going to be tight I know.
I'd like to know for sure before spending my hard earned though.
I'll do some more homework.
Thanks for your quick reply.
Cheers
Iain

 

Ok mate you're welcome to try one for size but know you're not local are you

 

I've got 355 discs with ap cp5555 6 pot calipers on my 3dr with these wheels but with a et 35 off set

 

No 'fraid not local to you Ronnie!
Johny many thanks for your reply, that's exactly the set up I have on my 3dr with Comp Mo 6 spokes, but 18".
My ET is 33 plus a v slim spacer, so pretty much on 35, so Ronnie, although I've cracked the clearance issue, the ET isn't going to work for me sorry.
Thanks for your help gents.
Cheers
Iain

 

I've got AP7040 6 pots and 355mm discs behind mine they cleared with an ET33 although i'm now out to ET17 with spacers (just to widen the track)
Iain i'm sure you could have them machined down to the right offset for you.
Rich

 

Thanks for your reply Rich.
I'm not sure I follow though. If you've added spacers your ET should now be larger shouldn't it?
ET 33 is the inner face of the wheel centre, 33mm away from the centre line of the wheel. To be ET17 would mean that you've reduced that distance, not increased it as you say. Zero being the centre line..
OR.. have I got this offset business completely wrong?
With Ronnie's being ET15 the mounting face of the wheel is only 15mm off the centre line of it's total width. To get to ET35 for example, I would need a 20mm spacer?
Happy to stand corrected, but that's my understanding..
Cheers
Iain

Ah, just re-reading your post - you're saying your wheels are ET17 AND you have spacers on.. with you now.. That clears that one up. I really don't want to run spacers though. Cheers

 

You definitely wouldn't need to run spacers. Can't explain exactly et

But the lower the et the further the wheel sits out.

So et15 will sit 15mm further out than a et30

 

Thanks Ronnie, I'm getting there with that stuff now - it was the spacer bit of Rich's post which foxed me before!
I've got huge arch mods, but I can't see getting away with pushing the outer edge of the wheel any further than I am now, even if I am going down to 17's.

Thanks again, GLWTS
Iain

 

Sorry I didn't need to add the bit about the spacers really lol
The lower the ET or offset means the further they stick out (giving better brake clearance) Althought you don't need ET15 or ET17 to clear AP 6 pots only ET33.
So you'll beable to machine the current ET15 down to ET33 if you like to get them to fit under the arches but still clear your brakes.
Iain is it a 3 Door you have?
Rich

 

Yes mate it is.
Do you think there's that much meat on the wheel centres to whip that much off?
It's possible.. Compo have two sizes listed ET15 to 35 and 35 to 50 so maybe they came off the same moulding.
Only thing is now the cost is rising.. machining and paint (sorry Ronnie, orange isn't my thing LOL)
Cheers
Iain

 

You can't machine et15 to et30 without adding material..?

 

You can go from 15 to 30 yes as the 15mm is of centre of the rim. Remove another 15 and you get ET30