spacers for my wheels!

[bide_furio]

hey guys! bought some td's that are 7j and et38?? they came with 20 mm spacers but this causes the back to rub HORRIBLY so was wondering if there is a kit to fit these wheels and will it be wise too?? cheers guys!

[Curran]

you could try 25mm spacers on the rear but it shouldnt rub with the 20mm spacers.

have you looked to see what its rubbing on?

[bide_furio]

yea! the rear axel! lol! helpful but in a picture could point it out! defo dont fit on my 20mm spacers on drums! as has worn one of the tires ryt down and grinding two alloys down! never got round to tryin the front ones on!

[Curran]

get a picture. i cant really help otherwise

[Grant]

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk62/GrantMiles/DSCN1387.jpg
thats mine.. my wheel and the tyre are rubbing against the semi circle thing on both sides at the back. these are on 26mm spacers. u having a similar problem? its a clunk that goes once eveytime the wheel turns..

if this is it help me too! lol

[Curran]

your only option is bigger spacers or stretched tyres

what size tyres are you running?

[bide_furio]

195/45/15 on 7j et38 with 20mm spacers on drums and yea its rubbin on that semi circular bit!

[Grant]

lol what luck.. its annoyin aint it lol

[bide_furio]

yea! matey who had these wheels before had ground down the tyre and rim to suit i think lol! come one guys! will 25mm work on mine and is it advisible?

[Grant]

mine are 26mm OZ ones and they still rub :S

[Grant]

right what ive done is bought some 5mm spacers that will arrive tommorow. this should clear it :) if 20 are rubbing id use 25mm peoplecant understand how mine are rubbin though lol so im gonna up mine to 30

[brianS]

you have a flat arch saxo though which means less clearance in the arch. id watch the outer lip of the arch if you add the other spacers aswell.

are you sure the wheels are et38 to start with?

[Grant]

not sure.. how do i check?

plus the wheels are far enough away from the arch, its not lowered yet and i dont ever have people in the back tbh

[brianS]

ive been thinking about this and tbh i think the rear with drums on should be et12 not et18. if you add spacers to a car the wheel is pushed out from the inside arch, normal saxo offset is et15 so adding a spacer to the back will push the et towards 0 rather than going back up towards 20

if that all makes sense,

it seems the clearing of the rear beam when drums are in place is the problem, so a smaller offset is needed from standard.

[Grant]

m very confused lol.. so ure saying forget the spacers?

[brianS]

no im saying i reckon if the wheels were et38 to start with you will need 23mm (so say 25mm as that will be ok and easier to get) on the front and 28mm on the rear.

i think you may be only rubbing slightly on the arm. is the arb plate on properly?

[Grant]

surely 5 mm wont push them from under the arch?

and i dont know anything about what you just said :) lol sorry

there are 25mm spacers on front and back.. dont know anything about the offsets

arb plate?

[bide_furio]

yea mine are defo 38 et thought saxos were between 15 and 18 et?? so if i was to buy 25mm spacers for the back and keep the 20 mm on the front i shud be safe u recon???

[bide_furio]

anymore help??

[brianS]

the semi circle thing in the above picture