Wheels help required

[chrisbilling]

Dear All,

 

I have a set of Volk racing GTU's that i have fitted to my Supra TT.

 

the sizes are:

 

front 17" x 7 et 30 215 tyres

 

Rear 17" x 8 et 35 235 tyres

 

the fronts look ok, but the rears and too far in, can i use wheel spacers to bring them out?

 

I understand that these wheels are 1" too narrow front and rear, and that the Supra uses a et of 50.

 

All comments appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Chris

[Guest Garfy]

yeah spacers will bring them out, its not ideal though, how far out do you need to go?

[Mike B]

Stock offset is 50, so you are too far out already in a prefect world.

 

If you bring them further out your geometry will be even further out, and the handling will be worse, plus how will the spacer effect the spigot? if it doesn't support the wheel properly like the stock rim then you risk shearing wheelbolts.

 

*voice of doom*

[JustGav]

Stock offset is 50, so you are too far out already in a prefect world.

 

If you bring them further out your geometry will be even further out, and the handling will be worse, plus how will the spacer effect the spigot? if it doesn't support the wheel properly like the stock rim then you risk shearing wheelbolts.

 

*voice of doom*

 

*Nod*, there is plenty of information regarding the dangers of spacers and the overall poor quality of the handling after using the incorrect offsets.

[Nic]

Chris read these before deciding whether you want to fit spacers

 

http://planetsoarer.com/offset/studs.htm

http://planetsoarer.com/offset/offset.htm

 

Personally I would recommend selling the wheels and buying a set in the correct size and offset.

[chrisbilling]

Thanks for the advice wheels now on sale.