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wider wheels

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:23 pm
by wiredsubzero
i was wondering whats the widest legal wheels that you can fit on a pre bodey kit rocco cheers :cool: i dont want to buy some wheels and find out they stick out too far :hugegrin:

im sure ive seen this thread before but i couldent find it

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:44 pm
by Boumsong
Just stick a tape measure in the arch and measure the depth?

Couldn't tell you for sure.

Check over on ED38, theres a few motors of there running 13.5"s and wider on the back :shocking:

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:04 pm
by wiredsubzero
wouldent like to think the cost per typre :hugegrin: sounds tasty though

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:08 pm
by Boumsong
Scirocco's need to be run on 13/14"s anyway, something like a 14/8.5 with a bit of stretch on the tyre, loooveerrlllyyy and loowwwww.

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:44 pm
by Ryan
Boumsong wrote:Scirocco's need to be run on 13/14"s anyway, something like a 14/8.5 with a bit of stretch on the tyre, loooveerrlllyyy and loowwwww.
or 15/16's :cool:

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 12:34 pm
by Boumsong
To be fair...I've got 17/225/45's on the back and 15/205/45 on the front...
(at least I will have soooonn)

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 3:15 pm
by wiredsubzero
i was thinking of 10x13 wheels but im not sure if p.c plod will like how much they stick out :blush:

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:45 pm
by RoccoGuy
its not about the width its about the offset of the wheels. i had 13x8's on the front and 13x9's on the back with silly low offset. even with the arches pulled about an inch on the back they still stuck out far enough for the old bill to threaton to tow and crush it lol.

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the problem is roccos can't get the front low enough to pull off 13's with stretched tires because the bottom of the engine is sitting on the floor before the tires are in the arch, 14's look much better on them.

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:52 pm
by wiredsubzero
cheers for the pics :buddy: I think i might go for 8x13 now as 10x13 will stick out abit much also are those Wellers ? i was thinking of a set of them

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 9:09 pm
by RoccoGuy
yeah there wellers mate, loved them to bits but would never be able to get them legal on a car without some thing like burg arches.

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 12:28 pm
by Boumsong
Do you still have them?

Re: wider wheels

Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 12:22 am
by RoccoGuy
no mate, swapped them for the rsl cults on my green rocco.