Iam a rookie lukin 4 sum Help!

[Rob]

I stand by my comments earlier about english and not txtcode.
It annoys the hell out of me!

But he is young and new. I am sure 0ddball will cross his path soon with the dry sarcasm! lmao

[Rusty CallyT]

no, alot is correct....


can see why it's confusing though

lets hope hes better at driving than at talking/typing lmao

[Rob]

no, alot is correct....


can see why it's confusing though

'alot' is not a word. its 'a lot'.

[Peachprformance]

The ET of the wheel is the distance from the hub to the inner hub of the wheel...? (correct me if I am wrong)

ET49 is the furthest in you can get. If you had the right PCD (distance between the wheel bolt holes on the wheel) for a Vaux and an ET of, say, 30, the wheels would stick out 19mm more from the car then the same wheel with an ET49.

And please type properly. You have a keyboard and not predictive texting on a mobile. You will get less 'CHAV' remarks if you type in english, not txtcode.

Thanks!!

Almost the "ET" is the measurement from the back of the hub face of the wheel to the centreline of the wheel (basically chopped it in half width ways).

Where the ET measurment required then gets confusing is becuase depending on what width wheels you run alters the ET measurement required. E.G On an Mk2 Astra GTE the wheels were 6x15 with an ET of 49mm. and we'll assume that the outer edge of that wheel is sat level to the arch, and that the inner edge of the wheel is 1" away from the strut.

Now if you increase the width of that wheel to 7" but leave the offset at 49mm the wheel will stick out from the arch by a 1/4 of an inch and be 3/4 inch away from the strut. Now a 1/4 of an inch in mm is 6.35mm so in order to get the wheel to sit in the corrret place in relation to the arch the ET (offset) for the new 7x15 wheel would be 49mm - 6.35mm = 42.65. The Wheels outer edge is now level with the arch again and the inner edge is now 1/2 inch away from the strut.

This also throws up the problem that an identical wheel in 6.5x15 will go under a piece of piss, a 7x15 would, a 7.5x15 should just and a 8x15 won't in a month of Sundays. So the diameter of the wheel is not the overiding factor. However if the 7.5" wheel was 17" in diameter and the rolling radius with the tyre had increased slightly you may now find yourself scrubing the inner arch or suspension strut. So now diameter has come into play as well.

Unfortunately this is why no one you speak to will gurantee what size wheel will fit your car but will recommend on personal experience's on what they know has fitted in the past. This is also why there is no deffinate ET for the wheels you are running.

[$*jonboi_31*$]

Sorry boys bloody hell my bad an thnx for the help even though you pro people have been bullying a new young rookie in the car world cheers!!! boys but nice 1
Has any 1 got any pictures of sum pretty much standard corsas with 15"+ 17" rims, on?

[BigbaRd]

TRANSLATED: Ok, Ok, thanks alot mate, I need some sleep now, i'm going to go and dream about chaving up my car, thanks, Agen

lmao lmao lmao

your making yourself look like a d'ick speaking like that, don't care if your new or if your unfortunate enough to own a corsa.

You have to be a chav, gotta be!! Can't see how you couldn't be with you speaking like that!!

Tis quite funny though that you think it sounds wckd innit clart!

[af1]

o-rite mate yer i got a corsa itz preety fat leik ya i iz only 17 aint i urrr i got sum alloys pretty cheap my mate big andee chored em of some hard working bloke who always abides by da law init, er yeh im waitin on da new explod sonny 'ead uni dannys gettin for me gonna be fat my rides faster den yours i got da 1.2 12v engine, 3cyl to win bruv respect 'lexus lights, neons, nos tubes, mad scientist, piston rings'

[BigbaRd]

pmsl lmao lmao lmao

[GlasgowRob]

learn to talk and type in a proper manner you spaz monkeys

[Dav1d]

Leave 'em alone.
Adam gets away with it .

[LEE69]

Guys this is unfair.