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My new mags - 18x8 Advanti Phantics with 225/40 Tyres.

Now on to all the other things I want to do to the car

Very nice mate

You get any rubbing up front?

Hardly driven it yet. Seems to be very slight rubbing on full lock.

Same here (got same size rim)

Ah well nothing some *cough* spacer plates *cough* wont fix

Damn, I gotta get that cough seen too

Hey Guys, this is for all of you, but more so for beno as u prob have had the rims on for longer

I was thinking of going 18 * 8 225/35
What cha think, am i going to have any drama'swith rubbing

what is all this talk about spacers and how do they work??

Cheers any knowledge or tips u guys can give me would be great, as im about the fork out 2g for a set of rims, just want to make the right decission

Thanks

Hmmmm thats a pretty low profile (35 series) so you might be ok...

But it all depends on the offset of the rim

See if my offset was more like the rim on the right (negative offset) then the wheel is protruding more toward the outside of the car. My only rubbing now is by the inside of the tyre on the inside of my wheel arches when on full lock. Had I had a small series tyre this may help....



Spacers are a plate that goes behind the wheel effectively mounting it out further towards the outside of the car - as per the above pic (right one)

If you can - test the wheel tyre setup first. Its the only way to be sure

so a good ofset for our cars is 38 isn;t it, positive too if i recall??

I think ill go 35 profile tyres when these need replaced - possibly even 215s - Hopefully this is a long time away though!!

Dunno about spacers because the wheels pretty much full up the gaurds as it is. I think spaces may bring the wheels out to far??

And don't just worry about the rubbing on the chassis.........worry about the tyres rubbing your wheel guards to death! And that goes for a lot of us...........

Looks really nice JayME! Fills the wheel arch very well. It must feel like having a brand new car eh!

Thanks Spud - It is like having a new car. If the rubbing is to much of a problem ill definatly look at dropping to some 215/35s or something. Car is parked up pretty much all the time anyways - Its going to be a show car one day!! I got a little suzuki scooter for going to work on and picking up my new daily driver next week (a little turbo Mitsi Tredia - I think you guys got them over there??)

Alright - after driving the car around for the last couple of days I decided Im not happy with the amount of guard rub (rubbing in the centre of the front wheel arches when the wheel is turned - front and back). Took it back to Mag and turbo where I got them from. They are going to fit some 215\35s today at lunch time. Lower profile tyres should look better!!

Let us know if it helps because then i will get 18's too

Yea its brilliant now - No rubbing what so ever. Did a check on an online wheel diameter calculator - Rolling diameter of my 215/35 18's is actually fractionally smaller than the factory 205/50 16's