16"s how much could i lower by ...

mintyfreshness · Post by **mintyfreshness** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:19 pm

help me please, i wna know how low i could go without arch work with 16"s ... and how low with 15"s ? ... please reply to avoid frustration and scruubing my arches ... thanks

my car is actualy a 1.2 polo - 9n

M7 · Post by M7 » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:12 pm

15x7s et35 can defo go all the way down on coilovers...like 80/90ish mm
depends on the offset and width of the rims u have no the diameter of the rim

pidge87 · Post by **pidge87** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:03 pm

I've got 16x8 et25 with 205/40/16's and my coilovers are wound right down and I dont get any scrubbing

Hope that helps!

V800DUB · Post by **V800DUB** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:30 pm

Depends on the coilovers too i'm running Fk silverlines and at the back they won't go too much below a 50mm drop without giving you a back breaking ride! Anything above about 45mm and the ride is very comfortable strange i know but if your trying to run fairly small wheels on a 9N i'd look somewhere else but FK and get that friggin anti roll bar removed!!

mintyfreshness · Post by **mintyfreshness** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:52 pm

thanks for your help guys ... i want (RH TOPLINE AA) what is (et 35 or et 60) ... god i bet you lot thinkim a right noob, but i fort theres no1 better to answer my questions than you guys

Hamish · Post by **Hamish** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:56 pm

tbh i would say that you would have more trouble with the drive shafts rubbing on the front ARB before you encounter scrubbing issues with the tyres

Where from surrey are you from?

mintyfreshness · Post by **mintyfreshness** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:02 pm

oh yeah the abr, lets pretend i dont read the cars and engines magazines ... lol ... i will get better with time, lol, im down in snadhurst near the front gate of the r.m.a ... where abouts you ? ... andy

Hamish · Post by **Hamish** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:16 pm

Im up in ashtead near epsom.

Tbh ive been looking into realli slamming a polo 70mm+ and i cant find any decent coilovers that will.

Ive having to get some custom ones made up or going for air ride, which i dont want to do

M7 · Post by M7 » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:50 am

to give u an idea: these are fk's wound right down on the front. the back has another 15mm, which is right down now (can get a pic if needed)

15" rims with tyres that are 195/45s

and here it is with just 40mm springs all round with same wheel sizes

might aswell round it off with a pic of 205/45/17s on 40mm springs

mintyfreshness · Post by **mintyfreshness** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:53 am

arrrrrr, you dunno how much you just helped, thanks so much, yu've all made me feel realy welcome, lol ... btw, the 1st picture, du reckon if i had lowered it as much as that on fk's, could i use 16"s ? ... thanks for your time ... and what is et(Help) ?

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:58 pm

mintyfreshness wrote:thanks for your help guys ... i want (RH TOPLINE AA) what is (et 35 or et 60) ... god i bet you lot thinkim a right noob, but i fort theres no1 better to answer my questions than you guys

basically how far they stick out! the lower the number the more they stick out into the road.

go with ET35

M7 · Post by M7 » Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:54 pm

i'm changing to 16s soon, but im going to run a crazy et, so i might have to stick to 15s as i know i can have the clearance on the archs
still trying to work it out to be honest

et is the how much the wheel sticks out as david says.
'normal' wheels are the ones on the left.

mintyfreshness · Post by **mintyfreshness** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:34 pm

oh, ive made up my mind, i think im still looking for dh toplines, um for the rear 8x16" - et30 and for the front 8x16" - et35, for that staggered look

... thanks so mush for your help guys, its sonice to ge feedback, i never get listened to, im classe as the noob with no knowledge, but you gota start somewhere, right? ... thats my excuse, lol ... ive found out compatability gts thrown out the window when dubbin, hehe ... thanks again