Wheel Offsets

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shooomer
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Wheel Offsets

Post by shooomer » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:32 pm

Standard front wheel is ET 40 and aftermarket front wheel is same width and ET 50... am I right in thinking I just need to use a spacer?
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Re: Wheel Offsets

Post by alicrozier » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:48 pm

Yup, ET is distance from the centreline of the wheel to the bolt face. Aftermarket wheel would hence sit 10mm further in, spacer required to move it outwards.
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Re: Wheel Offsets

Post by philthy » Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:27 pm

and longer wheel bolts.
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