S3 APY, ROTA Grid drifts.
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Yah, I know, just asking around anywhere I can maybe get info about this setup, very hard to find someone who can just say, these, these and these will fit, these will look like this, these will sit like this etc hard to find, but putting feelers out there, there about a 2 finger gap between my avis and the strut, around 1.5 cm, the new wheels are 1.3 cm ontop of that, 2.8 cm closer, 15mm spacer, 13mm between strut and wheel (hopefully), and my tyre is a 225 so rubber is well out of the way, I think it'll work
as i said in your other thread, think there is a guy running 9.5J ET 23 without spacers. If you ran your 9.5J ET38 wheels with 15mm spacers it would be the same as the other guys: 38mm - 15mm = 23mm -- so 15mm spacers should be fine
Rotas fitted perfectly, (5x100, 9.5 et38) 15mm spacer at front and 20mm at back. For those who want to know, the back definitely needed a spacer, hit top of the coil mount without! could probably get away with a 5mm at the back if you weren't running 9.5 with a 15mm at the front. Had to go 20mm rear for look and handling characteristics. The clearance between the inner rim protector and the strut in the front however is roughly 2-3mm so JUST fits. Tires are stretched 225 and managed to keep the tread in the arch (rears fine, front just), can definitely lower the car in the rear with no problems, may need to roll arches or camber to the get the fronts nicely inside. One thing to note, these are LOUD rims, the thick flat wall of each spoke gives a very audible propeller like tone, and the spacers create a frequency at around 80kmh that begins to ring and never lets off as speed increases. So, if you're willing to loose a bit of that soundless s3 interior for that wiiiide super phat look, then its well worth it!
Thanks Jim, i do love it i have to say!
It was a one off colour from factory which was requested by the first owner
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Priced up the alloys today and the two ET's discussed are available - ET23 and ET38. Is ET23 the better option of the two?
Will there be any difference in looks between the two ET's? One more deeper dish than another?
I see most people seem to run 225/40/18 would I get away with 235/40/18?
I also can't decide between hyper black and bronze!
Thanks for the input.
Will there be any difference in looks between the two ET's? One more deeper dish than another?
I see most people seem to run 225/40/18 would I get away with 235/40/18?
I also can't decide between hyper black and bronze!
Thanks for the input.
Sorry for the late reply!
I have 9.5j ET23 all round. ive put 15mm spacers on the rears now and a 7mm space on the front for clearance as my coilovers are pretty low down and im running 225/40/18
I believe the lower the ET the deeper dish, but im not 100% sure about that.
yeah, I was just thinking that it's got some serious poke then. I have 8.5J ET25 - 20mm spacers and was thinking of dropping it back to 10mm spacers because it looks odd from behind.
It would probably look ok if the wheels were actually wider though; like yours.
It would probably look ok if the wheels were actually wider though; like yours.
the do poke slightly but the fitment is spot on and i dont get any rubbing. i did have 20mm on there before but it rubbed when it would squat on acceleration! yeah it looks very fat from behind haha!
