Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Afternoon all. I am soon to be fitting Veilside overfenders front and back, with the rears inparticular increasing the width by about 50-60mm. I am relatively clued up on wheels, stud patterns centre bore etc, but what do I need to be searching for when looking for that extra width? Or could I run it with spacers?? (heard bad things about those with bearings though). Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch79 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Buy a wider wheel :-) lol. Don't want to tell you how to suck eggs, but... If you have a 9.5" wide wheel with say 30 offset now (can be used no arch work) Then get a 12" with with same offset. The wheel 1.25" further out AND in the arch Get a 12" with 20 offset and it'll be 10mm out more than the previous 12" mentioned. And so on. As re spacers, I'd rather not use them, but if I had too, I'd buy the best I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 As a rough guide front 9" +35 and rear 10" +35 will fit almost flush under the stock arches. So if you have 50mm wider arches and keep the same width wheels you would need the following offsets, 9" -15 and 10" -15, which is basically offset +35 - 50mm. If you want different width wheels then use this offset calculator to work out the required offset. http://www.1010tires.com/Tools/Wheel-Offset-Calculator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Thanks guys I didn't want to ask for an idiots guide but yeah that's pretty much how I needed it explaining to me! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Chaps just one more question, ideally I presume I want to be searching for 12j wheels if I'm reading the info right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch79 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) Oh don't quite me on the width of wheel ... I was just saying 12 as I'm sure that's what a lot of the wide arch guys have. Pm kaan, or ibrar, think they have wide arch cars. Ibrars that red one, black roof i think, bottom as wide as a truck - awesome :-) Edited May 11, 2014 by kitch79 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaan W Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I'm selling my wheels that I use with my veilside over fenders not sure if you've seen the thread - http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?307135-Rota-GTR-D-Wheels-with-Tires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch79 Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 As if by magic - Kaan appears ha. Good timing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Aha! So Kaan yours are 12" AND a 20mm spacer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaan W Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Aha! So Kaan yours are 12" AND a 20mm spacer? Yep the rears are 12" et20 with a 20mm spacer. Which I think works out 12" et0 and no spacer. Not sure on fronts but they're not that much wider 15-20mm maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Jesus. Amazing wheels mate but that is only a tad less than I bring in a month lol. This may get more expensive than I had hoped.... Wheel spacers may be the way forward I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaan W Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Fair enough mate lol, spacers on your existing wheels should be ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 If I win some money/a long lost rich relative dies I'll be in touch. Don't get me wrong yours are beautiful, I just think I've not thought this through properly haha. 265 existing on the rears so a high quality set of 40-50mm spacers should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaan W Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 If I win some money/a long lost rich relative dies I'll be in touch. Don't get me wrong yours are beautiful, I just think I've not thought this through properly haha. 265 existing on the rears so a high quality set of 40-50mm spacers should do it. Haha, thanks. Wheels do cost a fair bit hence why alot of people chuck spacers behind their existing wheel. What's the width and offset of your current wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Current width is 9j I think, not entirely sure on offset but they sit flush and it's a jspec na Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaan W Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 A 50mm spacer should be ok with those arches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendo11 Posted May 11, 2014 Author Share Posted May 11, 2014 Great stuff thanks mate. As for problems with arches in daily driving, I suppose a lot of that would depend on the quality of the spacers in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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