Wheel Fitment On A R32? Having Trouble Fitting Some 18s

[thanglongz]

Hey guys,

Here's the story, I bought a set of Work Eurolines for next to nothing. They measure 18x8 offset 35+ up front and 18x9 offset 37+ on the rears. After trial fitting them I realise that to clear the calipers on the front I'd need approx. 23-25mm spacers.

So to fit the rims with a 25mm spacer, what are the possible issues I am faced with? I asked a friend and he says they will stick out the stock guards by a few mm.

I was thinking, I have the options of:

A) Rolling and flaring the front guards

B) Stretch the tyres and hope for dear god they wont scrub

C) Just roll the guard and stretch the tyres

D) A and B

E) Sell them

Cheers for any input

Edited October 26, 2007 by thanglongz

[N1GTR]

C

Worked for me

[Mr Eps]

i honestly don't get how they could not clear the brake calipers!?!?

are you using housebricks as brake calipers?

that baffles me, you shouldn't need 25 mm spacers dude,

and you DEFINATELY shouldn't have to be rolling the guards

tyre stretching is more effective

i'm truly baffled are you SURE that's the offset?!

[thanglongz]

Well originally I thought they'll fit but upon fitting, I found that the design of the wheels don't clear the calipers. At 20mm spacers they still scrub the NISSAN logo.

[n15m0]

don't be baffled...offset does not decide whether ur wheels clear calipers or not..its the disk type or spoke design...most jap wheels include these as part of their specs eg: A disk, Odisk or R disk..

I was in the exact same position as you few yrs back when I imported wheels from japan, thinking because I have +35 now and they fit, the new ones should fit too...wrong! I tried spacers but in the end sold them and got the correct spec'd wheels to fit..

I'd choose E...spacers are illegal and I don't like rolling guards..