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hey guys!!

Ive got an r32 gtst type-m

At the moment i have XHP racing 17'' rims. front are 235.35 and rear are 245.45

It seems that if i lowered the car 2''-2.5" that it would sit nicely and just miss the rear wheels from the side of the guard!!

Im looking at getting 18-19's that arent that wide, maybe 235.35/25

Does anybody know from experience how low i could lower the car before i hit the arches etc etc?

Ive also got a bodykit gettin fitted at the moment so i wont need to lower it extremly far

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mate your best bet will be to fit the bodykit and rims first (if you're intent on getting them), and lower the thing last. it's difficult to know just how your car sits atm, as we have no idea what sort of suspension you are running etc.

fit all the stuff, then lower it an appropriate amount.

hope it all works out

Actually you would want to do it the other way around. Lower it first with current wheels and body kit. Then from there you can see how much room you have to move with your new wheels and use an offset wheel calculator to work out what widths and offsets will suit. Before you do this u need to know what your current wheel widths and offsets are eg: 17x8 +35

What you have quoted above are tyre width and profiles and is an inaccurate way of measuring whether a wheel will fit your guards or not.

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