18" Wheels

<--rYaN--> · June 26, 2003, 10:52:40 AM

yes they are!

he never said that to me he said et40 on the rear and et30 on the front. and on the phone he said fitment should be fine, so fingers crossed they will be ok.

im sure the arches wont be very expensive to get a bodyshop to do if needs be

i\'ll let you know when they\'re on, should be arriving tomorrow!

<--rYaN--> · June 27, 2003, 05:13:20 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Les_Martinez
These are the ones from e-bay! I enquired about these and the selled said, I quote:
"REARS ARE ET30 OFFSET AND FRONTS ARE ET 35. RX7 WILL TAKE A 10" WHEEL ON REAR BUT YOU MAY NEED ARCH MOD WITH 30 OFFSET. FRONTS WILL FIT FINE".

Not wanting to mod the wheel arch I stayed well clear.

Let us know if it fits (and of course let us know the correct offset for future reference).

rgds
Les

right i got them on and the fronts are fine, only rub slightly at full lock, the rears are the problem when you get to any sort of speed, so what exactly is an arch mod and is it easy/expensive to do??

im going to try to raise the car slightly see if that helps

anyway heres a pic:

clive · June 27, 2003, 05:38:55 PM

You should be proud , you have made a real nice car even nicer, well done.

See you Sunday ?

All the best Clive
clive@mazdarotaryclub.com
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Fish · June 27, 2003, 05:46:26 PM

Wheel work really well. Rolling the arches is best left to a body shop/coach works (no Clive, not you!). They know how to do this.

Raising the suspension may negate the need to roll the arches. Worth trying first.

Dan

Lesmon · June 27, 2003, 06:13:12 PM

I knew they would look good!!

If the wheel fits inside the arch - you may get away with just flattening the inner edge/lip of the arch - that should take care of about 5-10mm. Best done by a bodyshop though!

<--rYaN--> · June 27, 2003, 07:55:48 PM

QuoteSee you Sunday ?

whats happening sunday???

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i took the wheels off and saw where it took the paint off inside the rear lip, its only marginal, i was going to bend them in slightly but i will leave that to a bodyshop, for a temporary solution i am going to get those rubber things you can place in your suspension to raise it slightly

the only other problem is with those offsets the rear protude slightly from the rear end, and wheels sticking out is illegal is it not??

so i think im going to be ordering some rear flares for it, i\'ve been looking at the mazdaspeed 15th anniversary ones, havent seen many others except some RE rear ones which i dont like as much :confused:

ryan

MikeLMR · June 27, 2003, 08:03:56 PM

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1160

Sunday ^ Fingers crossed its not p1ssing it down like it is now

clive · June 27, 2003, 08:06:10 PM

Please see Events Calendar for Thorsby Park, cheers.
All the best Clive
clive@mazdarotaryclub.com
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Fish · June 27, 2003, 09:44:11 PM

Ryan, as far as I know the law requires that the wheel not stick out further than the arch. So you will get away with that.

Dan

MikeLMR · June 27, 2003, 09:49:15 PM

as long as the top of the arch is wider than the wheel you are OK + I doubt many MOT inspectors will pull you up on it even if it didn\'t.

<--rYaN--> · June 27, 2003, 10:39:09 PM

thats the prob, they are wider than the arches, prob because of the wrong offset, so am looking for some fender flares to buy now