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got my wheels now so quickly put them on to see what they looked like. well chuffed apart from the fronts are scraping on the calipers i think.any ideas as to stop it they already came with spacers on so think i may need bigger ones if so what size do i get?

Look awesome mate

i have got to gets some of these, very nice fella

look the biz! well done!

what size spacer have you in at the minute for the fronts?

your motor looks fookin lovely mate. i thought you didnt need spacers on borbet a's. i run 9j borbet b's which need a 5mm spacer just on the fronts

whoops no spacer on them lol no wonder been told to go for a 3mm spacers on front does that sound right? got to use my old wheels on front till i get the spacers so its the staggered look for now any idea where i get the spacers from?

Go for the Hubcentric Spacers (that's what i've been told). They only seem to come in 15mm though

Looks good dude

ive just got some multi fit cheap spacers, same as what i gave to aza and there cool about a tenner if i remember correctly

look good though dude

Nice wheels mate. They look the dogs danglies!!!

They look awesome on a Tec1! Any more pics of the car?

These look awesome!

Where did you get them from?

Dammnn that looks sweet...looking for a pair for my coupe! Cant wait...

looking good are you down in wythenshawe ? sure i have seen this car around there

Borbet A`s suit the Mtec1 perfectly,so much nicer than on a facelift

E30Topless what part of Wythenshawe do you live?

eko wrote:Borbet A`s suit the Mtec1 perfectly,so much nicer than on a facelift

its the skirts that do it.

lovely blommin' lovely

eko wrote:Borbet A`s suit the Mtec1 perfectly,so much nicer than on a facelift

Borbet A's only look really good on facelift cars with flat caps I think. Looks good

Looks lovely

The spacers will be a bit of trial and error. You can get 3mm universal spacers for about a tenner for a pair from Grayston Engineering or you can get Eibach direct fit spacers 5mm per side (EIBES90-1-050-010) for £32.73inc vat from most descent modifying shops like Demon Tweeks or Elite. I would suggest if the wheels are just catching then the 5mm eibach spacers will be sufficient and will fit better and cause no ill effects like wheel vibration. Well worth spending a little extra!

eko wrote:Borbet A`s suit the Mtec1 perfectly,so much nicer than on a facelift

E30Topless what part of Wythenshawe do you live?

I work down that way a fair bit

no never been through wythenshaw. may try the 5mm then.got the wheels off ebay posted to me for a total of 620 pound from germany

Make sure that you fit hub-centric spacers or they will vibrate your car apart at about 55mph!

The reason the Borbet A's catch and other Borbet's don't (namely the T's on my touring which are also 9J) is because the mating face of the wheel is flat....where as it's curved on my wheels. Not sure whether it'll affect the wheel at all, but if you shaved the mating face to a slight curve (would only need to be a tiny amount that you shave) then they would probably fit without spacers!

aceraf wrote:Make sure that you fit hub-centric spacers or they will vibrate your car apart at about 55mph!

The reason the Borbet A's catch and other Borbet's don't (namely the T's on my touring which are also 9J) is because the mating face of the wheel is flat....where as it's curved on my wheels. Not sure whether it'll affect the wheel at all, but if you shaved the mating face to a slight curve (would only need to be a tiny amount that you shave) then they would probably fit without spacers!

machining the inside of a wheel would be quite a bit more expensive than buying a set of hubcentric spacers though! and alot trickier!

i do like borbets

Look good mate, did you get it sorted, think you should be ok with 5mm spacers...

look lush mate! if i can ever afford to, would love to have these as winter wheels!

is it not possible to reshape the calipers a little, only by a couple of mm and then should miss the wheel altogether just a thought if i'm being just pass me by

BMJG wrote:is it not possible to reshape the calipers a little, only by a couple of mm and then should miss the wheel altogether just a thought if i'm being just pass me by

funny enough im armed with a angle grinder

let me know if it works lol

get some pics up of the car with the staggered set up on it for us mate!

WANT!

will sort some pics of the staggered set up when i can mate

i was gonna go staggard but now im going 9s they look so cool

yeah iam goin all 9s soon as i get the spacers look well better

mancs_joker wrote:yeah iam goin all 9s soon as i get the spacers look well better

halfrauds sell 3mm spacers for a tenner

cliffybabe wrote:i was gonna go staggard but now im going 9s they look so cool

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Good lad