9 inch wide 16's. help.

[ackerley]

hi all,

im thinking of going for some borbet alloys. 16x9's, and a 60 40 drop.

are these going to go straight on or would i be better getting 8 inch wide.

i really dont wont to have to mod the arches in any way.


any help or advise is mostly appreciated.

thanks guys n girls

[ianeire]

I had a a set of 9x16 under my 60/40 drop the other night and while they didnt fit right due to the offset being wrong.... you will have to roll the rear arches. The arch came right down to the top of the stretched tyre with only a couple of mill of room. Any bump and you'll be scrubbing big time. I dont imagine arch rolling is too expensive though.

9's look sooooo much better than 8's! Get the 9's and enquire about getting the arches rolled!

[ackerley]

what offset would be best?

and what if i went for 15x9's would these still need arch work?

[Taxin]

To get 9's to fit roll all 4 arches and make the car rock hard using Adjustable shocks and bump stops

[egk2]

You need 16x9 et15 with at least a 5mm spacer in the front just to clear
the strut housings, the rears go right on but you may want to run
a 10mm spacer to even out the track, tires should be 215/40/16.
The rear arches will need to be rolled flat which is not a big deal and the front can be left untouched.

[ackerley]

The rear arches will need to be rolled flat which is not a big deal

is this an expensive job, or can i do it myself??

cheers for the help

[basil]

i got 9x16 keskins on the bac of my cab no probs with a 40mm drop and et15 offset no scrubbing or anything even fully loaded just had to get 5mm spacers for the front to thinking about trying to get 10s on the bac

[egk2]

The rear arches will need to be rolled flat which is not a big deal

is this an expensive job, or can i do it myself??

cheers for the help

You should be fine with no spacers in the rear, rolling is a simple
procedure if you have a fender roller, most bodyshops can do it,
I was charged $40usd per arch. You can do it yourself by renting the tool or you can do it the ghetto way with a wooden baseball bat.

Click on the link for fender roller info:

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... n%26sa%3DX

[TheRealest]

i got 9's on the rear, i think rubbin all depends on how low ur car is and how hard the suspension is, mine rubbed bad but not anymore