Any one running 9j or wider wheels at the front

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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:28 am

Do they poke of too much at the front? any rubbing or other problems?

Im contemplating whether to get my front wheels rebuilt to the same dish size as the rears. The front wheels faces are front mounted and the rears are sandwich mounted, so am i right assuming that i can change the front wheels to be sandwich mounted,making the dish bigger??

Here are a few pics of the set up im running at the moment

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Fronts, you may be able to see what i mean by the wheel face being front mounted
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Rear dish size
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Any help would be much appreciated :D
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:32 am

Nice alloys are they original bbs ?
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:11 pm

Osamam3 wrote:Nice alloys are they original bbs ?
nope, there image dm
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 12:14 pm

7js should be illegal...9 and 9 ftw and yes they poke about an inch
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:29 pm

This is a 8j running around et 15
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I had loads of clearance, so id imagine a 9 with reasonable offset you should be fine, do you know anyone with 9's that you can just offer up to the car?

May not be much help but

This is a 8.5j et +5 (with e46 arms which add around 10mm extra) This was during the arch fit out so there is a bit trimmed off but the poke is huge.

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With arch on

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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:31 pm

This car runs 9js on the front, although only in a 15

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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:01 pm

Try one of the rears on the front and see???
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 4:43 pm

maf260 wrote:Try one of the rears on the front and see???
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:43 pm

I've got 9j alround on mine with 60mm drop, rear arches have been rolled and fronts are fine. Depends on offset
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:48 pm

had 7.5's on the front of mine, it was lowered 40 mm, it rubbed like crazy at about 3/4 lock and drove like a bag of shite. but it looked good lol
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Post Fri Jan 11, 2013 7:19 pm

9s can be done but its all about offset and arch rolling, and how low you go too.

It can be done tho
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