17inch wheels on the rear

22nd October 2009, 09:52

hi evary one i have a saxo vts lowed at the front 50mm and the back is a tad lower than standard ive trim all the plastics around the body plus ive got 205 45 17 tyers no rubin on the front but i want the back low (ie need advice how low plus wot work needs doing on the rear she drives fine but the back end is to high help needid plz any ideas plz contact me asap cheers carlo

22nd October 2009, 09:56

you will probably need to roll the arches mate, its not a hard job, do it while the car is being lowered, then you can see how much work you need to do.

(lowering involves adjusting the torsion bar if you didnt know?!)

22nd October 2009, 10:12

check my progress thread, i have 17 inch alloys with 215/40 tyres, arches have no arch liners in, and the rears have been dug out. no rubbing

22nd October 2009, 14:50

205/45 are big profile for suck a stupidly big wheel. use a 205/40 or even 35(wont be cheap for a 35 though

22nd October 2009, 21:03

Cheers evary one I made a mistake my tyers are 205 40 17?well I'm doing it saturday so I will see wot work is needid and I'll let you all no cheers ,

26th October 2009, 18:54

Hi having probe Putin my pics up help pls

26th October 2009, 19:35

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Originally Posted by saxovtsnap

Hi having probe Putin my pics up help pls

get a photbucket account, load the images on to that, then copy and paste the IMG code into your post