172 cup wheels why..

[leeroybrown]

Dont they fit a 182?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

Different offset . Iirc the 172 wheels are ET37 and the 182 wheels are ET45 meaning the 172 wheel sticks out further and would catch the wheel arch.

 

[leeroybrown]

even with spacers on?

 

[MRBILLYUK]

The lower the offset i.e ET37 the further out the wheels stick , so would catch on the outside of the wheel arch on a 182 as it has a wider track than the 172 afaik .

 

[Rich_16v]

The myth about the wider track is only due to the different wheel offsets

A 172 Cup is ET38.5
182 and Trophy is ET45

The lower the offset the more they stick out giving the 'wider track'

 

[Da]

If you added spacers, this would make the issue worse. You need to 'take off' approx 6mm not add it on

 

[Fred@BTM]

The myth about the wider track is only due to the different wheel offsets

its not actually! the rear stub axles on a 172cup are different (£250 different infact)