a little help...

[Greiggsy]

right am going to get 15" alloys with an et of 42 so if i get 5mm spacers that would take the et to 38 which is the correct size for the mk2 clo?

 

[Greiggsy]

right,got the alloys just wondering how many spacers i need? ie for the front and back,or just the back?
one last question, will i need longer bolts or will the standard ones do the job?
cheers

 

[Greiggsy]

come on somebody out theres going to know,want to get my alloys fitted soon.

 

[Mett]

Dude i said in the other posts you dont need spacers...just put the wheels on lol

 

[Greiggsy]

yeh i now but i dont want them to sit to far in to the arches...

 

[Clio1.4_Daz]

You shouldn't need longer bolts with only a 5mm spacer mate but just check to see how many turns your getting. If its three at least then they should be fine.

Honestly though mate I wouldnt touch spacers. It weakens the strength of the wheels because your moving them off the hub. I work at Carnoisseur and I see so many disasters due to spacers. Id stay well clear. But its your decision.

Daz

 

[Da]

I run ET45 and I only put spacers on the rears because of minor archliner rubbing

 

[Greiggsy]

so will the standard bolts from the 14" steelies i have fit ok?

 

[Da]

**forum**

 

[Da]

No, you need the wheel bolts with collars on as the standard steelie ones will slowly damage the alloy and potentially pull through the metal.

 

[Greiggsy]

am on europerformace.co.uk and they have four different types of bolt to choose from so what ones do i need?

 

[Da]

These at a guess for Clio 98 onwards. Just need to decide what length you want.

 

[Greiggsy]

cheers, by any chace do you know what size the standard bolt size is?
also do you recomend just to get some spacers for the back wheels and leave the front one as they are?

 

[Da]

I did yes, I wouldn't have bothered with spacers had it not been for the small amount of rubbing. As for the length, got no idea sorry.

 

[Greiggsy]

looks like i will be taking one of the car and measuring it lol.
so in short,dont bother with spacers unless theres some rubbing?
cheers

 

[Da]

I wouldn't bother no, what tyres you having on the alloys? My 195's didn't rub but the 205's did.

 

[Greiggsy]

ive got 195's on them.
just been out to try and take a bolt of and it wouldnt budge, who ever put the tyres on before me has well over tightened them- the joys!!