hELP! car lowered 60mm - will 16's be OK?

Golfather · Post by **Golfather** » Wed Aug 04, 2004 7:39 pm

The car concerned is a 1995 1.6GLX

The dilemma is this..

..60mm Spax Top Adjustables to be fitted next week, but I've not sorted the wheels yet. I've heard mixed opinions on 16" wheels on a car lowered by 60mm?

Assuming the wheels are 7x16 ....tyres are 195/45/16

1. Will I get arch contact?
2. Is there likely to be any inner arch catching
3. Is modification work necessary?

AM I WORRYING NEEDLESSLY? or is this a valid concern.

Time is of the essence as one way or another the car must fall by 60mm and the 13" "alloys" have to go!!!

Please advise as the current pose and skinny rims are driving me insane

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:45 pm

im afriad to tell u that with 195/45/16s, they will rub.

to cure this problem you can get 195/40/16s and u can deck it!

7" width should be no problem if sensible offset is retained.

if u take the inner arch liners, they will help a tiny bit, but arch rolling will b needed..

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 1:15 pm

looking at the year of your mk4 i would say yes you probably will get some arch contact, later mk4's had slightly bubbled arches, muchlike the mk5, with later marks you can drop 75mm on 16's without any scrubbing, but it all bottles down to the position of the arches
-Ben-

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 3:19 pm

1995 is early mk4s tho

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:24 pm

agreed

looks like you'll have to settle for 15's then with low profile tyres
-Ben-

Golfather · Post by **Golfather** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:08 am

It would appear so....

or lower by around 45mm and stick with the 16s
should have the desired effect

worse still, the wife was asking questions this morning .....
"how much is a VR6 Highline?"
she was going through some very old mags whilst tidying the garage and must have seen a few modded VRs....nightmare !

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:40 pm

get 15s and slam the car!

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 6:04 pm

loving those 18" kahns aaron

bet they look sweet when theyre spinning
just now need too slam the biatch (the car that is) actually it doesnt look like you can go much lower without contact, get a chunky bodykit instead

-Ben-

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:42 pm

cheers mate

i can actually lower it around 40mm.
emm, bodykit sounds nice if i had the money.

how did u de badge ur rear of the car? im thinking of taking the 1.2 off the back

Cheers
Aaron

logistix · Post by **logistix** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:54 pm

aaron, just pull off the badge with your fingertip on a hot day

comes right off

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 9:16 pm

my car (1.0 cough cough) didnt actually come with a litre badge, so i stuck a gti on for good measure, lol, i wonder why i get burned up at nearly every set of lights

-Ben-

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Tue Aug 10, 2004 8:48 am

thats ok man. im after looks too.
mine looks like a range topper sport model , but has a 1.2 badge at the back just now