cs2000 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Hey guys, so, as some of you may know, I have some new wheels. I was being a bit of a guinea pig, and the fitment is a TOUCH wrong, the tyres stiuck out of the arches, but I'm trying to find the best way around it. Below are photos of my predicament. Rear wheel taken from rear of car Rear wheel taken from above Front wheel taken from front of car Front Wheel taken from above As far as I can tell, my options are as follows; 1- Use some arch extensions. Not 100% sold on these due to the need for trimming if I decide to keep them black, or bonding and spraying if I want to have them blended in. 2- Have the arches flared by someone like Archenemy. Seems like a good option, but with the flare id need I will need to have all 4 arches resprayed as the paint wont survive the process. Plus reviews of flared arches are rather hit and miss. 3- Camber arms, but I'm unsure of the level of camber I would need would have a detriment to grip levels or indeed tyre wear, I'm not really sure how they work?? I will be having BC Coilovers fitted and a hunter hawkeye alignment done by abbey motorsport on the 29th if that helps at all? I'm looking for advice basically on the camber arms. Looking at the pictures, do you guys thing camber arms would solve the issue? I would think the rears need 2-3cm pulling back under the arches, and the fronts maybe 1cm if required at all, in not 100% sure. Any other advice/opinions of course will be welcomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Fitting camber correction arms is not the way forward to solve your issue. Bite the bullet and get a set of wheels that fit the car. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Yep, I agree to be honest, lets see what I can do. Love the wheels, just not the current state of the rears, the front are OK though right? (MOT and PC plod legality wise I mean) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmc Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Depending on how low your planning on going they'll tuck in easily with a small amount of camber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 If you don't want to release the wheels to the forum yet, PM me some pictures, that fitment isn't bad at all. You won't need arch extensions. Are you lowered? If not, that's problem number one. As lowering the car, it will dial in the camber a tad. Camber arms - You will need rears for when you lower the car on coilover (depending on how low you go) Front's are perfectly fine, I'm assuming the car isn't lowered, but when it does get lowered the fitment there will be perfect. Arch flaring is an option, it's not as bad as you think...albeit we had a bad time on my fronts, but that was because we had to be very excessive. Your's isn't bad at all. What tyre sizes are you running? 90% this forum will tell you to get different wheels. I'm the minority along with a few others who will help you make these fit IMO just lowering the car, and these will fit fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 As above, you can buy adjustable arms to enable you to cure this problem too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs2000 Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Thanks for all the replied guys, am considering my options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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