karlos Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Help! I'm getting more and more confused here Done a heap of searches and spoke to Westfield about wheel offset etc. I have a SEW (2000 kit) with live rear axle (Escort Mk2) and detachable rear wings. It has the VX 2L 16v engine pushing out approx 160 - 170bhp. Mainly road use with the odd track day. From what I understand I need as close to ET0 as possible which Westfield confirmed. I'm thinking of running 6.5 x 15", currently I have some 13" x ?? which sit way way in at the rear, a 30mm spacer would sort them but that just seems way too big a spacer to have, espicially on the drive wheels. This limits the choice drastically, Minatos do a 6 x 15" ET8 and with a 5mm spacer they should sit just about right though I'm not too keen on these at the moment. Or perhaps I should go for 13"?? Not sure yet. So to my questions: 1) Does anyone have a simular set up if so what size & make of wheels & tyres do you use? 2) How big a spacer is acceptable (I was looking at Eibach hub centric and from what people have said they seem to be good, but Westfield recommend a 10mm max, the wheel companies I spoke to recommend to stay away from them althgether if possible)? 3) What other alloys come in such a low offset I could choose from? Thanks for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike H Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 I would have thought a 30mm spacer would/should have it's own set of studs with it, so you bolt the spacer to your hub with existing studs (maybe trimmed a little), then you have another set of studs that come through the spacer IYSWIM. Like the DRM kit on this page http://www.performancealloys.com/nuts_bolts.asp Personally I would agree with w'field 10mm or so is about the max for spacers that just slide over a longer set of studs. But if they are hub-centric (i.e. they actually locate on the centre hub ring and into the centre of the wheel) I would have thought you could go a little further. Mike PS I got a set of hubcentric alloy spacers made up by a local engineering company as I couldn't find any suitable - came to £100 for a set of 4. Getting 6" billet was the only tricky bit they had to sort out. In my setup the hub centre was 63.5mm and the wheel centre was 73.1mm which made if possible to get 10mm thick hubcentric spacers made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlos Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 I would have thought a 30mm spacer would/should have it's own set of studs with it, so you bolt the spacer to your hub with existing studs (maybe trimmed a little), then you have another set of studs that come through the spacer IYSWIM. Like the DRM kit on this page http://www.performancealloys.com/nuts_bolts.asp Exactly the ones I was looking at, just not keen on the idea of a 30mm spacer even if it is hub centric tbh... Anyone know of any other 13" or 15" alloys with as close to ET0 as possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Cox Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 "Offset Range: ET-38 to ET+40." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlos Posted June 14, 2005 Author Share Posted June 14, 2005 "Offset Range: ET-38 to ET+40." £101 per wheel not including tyres!! Spacers are suddenly looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlos Posted June 18, 2005 Author Share Posted June 18, 2005 Anyone else with a wide body, detachable arches, escort english live axle setup kinda thing?? What make alloys you using and how big are your spacers?!?!? Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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