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Old 08-10-2009, 01:35 PM
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need spacer size for 86 turbo with
18X9 255 35 18 et42
18X10 285 30 18 et54
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bump help quick i am going to pick these up
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What are you going to do with those turbo twist wheels? Are they early or late offset?
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those have been sold
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what size were the twists lol
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I don't know the early offsets, so if you know them look here and work it out
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my current wheel setup is
16X7 et 11 225 tires
16X8 et 11 245 tires
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will they work i have no idea how to understand that program???
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On an 86? Depending on the type of wheel you are looking at, you may not have the option of "pass-through" spacers. I have an 86 turbo that I mounted 19x8.5s in the front and 19x10.5s in the rear. I had to purchase 25mm spacers and get 80mm wheel studs mounted. It was worth it though!! I've got a 7mm spacer from Racer's Edge in the front, and 25mm "star" spacers from Weltmeister in the rear.
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okay i understand that i just need to know if these will fit under the fenders without any spacers......
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You’re going from a 7" wide wheel w/ et 11mm to 9" wide wheel w/ et 42mm.
Plug those figures in for the front wheels and measure the resulting numbers to your car’s current wheels. Then you can determine which spacer to use with the new set.
Repeat for the rears.
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i dont get that though these calculators are very weird if you understand them can you do it for me
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it says extend an extra 6mm does that mean they will stick out?
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The calculated results are in relation to your current wheels. So if you were to put the new wheels on without spacers the inner lip would be 56mm further in towards the strut from the current lip. The outer lip would be 6mm further inside the fender from your current wheels lip.



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