I'd like to run a bit more dish on my KE. I have hotwire's too, not sure of the dimensions though. I'd like to get some Longchamp XR4's or some Equip's under there but I don't know what will fit. How wide can you typically go without flaring the guards?

 

 

 

I also want my KE lower, tyre tucking low I think.

Split from another topic

1 inch wider than the factory option if you're talking about the width of the rims ;)

 

Thats the SA Road Rules anyway. Any wider and it will have to be engineered here.

Edited July 1, 200620 yr by Raven

Scared the crap outta me. I thought I had pressed something stupid and made a real arse of myself. I didn't really need a new topic, I'm sure with a bit of searching I could find it myself but I'm fine with it staying open.

The topic you posted in was quite old. If in doubt, make a new topic.... Doesnt cost anything ;)

That's quite a good attitude. A lot of forums stick to the "If you haven't searched for the last hour, don't make a topic" attitude. The 'sweatshop' attitude if you will.

 

POSTEN ON TOPIC OR GETTEN ZE WHIPPEN.

 

Well, something on topic for once I guess, what sort of offset do you run on a normal KE?

1 inch wider than the factory option if you're talking about the width of the rims

S#!T Raven :dance: Mine are 7" wide on my ke70 (pics on the topic where this one was split from), so maybe i should look into that.

 

Andrew.......i've got 14x7 hotwires on my ke70. THe rears scraped quite heavily with just one light passenger in the back/something in the boot, but some homemade guard rolling mostly sorted it out. It still scrubs now a LITTLE BIT (with a couple of decent sized passengers in the back), but doesnt cut into the tyre like it used to :jamie:

 

The front tyres only scrubbed against the plastic protector inside the guard when i had the wheel locked. I'm lowering mine shortly (got the gear in my room), so will let ya know how it goes. I'm thinking i might have to get em flared though :dance: don't regret it though as i love the look of it (especially looking at the ass end! :dance:).

 

Id say (from my experience), that without any guard work, you'd probably wanna go not much wider than a 6.5" rim ;)

what sort of offset do you run on a normal KE?

Check out the link below. I think anything between 0 & +20 is fine going from the info below ;)

 

KE70 offset thread

S#!T Raven ;) Mine are 7" wide on my ke70 (pics on the topic where this one was split from), so maybe i should look into that.

 

I wouldnt worry too much. Just don't draw attention to yourself by hooning. Generally if they don't stick out past the guards then you'll be ok.

 

My old Falcon had 14x8's on the back. Factory was 6" wide i think for an XD/XE.

Yeah, your thread prompted this question.

 

I'll be flaring my guards eventually so I guess it's not really an issue for me. Just wondering for before that time comes.

Generally if they don't stick out past the guards then you'll be ok.

Would you classify this as sticking out past the guards? ;)

Mite have to get a guy here in adelaide to flare them for me so its not so obvious! Also lowering it in a couple of weeks, so it'll probably need to be flared :jamie:

 

Andrew, if ya don't go ridiculously silly with width or dump it HEAPS you shouldnt have a problem. If ya roll the rears especially, it might still rub, but it shouldnt cut into the tyre as you're taking the "sharp" edge away with the lip being rolled :dance: That should be enough to keep ya out of trouble for the time being!

You could always get the guards "pumped out" a bit too but i'm not sure whats involved with that.

 

turbo_rolla: If you look from the back corner of your car, looking towards the front, do the tyre's actually stick out past the guards?

Edited July 1, 200620 yr by Raven

If you look from the back corner of your car, looking towards the front, do the tyre's actually stick out past the guards?

Only JUST - talking probably a few mm or so. Nothing too ridiculous. But yeah, pretty sure they're just outside the guard. So thats most likely why i'll get em flared anyway! Then i can wack some spacers on them and have the same problem again ;)

^^

 

Id classify that as HOT :jamie: - ahahah, its like religion, it has to be !

 

So cool ;)

Haha. Then u just get bolt on flares and get it engineered and slap some nice dished 10" wide rims on the back ;)