Offset check.

Swedish Mike

Swedish Mike

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Hi, I have bought and referbed wheels in the UK that come from ‘an A2 SE’. I now have them in Sweden and see the offset is larger than ‘normal’ offsets (I know I should have checked this before).
The wheels are 7J 16H ET 44.5. The model number is 8L0601025Q. I am looking to put 205/45-16 or 195/45-16 tyres on them. After some measuring and calculating they should fit but I want to check if anyone else has used the same wheels? The car I have is a 2000 1.4 petrol.
 

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I think these will sit too far into the arches. I had 7.5s on ET35 and saw some argument marks, these are half an inch (12mm) narrower but pushed in another 9.5mm.... it is tight. They'll look wierd; 10mm spacers would help.
 
those wheels, btw, are from an A3. They were standard in Germany on the Ambition trim level, I believe - the wife had a 1999 and it had something very similar to this but in the original silver.
 
Those alloys are from the A3. I did consider them a while ago but I remember reading someone here tried them and they did rub. And they are really heavy...
 
Here:

Wheel Question - SE Design

I have a spare set of SE alloys which I was going to advertise - or I thought I did! On checking these they are 7" width ET44.5 which I gather are A3 wheels. I guess with the right tyres these would work on an A2 - but given the standard A2 SE alloys are ET35 - would these require spacers?
www.a2oc.net
 
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