John Taylor Posted 25September, 2020 Report Share Posted 25September, 2020 Hi Guys, l am looking at lowering my 89 model by about 20mm and fitting 7x16 fronts while leaving the 8x16 rears. Can anyone tell me what size spacers will work without interfering with the guards? It seams the rear will take somewhere between 11 and 14mm. Not clear about the front. thnx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merv Posted 25September, 2020 Report Share Posted 25September, 2020 Interested. My 88 has 17mm factory-fitted spacers (i.e. legal and insurable) but my friend's 89 has rear wheels with a bigger offset and no spacers. There was a change between those two years. You probably know all this ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Cat Posted 26September, 2020 Report Share Posted 26September, 2020 https://www.willtheyfit.com/ usually it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilburforce Posted 27September, 2020 Report Share Posted 27September, 2020 I've spent heaps of time with similar questions. By far the only way to be sure is to both test fit and test drive with different sized spacers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl888 Posted 29September, 2020 Report Share Posted 29September, 2020 On 25/09/2020 at 13:58, John Taylor said: Hi Guys, l am looking at lowering my 89 model by about 20mm and fitting 7x16 fronts while leaving the 8x16 rears. Can anyone tell me what size spacers will work without interfering with the guards? It seams the rear will take somewhere between 11 and 14mm. Not clear about the front. thnx Assuming your car is not a M491, otherwise it would have 7" fronts already, the answer is none. You'll at the very least need to roll your guards with 7" fronts, 205/55-16 tyres, no spacers with the factory ride height. Unless you want to drive slowly in a straight line. Although beyond the scope of your question, I'm curious as to why you'd want to put spacers on anyway? Merv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Taylor Posted 18November, 2020 Author Report Share Posted 18November, 2020 The guard space is about 6mm larger one side to the other (from the factory it seems) so l will need custom spacers. Any suggestions as to where to source the right type in Melbourne (lots of cheap rubbish spacers out there!) Merv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 18November, 2020 Report Share Posted 18November, 2020 Check to see if your tyres are the same width, It might say they are on the tyre but check them anyway , I have found size anomalies now and then , If not a 5 mm spacer should fix the gap. But i rekon its the tyre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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