A little help with some alloys.

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I kind of know what’s coming but I thought I’d ask, I am looking at some brock classic staggered alloys basically the numbers are in the images, my z is the narrow 1.9 140. Standard suspension atm. Is it a no no ?
 

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The info in your post is way above me.
To simplify - get the ET of your existing alloys - and the ET of Brock staggered set up - including wheel size - from the information we could then quickly provide an answer.
 

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Sorry - didn’t look closely at the images on my phone.
 

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Having studied the information in the images I would suggest a visual test back and front with a Brock alloy. You could try the website from where you wish to purchase the alloys - most suppliers have a ‘will they fit my car’ checker on their sites.
 

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So as follows current...

Front - 225/45/17 et40 7.5
Rear - 225/45/17 et40. 8.5

Brocks,

Front -225/40/18 et35 8.5
Rear- 245/35/18 et 9.5
 

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Having studied the information in the images I would suggest a visual test back and front with a Brock alloy. You could try the website from where you wish to purchase the alloys - most suppliers have a ‘will they fit my car’ checker on their sites.
Cheers David I’ll have a look, these are the B1 classic style pretty sure no longer in production, an eBay buy basically
 

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Looking at the above post - the fronts are going to present a problem - for example I have 8.5 width alloys on my car all round with an ET of 43 and the wheels sit flush with the front fender - my estimate is that the brocks on front will poke out at least 8 mm beyond the front fender.

Unsure about back wheels - I need an approx. measure on your existing rear alloys from tyre edge to fender edge.
 

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Whooo that’s a lot and I can imagine will look awful! I shall get the current oem wheel measurement to me it looks like 9.5 will not poke a lot at the back from the standard 8.5s but obviously the 5 difference in ET
 

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I have 8.5 width ET 40 all around. fronts could come out about 3mm without sticking out. The rear can take 20mmspacers to the edge. I did 15mm so its just inside and matches my no spacer front..I agree with David, the front will stick out.
 
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