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Ouch....not gonna be too much poke on the fronts is it?


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Nah they will go on great..

Make sure u get 195/45 all round.
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205s will be too wide??
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You're going to need stretch to aid clearance. Ideally you'll be wanting to roll the arches too.
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yea 205s on the rear will work but you won't be able to fit 205s on the front. 195/45 all round will look better and still be acceptible if your not into drifting and probably go straight on. Even so U may need to cut come rear lip and then roll it a bit but it will be minimal.. 8.5 is a nice size for the rear.
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DON'T try and roll the rear arches though.
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I rolled mine with no probs.......but I may have done it once or twice before lol
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Hi guys, it's been picked up today, as have the wheels, I've got 195/50/15s on the standard rims, I'm guessing these are useless.....I want to run it pretty low, I'm happy to get the arches rolled but it won't be yet, when I'm back on my r&r I just wanna get the wheels on and get it sitting nice, so ill order through some 20mm spacers, just not sure of I can use my tyres or I need to source some...
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195 50 on rear ok. 195 45 max on front
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Will they look abit gash on the back though.....and effect how low I can go much??
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Get a whole set of new matching tyres. They are 200 for for toyos on ebay I think.

These cars drop height really well.
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Cheers nas :-)
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I will soon have a spare 195/50/15 hardly used Federal RSR595 - similar to Toyo 888r
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Would I get away with 15mm spacers not the front of these lads?
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