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15" Wheel options running 20mm spacers

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01BAF509-6874-41DF-ACDF-8CB74A45EE11.JPG IMG_6810.jpg Would anyone happen to know what 15" wheel options I would have on my Van? I'm running 20mm spacers to enable calliper clearance as I have 256mm Wilwood Calipers fitted.
The rear arches have no lip now and are flush.
Thanks in advance for any input. IMG_4332.jpg

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You should be fine with pretty much any 15"wheel with a width of 6.5" to 7.5"

You'll need something along the lines of about ET55 with a 20mm spacer on the front. Assuming you're going to be running a 175 tyre on a 7" rim. This will actually give a position of ET35 which should clear the front arch ok. You might be ok with a ET50 or even ET45 wheel, but I'd stay clear of anything with a smaller ET.

Ideally you could do with a staggered set otherwise you'll be needing to run a 40mm spacer on the back to push the back wheels out enough to fill the arches.

Have a play on this thing

Alloy Wheel and Tyre Fitment Calculator. Offset, Tyre Stretch and Speedo Error | Will They Fit

Just remember that the effect of a 20mm spacer is to effectively reduce the ET/offset by 20mm. So if you find a wheel with an offset/ET of 32 works, the wheel you will need will have to have an ET of 52.

Hope that makes sense.

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Thank you for that'd the link is really helpful.
I was hoping to run a 195/45/15 :(

 

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Should be able to on the back with no problems.

A 185 on the front would assist probably…….

When you find some wheels nip down the local tyre shop and get them to fit a couple of different sizes to try.

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I ran 185/45 on 15x7s and am currently running 195/45 on 15x8's on et25 but its very tight to the shock.

I actually changed from coilovers to shocks to gain inner clearance.

You may get away with an et40 on an 8 as you have no arch lips but it'll be snug,

Personally I would stagger a set of 7s on front and 8s on rear

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