offsets

can someone tell me the correct et number for mk1 gti's.
i currently have g60 steels which are either 35 or 38 and scrub the fronts. want new wheels but with a decent offset.
thanks. whats every one elseoffset with alloy wheels.  splities/wide wheels mainly?

Isnt the correct size ET38? I have just bought alloys from a company who advised me that is the right offset for a mk1.

yeah that sounds right to me. i checked mine  and they are et35. would this mine they sit further in or out.
am i right in thinking they woul sit further in.
and if et45 for e.g! the arch would sit on the tyre!

the smaller the et the more they stick out, et 38 was the correct mk1 size for the 5 and 1/2 alloys fitted.

thanks mate.
what et would i be looking at with a 7"wide wheel. or do i try and keep it the same?
would not go smaller than a 195 tyre though

i run et 25 on the front and 20 on the back on my cabby brings the wheels out flush with the arch

i do get some scrubbing on front and rear tho

is it lowered? mine are 6"wide and et38 they scrub in hard conering!!

i run 7x15 et 35, moderately lowered at 25mm as i actually want to use the car, no rubbing any where.

i'm running 7 x 15 with 25et  which looks good, but not happy with the handling, might look for something smaller :?

you think that 7's dont help? ive only ever had 195's on 6" inch rim so wouldnt know other wise.
or the et is giving handling problems?

think it's a few things, et 25 is not helping, 7" wide is making the car tramline and the weight!!!
car would be better with my vw bottle tops 6 x 14 back on but they don't look as good  

thanks for the info pal bear that in mind when choosing some

I had ET24 7" wide wheels on my cabby, no issues with scrubbing. the camber was set to 1.5 degs -ve and it handled like it was on rails

going to take them off to paint, then maybe i should spend some money on getting the car set up  :redfaced:

thanks jonny for letting me  know that my wheels should work ok, what size tyre did you use jonny???

yeah x2 on your tyre size? how do the arhs compare from cabbys to a gti? or is it the plastic trim which gives it the extra width?
i would of thought 1.5 degrees would be to much!!
i have mine set at 0.5 -ve.
i want it to hndle mint would you reccomend 1.5?
the back end is a bit twitchy on mine!! any ideas for that. i will be changing the subframe bushes soon and it has a strut brace. will be getting another which bolts to the chassis though!

195/50 tyres, the roll bars were all std mk1 gti sized, and i fitted a lower strut brace, that was it! it wasnt lowered much if at all, used std gti springs and new boge shocks all round. 1.5- is what a lot of the guys recommened for my MK2, and after searching around on here it was mentioned a couple of times for the mk1 as well.  The plastic arches dont help at all, underneath them the wings are still the same shape.

I used one of those magnetic camber gauges though, so cant say how accurate it was. It was the same both sides at least

this is how it turned out:

might give that a whirl on the 4 wheel alignment machine when its on the road.
have to jack it up and down so many times to get it right!
does it not eat through tyres?
thanks for the info jonny

no it never did, ran it for a year setup that way. cabby is now sold,just as the weather turned nice

summer is laready over as im conerned!! mines on the drive at the mo anyway. getting a list of what to do before its time for the road again!!
anyone know what i have to do to get mini wheels to fit. pcd wise i mean?
want alleycats

another question!
what would hapeen if i were to fit a 13/7wide wheel with a et of -7. what would they fit like?
and another set with et7

thanks  guys