9J ET38 rears on mk1 Cabby GTi?
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Anyone ever managed to fit a 9j ET38 rim on the rear of a mk1?
If so did you have to roll the arches? what tyre size did you use?
Cheers,
Andy
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Bear in mind that both Plod and the MOT guys are not loving 'stretch' too much at the moment.
Have a look at this site. It give an idea of different size tyres on the same size rim. It also suggests the safe sizes of tyres on a rim.
9 inch is between a 235 and 265 width tyre.
I'm pretty sure (although I'm always happy to be corrected!) that, for example, 15 inch tyres stop at about 215mm width unless you're going for 4x4 tyres!
By the way the 'J' refers to the shape of the inner lip of the rim where the tyre seats. It has nothing to do with the width of a wheel. it is to ensure that the correct type of tyre is fitted to the rim.
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I never knew that about the Jetta! Thanks for that!
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Anyway, probably not going to go on easy. But anythings possible, depends on how much work you want to put into it I suppose.
Hand made steel arched with some massive flare would be a start either that or stupid stretch. JDM stylee arches and hacking out the orginal steel arch would be the cheapest and easiest option I suppose.
Let us know what you decide
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