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Title: 17s on corty
Post by: te_78 on October 05, 2007, 06:51:14 PM

lookin around at some wheel shops for some 17s. they all have said ill need to mod my guards. has anyone got 17s on ther corty and what mods have you done?
thanx in advance
greg

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: BigNorm on October 05, 2007, 09:29:46 PM

yeah i have but i've got heaps of mods with a 5 stud conversion for starters.

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Title: 17's on a corty
Post by: corty80 on October 06, 2007, 09:33:30 AM

You will need to take a few things into consideration when trying to fit 17's.  Is the car lowered and by how much.  With my corty it was lowered 2" and with 15" I had to lip the front guards.  Though I suspect it was more than 2" that it was lowered.  Also how wide are the rims/tyre combo.  With 17" x 7" and around 205 tyres shouldnt have any problems, just lip the front guards.  If going wider rims/tyres will be a different story I would say.

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: te_78 on October 06, 2007, 10:11:49 AM

i figured ide jus have to lip the guards but the bloke from performance wheels was talkin tubs...sounds like hes goin a bit over the top. the wheels are 17x7.

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: BigNorm on October 06, 2007, 10:15:16 AM

rolling the guards will do fine  provided they're the right offset. my rims now are 7 1/2 wide with no problem and my old rims were 16X7 and had heaps of room.

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: te_78 on October 06, 2007, 11:48:09 AM

thanks for the info.

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: BigNorm on October 07, 2007, 02:24:27 PM

something i did forget, they will touch the inner guards on the front when u turn the wheel to full lock.

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: CortinaD on October 07, 2007, 04:11:44 PM

My 18x7.5 +35 offset wheels do not touch at all with a 225/35/18 tyre my guards are untouched. it doesn't touch going lock to lock either.

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: pcman on October 07, 2007, 07:56:27 PM

Quote from: "CortinaD"

My 18x7.5 +35 offset wheels do not touch at all with a 225/35/18 tyre my guards are untouched. it doesn't touch going lock to lock either.

thats cause you dont have to steer it when  it sits in the garage all its life

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: Bucster on October 07, 2007, 10:58:41 PM

Quote from: "CortinaD"

My 18x7.5 +35 offset wheels do not touch at all with a 225/35/18 tyre my guards are untouched. it doesn't touch going lock to lock either.

Word has it, the wheels aint even on the car..

LOL.
Bucster

Title: 17s on corty
Post by: CortinaD on October 08, 2007, 08:41:03 AM

you guys are cruel lol

Title: Re: 17s on corty
Post by: thek on December 26, 2007, 11:59:04 PM

Quote from: "te_78"

lookin around at some wheel shops for some 17s. they all have said ill need to mod my guards. has anyone got 17s on ther corty and what mods have you done?
thanx in advance
greg

with the right offset and rim/tyre width and stock ride height I believe no guard mods would be required on a tc cortina.

ive got some 215/45-R17's (7.5 inch wide rims, 40 + offset) and yeah they scrub the guards on the front like a mother fucker but thats only cause im running SSL springs. a simple rolling of the guards will fix this anyway ( I hope lol). They do not touch anything else even at full lock though


wheels were off a peugeot 307 if that helps ya.

Back is damn close but has never scrubbed.

good luck mate

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