19" on a 30/30 lowered Calibra?

**rufsen** · by **rufsen** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:22 pm

Hey folks - greetings from a big Calibra fan from Sweden!

I'm sitting here wondering about getting 19" for my Calibra. The specs I'm wondering about are 19x8 with an ET of 40-45 coupled with 215/35 tires. What do you guys think - do you know of anyone who has had 19" on their lowered Calibra with success?

Regards
//Olle

craigyboy · by **craigyboy** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 10:34 pm

I think that would be pushing it mate.Mine is lowered 40mm and has
17 inch alloys and sometimes they rub the inner front arches.

v6 steve · by **v6 steve** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:11 pm

Steva has 19" on his not sure of the ET

STEVA · by **STEVA** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:37 pm

Ive got 19" et 45 with 225 45 19 lowered 40 mm trimmed the front arches and its fine!!

Thats how it looks with the 19s on lowered 40mm

Steva

Mark1 · by **Mark1** » Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:39 pm

Steva the one to ask, I have 18's on 215/35 and a 40mm drop and don't have any problems.

**rufsen** · by **rufsen** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:58 am

STEVA wrote:Ive got 19" et 45 with 225 45 19 lowered 40 mm trimmed the front arches and its fine!!

Thats how it looks with the 19s on lowered 40mm

Steva

Aha, nice! What width are those rims, 19x8"? Is it in the arches, i.e upper section of the arches, or is it the inside of the arches? When you say trim...did you cut someting out? How is it behaving going through spedd bumps etc?

**rufsen** · by **rufsen** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:52 pm

Mark1 wrote:Steva the one to ask, I have 18's on 215/35 and a 40mm drop and don't have any problems.

What kind of width do you have on your rims? Is it 18x8"?

v6 steve · by **v6 steve** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:36 pm

think it will be the inside lip that Steva will have trimmed

craigyboy · by **craigyboy** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:58 pm

Does that not weaken the strength of the wings?

Teejay · by **Teejay** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:27 pm

I have 19" BK 299s with 215x35 boots on
Front arches are rolled and both the front and rear arch liners have been removed and the voids stone guarded - no rubbing issues

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v6 steve · by **v6 steve** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 6:50 pm

Tim you need to get some bigger discs on there thats the worst thing about big alloys the std discs look tiny

Teejay · by **Teejay** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:16 pm

Hmmm true - on the list
not sure how big to go, Veccy 308s might not fill the gap and then there's the rears to consider

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19" on a 30/30 lowered Calibra?