Re: wheel arches for 5X12 with 165/60 R12

#1

Are you sure that grp 2 arches wont have enough clearance for your laws?,i
have 6x10 revolutions and the grp 2 arches from somerfield spares in the uk
are excellent,and im sure the clearance is very similar to the original
black plastic arches.As for the sportpack arches they will just drown your
12x5`s whatever tyre you use.....the only other option if you really wanted
to use sportpacks with 12x5 wheels would be to use wheel spacers between the
hub and the wheel to bring them out closer to the edge of the Arches.
Cheers
Ade...
"Dantiri" <dtirinnanziNOSPAM (AT) tin (DOT) it> wrote

Quote:

Hi again, I have posting fever tonight. After fitting 165/60/12 tyres on
my
5X12" wheels I realized that they are slightly too wide for the original
arches (the ultra common 80's 90's black arches). Here in italy the police
are very VERY strict about wheels and tyres and if get pulled over now, I
would probably get a big fine because of the tyre profile sticking out of
the arches too far. I had a look on the internet for some wider arches and
I
think the only choice would be sportspack ones. The w&p arches won't do
because they do not offer enough clearence for our laws, the same is true
for minisport superior fibreglass arches or group 2 arches. Has anyone
ever
fitted SP arches to 5X12 wheels with 165/60/12 tyres? how do they look?
any
pictures to send me? My wheels look big enough for them, but I can't
really
tell.
Cheers

Dantiri

#2

I'm sure you should be able to find something to fit

Group 2 fibre glass 1.75" wide
Group 2 fibre glass Euro arches 2.25" wide
Group 5 fibre glass 2.7" wide
Group 5 fibre glass Euro arches 3.25" wide
W/P Deluxe fibre glass 2.5" wide
Sports Pack Arches 3.5" wide

For example this is selection on offer from PL Minis www.plmini.co.uk (first
hit on net search)

Minispares have simmilar selection

"heebi" <heebijeebi1 (AT) btinternet (DOT) com> wrote

Quote:

Are you sure that grp 2 arches wont have enough clearance for your laws?,i
have 6x10 revolutions and the grp 2 arches from somerfield spares in the
uk
are excellent,and im sure the clearance is very similar to the original
black plastic arches.As for the sportpack arches they will just drown your
12x5`s whatever tyre you use.....the only other option if you really
wanted
to use sportpacks with 12x5 wheels would be to use wheel spacers between
the
hub and the wheel to bring them out closer to the edge of the Arches.
Cheers
Ade...
"Dantiri" <dtirinnanziNOSPAM (AT) tin (DOT) it> wrote in message
news:CLQ2b.147620$cl3.4413863 (AT) news2 (DOT) tin.it...
Hi again, I have posting fever tonight. After fitting 165/60/12 tyres on
my
5X12" wheels I realized that they are slightly too wide for the original
arches (the ultra common 80's 90's black arches). Here in italy the
police
are very VERY strict about wheels and tyres and if get pulled over now,
I
would probably get a big fine because of the tyre profile sticking out
of
the arches too far. I had a look on the internet for some wider arches
and
I
think the only choice would be sportspack ones. The w&p arches won't do
because they do not offer enough clearence for our laws, the same is
true
for minisport superior fibreglass arches or group 2 arches. Has anyone
ever
fitted SP arches to 5X12 wheels with 165/60/12 tyres? how do they look?
any
pictures to send me? My wheels look big enough for them, but I can't
really
tell.
Cheers

Dantiri

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