Generally- what do most people get 7" fronts and 8" rears? or do they stick with 7's all round? Very tempted to get that loan I wanted now.

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Bax, 8's all round is the most common size and look better than sevens as the dish is bigger.

Quote: Originally Posted by SLE355 Bax, 8's all round is the most common size and look better than sevens as the dish is bigger. Hey mate do you know whats the best width to have on the back to get a big dish. What sort of dish would 9inches wide give?

also what's the widest you can go without modifying anything aprt from rolling the guards?, mostly referring to 18" FR's

I'm dicussing this with Simmons at the moment, when you go to a 9" rim they add half an inch to each side. I'm getting 8.5" on the rear with the outer dish being half an inch wider and then they will machine the centre hub a 1/4" so the rim sit's 1/4" closer to the inside if you know what i mean. I decided to go this was way after measuring up how much clearance i currently have with 16x8 Simmons. If you ring them they will fax you a sheet showing where to measure to see how big you can go. You can also discuss with them the different options of machining the hub to get a bigger outer dish ect. E-mail ALLuSiOn with what your after and your details and Simmons will call you.

Very nice prices here - how long will this offer be around - because i wouldnt be buying a set till mid year..

I dont know how long this offer will be around as I am not making money from Simmons and hence I cant afford to pay for advertising here for that long, all I do if pass all your details on as SLE355 has said and simmons do the rest. I am the middle man passing the deals onto this forum

Finally ordered today, 8.5's on the rear with the centre hub machined 6mm to get the rim sitting back in a little. Was $80 for freight.

Any chance on getting them to NZ lol ;-) well im in sydney in may would the deal still be going then?? im after some fr17's what width do you guys think would be best on my vl berlina??? im not really sure on what would fit :-P

yeh Simmons ships to NZ , I have sold 2 sets to NZ rotor owners over there and they got them in 7 days.

any idea on the shipping cost to nz then????????

You will have to speak to Simmons Australia about that.

The guys who have ordered so far if you could post of pics of your new wheels if you can :)

I thought I'll answer a few questions that were asked here about the 9 inch rears here. With a vl turbo diff there is no way 9 inch rims will fit as they will hit the guards but if you use a sailsbury or a nine inch set to sailsbury offset, they will fit as long as you use an adjustable panhard rod. Here is a picture of 18's x 9 on the rears http://members.optusnet.com.au/brocke8/Brocke.JPG I really would like a 19 inch set but can you tell me how strong they are comparing them to 18 inch rims against potholes ?

9" wide rears would be fine if you shorten the borgwarner diff! it would only need 1" each side!!

Are the prices here still current (being a year ago now when it was first posted)? cheers

A year ago? It's just over a month ago! I should have my rims tomorrow.

oh... just checked... dont know what the hell i was looking at! i want a set of FRs but damn theyre not cheap!

yeah, only reason i dont like them is because i cant afford them... id love a set!