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et 25 is good for the back of 33's, kicks them out enough to stop them rubbing on the lower suspension arms, but the same et up front would probably put an 8j wheel and tyre pretty close to the wheel arch lip.

i use et 35/38 somewhere round there, with a 10mm spacer on back to clear the arms but as they come up front to get me well in the arch, and thats with 17 x 8j, on a series 3, 33, sat on Koni's with 30/35mm drop springs.


there is always a way round it if you're willing to find it and go through with it, rolled or even flared arches, hubcentric spacers, etc etc,

if the wheels are worth it, just do it, and these look great, so i wouldn't be put off by a little thing like arch rub.

my advice, once you know what offset is available, is get the wheels in an et that works easily with the front set up as standard as possible, worry about the backs secondary, as that end is much much easier to modify to cope.

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