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Offline Len

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Re: Acceleration - wheel size.
« Reply #20 on: 29 May 2009, 13:14 »
215's WONT rub!

I have a set of 17x8's with 215's on they are fine! So yes siesmic you can fit those 215/45 x 15's!
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Re: Acceleration - wheel size.
« Reply #21 on: 29 May 2009, 13:15 »
Oh and for further information 225 wide will rub! But not where you think! They will rub the struts on the inside unless you space out!
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Re: Acceleration - wheel size.
« Reply #22 on: 31 May 2009, 14:03 »
cheers len!
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Re: Acceleration - wheel size.
« Reply #23 on: 31 May 2009, 15:08 »
Quote from: Len on 29 May 2009, 13:14
215's WONT rub!

I have a set of 17x8's with 215's on they are fine! So yes siesmic you can fit those 215/45 x 15's!

Not as easy as that, offset could mean no they won't fit, I had a set of Seat alloys with 215/45/16 (et38) and they touched the coilovers so could not be fitted.
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Re: Acceleration - wheel size.
« Reply #24 on: 01 June 2009, 12:10 »
Well maybe if you use only the correct offset then! :rolleyes:
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Re: Acceleration - wheel size.
« Reply #25 on: 03 June 2009, 18:59 »
technicalities here.... but are you aiming for outright accelleration or just acceleration to 62mph?

technically the smaller the rolling radius and wider the track, the better the accelleration will be...

however I maintain that I could get to 62mph faster with my 205/40/17's purely 'cos it was all 1st and 2nd... now I have to change up around 59mph...

technicalities aside: if you keep the rolling radius the same and you're not losing traction (through silly-narrow wheel width) then accelleration should stay largely the same, unless of course you're going for cheap (heavy) alloys.... in which case it'll be like trying to accelerate with half a case of beer on each corner.
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