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Offline Live in Hope

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WHEEL SIZES??
« on: 26 August 2008, 00:56 »
What works well 17s or 18s or 16s maybe?

What rim & j size are you guys running and with what suspension drop  (in mm) also add tyre size.



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Offline DazVR6

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #1 on: 26 August 2008, 01:01 »
16's work the best, i found that with 17's it rubbed when i had kids in the back and that was with the Jamex kit i have on at the moment.
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Offline Gabber-Baby

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #2 on: 26 August 2008, 09:14 »
Mine's lowered 40mm with 16's. You can obviously go bigger but the wheel arches will probably need rolling to stop the rubbing.
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Offline Wayne

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #3 on: 28 August 2008, 00:10 »
I am running coilovers and 17"s on mine, I had to grind/cut back the rear arches plus lose the plastic trims.

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Offline ady365d

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #4 on: 31 August 2008, 20:56 »
porsche rims!!! :wink: they got a high offset so you can get adapter's to bring em out, as much as you like , iv got 30 or 35mm on my 16"s cant quite remember , and i had the car so low the splitter was eating tarmac and the wheels didnt rub no mods , even on full lock they only just touch the inner arch  !
and as said tyres are an importand concideration !
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Offline Mikester

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #5 on: 31 August 2008, 20:59 »
16s, no bigger, bad handling, weight, rubbin, and look like a tractor :P
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Offline Wayne

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #6 on: 31 August 2008, 22:03 »
Quote from: Mikester on 31 August 2008, 20:59
16s, no bigger, bad handling, weight, rubbin, and look like a tractor :P

Well mine is ok on 17"s, no rubbing at all now I have modified the arches.
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Offline boneybradley

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #7 on: 31 August 2008, 23:02 »
I'm boring and run the standard 15's but with a 80mm front and 70mm rear drop!! She dont like speed humps no more... :grin:
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Offline LazyLunatic

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #8 on: 01 September 2008, 00:43 »
im not sure of the drop, but it is quite low, front splitter is now cracked and scrapped bad on the bottom. I had it lower, but the underbody scrapped on speed bumps, so raised it like 10-20mm and now i can go over speed bumps fine, etc. Its only bad when you go fast down a badly tarmaced road and the suspension bounces and then the splitter hits the floor cause it is soo bouncy!

I run 15" alloys with 195/45/15 no rubbing in the arches ever, even with a full car and luggage in the boot.

I do know that the front splitter is about 8-9cm off the ground. I think i found a good height tbh. No rubbing, minimal scrapping and looks low :cool:

problem with 16's is that you cant really get the stretched look as i cant find any tyres that are thin enough, samllest is 195. my azevs that are sat in the garage have 205's on and look v bulgy and they are 7J.

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Offline Stu G

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Re: WHEEL SIZES??
« Reply #9 on: 01 September 2008, 22:21 »
17s and lowered fair bit on coilovers. no scrubbing. only thing that catches are the mudflaps comming off kerbs haha
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