17's on a classic turbo?
Thinking of putting 17's on my MY99
At the mo she's on original 16's.... Now I like my cars to handle well and look the dogs.... So although 17's would look nice will it upset the handling/balance of the car? Anybody suffered any problems with this? Cheers, Plums. |
Never driven one with 16's. Mine was great on 17's and is no different on 18's IMO :)
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17's are the only way in my opimion...... not too big, and not too small.....
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No problem with 18 P1 alloys on my classic. Using 225/35/18 Goodyear F1's.
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ive had 17s no probs whatsoever ive now got 18s and i like the way they handle more:)
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Got 18s and the only probs I get are when I have a few people in the back the arches rub when going round sharp corners!
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RB5 came with 17's standard with no mods to suspension from std classic. Will be better than 16's imo.
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No problems.
Had a MY00 for a while on standard 16s. Recently swapped to 17s. Much better handling, but this is mainly down to tyres I would say as the old ones were a mix of three brands! Balance just the same if not better. |
Slow speed ride gets more jiggly. More tyre/road noise. Easier to curb alloys on large potholes (even with rim protector tyres). Less choice in tyres brands in suitable sizes (i.e can't get Pilot sport 2s in 215/40/17 ).
Handling feels the same, Looks better too :) |
Had 16" Wheels and tyres on my old MY00 turbo and then upgraded to 17" wheels and tyres. The only let down was the tyre brand I used. This was roughly 2 years ago. But decided on using Yokahama 595 tyres, and they tramlined really badly. Worse than the part worn Bridegestone re070's I had on my current MY03 STi. Now using Goodyear GSD3 F1 tyres on 17"s on the STi and what a transformation on grip and no tramlining.
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Originally Posted by RB5_245
RB5 came with 17's standard with no mods to suspension from std classic. Will be better than 16's imo.
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Originally Posted by tony95
best looking uk impreza ever :notworthy
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my 98 classic turbo came on 16" wheels and tyres. it handled like a pig and did not like turning in sharp. put some 05MY 17" alloys from a wrx with bridgestone potenza reo50, what a complete change. I am now a happy bunny:thumb:
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Originally Posted by RB5_245
:thumb: my thoughts exactly :)
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