ZANY

Hi all putting car back on road and was thinking of a fresh look would these fit?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F124106401771

Kevin_STI

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https://www.willtheyfit.com/

Great website to work out new set ups.

BrownPantsRacing

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The wheels will fit with the right tyre and camber combo. May need a rear arch slight roll too, but essentially yes.

BrownPantsRacing

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Maybe you should actually read things before you post stupid half baked nonsensical replies to things you don't understand making you look even more stupid than I thought possible?

Great trolling fail! hahaha

ZANY

mmm I’ll go for a set of gold bbs I know up for sale as can’t be doing with any arch rolling thx for your input pal much appreciated just need to treat it to a fresh look

BrownPantsRacing

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Sure it needs a new gear **** for the new season too!

ZANY

U funny guy it deserves a treat been parked for 10months

need to find a mobile detailer to go to the car to give it a full once over aswell never needed one before the seats have gone moldy aswell yukhe!!

BrownPantsRacing

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Yikes. Sounds like you need a dehumidifier set up and running inside the car to get all the moisture out and loads of silica bags thrown around the interior too. Get it cleaned and drive it for a couple of weeks to get it warm and dried out.

ZANY

defo

BrownPantsRacing

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What an idiot. Haha.

NOSSY_89

You ok fella, long time since you were on. How are you.

Listing has ended, did you buy them

johno01

I have 18inch 9.5 and et 38 rotas on my widetrack and I had to get the rear end lifted as the arches were cutting into my tyres but all good now, I don’t have more than my missus who is 8 stone odd and my 2 year old child in the car though.

johno01

Forgot to add my tyres are 235 40 18

The Trooper 1815

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https://www.wheelfitment.eu/

This is the best guide I have used.

ZANY

all is well pal just getting back to the norm thx

no mate going more towards 17” and 8j max don’t want to mess with the suspension or the bodywork

if I’m lucky I’ll get white again

ZANY

Rotas are one of my favourites indeed
were you on coil overs?

Thx for your input

johno01

yes mate bc coilvers, good to see you back, hope all is well.

Kaosone

Have you got pics of these fitted you'd care to share?

Assuming you had 7.5J - 8J before was there a noticable difference when going wider?

Cheers



Edit: Found the pics here: https://www.scoobynet.com/members-gallery-5/1060667-2005-sti.html

NOSSY_89

Good to hear!

Years ago I ran 18"s in white on my blob. Don't think there was any arch work needed but I was running BC Coilies so not sure if that meant I could go bigger then what stock suspension would allow.

Kaosone

17’s & 18’s end up with the same tyre diameter overall. When you gain an 1” of wheel you lose 0.5” of tyre profile (from all around, so 0.5” from both sides of the wheel ).

NOSSY_89

Completely agree mate.

Wasn't sure if I miss read it on this tread or another someone said they struggled with 18s on stock suspension. I never had that combo on my blob so I think I just over thought it. Didn't want anyone to read what I put and then try it to then find it didn't work for them. However the other factor is width.

I always assumed the newage cars were fine with 18s.

Kaosone

Provided the correct tyre sizes are used 18’s are fine (again the person could have had a different offset or whatever was the issue). If the diameter of the tyre is altered it’ll throw the speedo out which will in turn mess the odometer reading (and therefore service intervals) up (same effect as adjusting sprocket sizes on a motorbike).

XXR 527 alloys (plenty on eBay for £450 - £500 a set new come in 18” x 8.75” with an offset of ET35 & I believe these also fit without mods however you may need to stretch the tyres to get the edge of the tread under the arch (which seems a bit pointless to me as what’s the point in having wider wheels if you don’t have wider tyres?

Interested to gear from anyone if wider is noticably better , going 8J all round is another couple of inches & who doesn't want that.

ZANY

Done the whole XXr thing fancy sumat jdm in white fingers crossed

ZANY

yes mate all is well should be up and running in next few weeks

seen the wheels I want to buy just hope they don’t sell before weekend 17’s in pearl white

lookout for some pre summer indirect bargains to be coming muuuuch cheaper than BN Europe

need to clear my shed to make space for the bbs’s goat loads of stuff to clear