17's on a classic turbo?
16 July 2006, 10:41 PM
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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?
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Plums.
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.
16 July 2006, 11:07 PM
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No problem with 18 P1 alloys on my classic. Using 225/35/18 Goodyear F1's.
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17 July 2006, 09:42 PM
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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.
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.
17 July 2006, 10:02 PM
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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
Handling feels the same, Looks better too
17 July 2006, 10:20 PM
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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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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
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