SAM-UK300

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Hi All,

Just a photo request really... any of you newage owners (Preferably bugeye) running 17" wheels? thinking of buying some new wheels and wondering wether to go 17 or 18?

Cheers in advance

Gear Head

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Standard size alloys are 17 inch on newage anyway.

SAM-UK300

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Yup... but they look gash haha... I should have been more specific I was leaning more towards after market wheels... I.E My UK300 comes with 18" wheels as standard I believe? Just wondered if anyone runs things like Rotas/XXR's in 17's or if they are always 18's?

Gear Head

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If I was going for after market for Newage, it would have to be 18 inch due to the huge wheel arches!

SAM-UK300

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Thats what I thought... just wondered if anybody run 17's with higher profile tyres etc?

ScoobyNoob79

18s for show, 17s for go.

PADDYHOEY

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I run standard Sti rims with 235/45/17 and it drives nice and handles well. I've just switched to 18" and 225/45/18 tyres and it drives horrid compared. Seems skittish and hard, I'll be switching back shortly.

poolio74

18s look a lot better but affect the ride horribly.

All depends whether you choose form over function? Your call mate

Paben

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Tried 18s on my Bug for a while but combined with Tein coilovers they transformed the ride from very firm to rock solid and impossible to drive on anything but super smooth roads. No use in the UK then, so the standard gold Sti wheels are back on.

SRSport

The size of the wheels have nothing to do with filling the wheel arches, in fact it will look worse due to the larger alloys and smaller side profiles highlighting the large space. The only way to reduce the wheel arch space is to lower it.

poolio74

What he said

RS_Matt

Tuning experts say a scoob drives terrible on 18's but Prodrive recommend them for a Scoob with 260 odd bhp.

It's like everything Imp related, nobody really knows, half the workings were designed by robots. Do what you feel looks best, in my experience the lighter the alloy the better..

The Pink Ninja

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^^ the first scoob Prodrive offered an 18" wheel on was the P1 was`nt it and that was an option part in the WR package, So in otherwords you can buy some 18`s off us and we will tell you they are better than the ones that the car was developed with...IMO whatever they came from the factory with works well, Just get better rubber and decent suspension, If you like a spirited drive 17`s all day long...18`s are too harsh for our $hite roads with a 40 profile on a heavy car

EssexJamie

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I prefer mine on the genuine UK300 18" wheels compared to my winter STI 17's!!

thenewgalaxy

If you stick some big brakes on then 18" are the only way forward sometimes.

It's all a balance, a set of 18s on a firm suspension setup will feel horrid. Tyres are important too.

The worst riding car I have owned was my Spec D on 17" Enkeis and RE070 rubber.

I have been in a Bilstein-fitted newage car with 18" running Toyo Proxes T1 sports and the ride was fine.

Cannon Fodder

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There's my S202 on the standard 17" Rays wheels.





That's my old Spec C with BBS 17" lightweight wheels but with BC coilovers fitted.

Berks-Jack

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The ksport 330mm kit will fit under newage 17'' wrx wheels.

PhilWrx100

That's good to know. The ksport's must be slimmer than Brembo's then

Phil

Berks-Jack

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Yeah the caliper is slimmer, I'll try and dig out a picture of when I had them on mine.

gazzawrx

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Im running 18" alloys on my 350bhp blob sti with 225/40/18 goodyear excellence tyres and have had no trouble with them, the cars still super comfortable to drive and handles like its on rails too.

Fonzey

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I actually think I prefer my car on 17's rather than 18's.

I've got 18" PFF7's as my "daily" wheels and use OEM Enkei's with R888's for trackdays. Because the R888's are 45 profile rather than 40 on the PFF7's, I think they fill the arches out nicely and the car looks more "racey".

I'm thinking about swapping the PFF7's for some 17" wheels when my tyres are ready for changing.

17s...



18s...

RS_Matt

As I never corner fast is there a tyre that is advertised for the ultimate MPG?

Infected by sti

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Straight line racer hey Matt

RS_Matt

Guilty of trying to keep up with Specky.

The Pink Ninja

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Good luck with that

PhilWrx100

That'll be great thanks

Graham King

I run 225/45 on 17s for my winter rubber and 225/40 on 18s for the summer. Apart from the obviously different characteristics of the two tyres I find no difference in the ride on a 2006 WRX Hawkeye with stock suspension

Gear Head

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Really?

On an Impreza? With 250-300bhp and 4wd, you are worried about fuel economy?

I'm sure you can get economy only tyres that will fit, but they will have zero grip when you need it, such as an emergency stop or if you have to drive in snow.

Slev

Mine on XXR 527. Love the look and drives nice.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...xxr-527-a.html

TheWaterboy

My Hawkeye WRX on 17" Pro Race 1.2s.