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Author should i change my front wheels to 17s?
Adam_B
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29th Aug 08 at 11:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
More and more i look at my car recently and think the front wheels look a bit pants with there big 195/50 R16 balloon tyres. 17s would wear a 205/40 so less tyre and more wheel as it is now-



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[Edited on 29-08-2008 by Adam_B]
Fad
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29th Aug 08 at 11:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why?


Keep the 16's at the front function over form any day of the week

Whats next neons?
FruitBooTeR
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29th Aug 08 at 11:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just buy some 195/45/16 tyres
Wayne
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29th Aug 08 at 12:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tyres do look abit big, go for it i say
Graham88
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29th Aug 08 at 12:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by FruitBooTeR
Just buy some 195/45/16 tyres


What he said and lower it a bit more
Tom
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29th Aug 08 at 12:29   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
What difference does bigger tyre profile and smaller wheel radius have over vice versa on the front?

Fad you are a grumpy shit today
Superlite Ltd.
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29th Aug 08 at 12:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
leave it how it is

they got it right the first time!
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29th Aug 08 at 12:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Tom
What difference does bigger tyre profile and smaller wheel radius have over vice versa on the front?

Fad you are a grumpy shit today


weight! big wheels are gayer than christmas, small wheels are way better
RCS
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29th Aug 08 at 13:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Superlite Ltd.
quote:
Originally posted by Tom
What difference does bigger tyre profile and smaller wheel radius have over vice versa on the front?

Fad you are a grumpy shit today


weight! big wheels are gayer than christmas, small wheels are way better


Weight is one factor, but the main one is tyre stiffness.
John G
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29th Aug 08 at 14:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
leave it as it is, the car is set up perfectly, with wheel and suspension no need to change anything,
Fad
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29th Aug 08 at 15:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Tom
What difference does bigger tyre profile and smaller wheel radius have over vice versa on the front?

Fad you are a grumpy shit today


There is a science behind it as they come with this configuaration as standard I supose to aid turn in and create some element of understeer.

Yes I am grump bloody friday in the office sucks
Adam_B
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29th Aug 08 at 16:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they come with 17s standard to make it understeer, but the standard 17s are like 5.5j wide with a 175 tyre. Weight wont be noticable i dont think.

With me going back to being a scummy student i wont be doing anymore trackdays for a while, so yeah its just for asthetics but unless its horrendusly bad i cant see me caring that much.
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29th Aug 08 at 16:29   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
what size are the back?
Adam_B
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17x7.5 with 225/45
Fad
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I knew what I was tlking about

Adam I am going to be a student scumbag too Although only for oe day a week!
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It looks 'right'. No real need to alter the proportions. And I guess it drives well now?
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30th Aug 08 at 10:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
looks really cool as it is. love wheels with a good bit of "beef" to the tyre.
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30th Aug 08 at 10:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No.
cheekyalex
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30th Aug 08 at 10:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
id stick with what you got, low profile tyres on uk roads sucks ass, i would give it a about week before you want to take them off again.you can feel every tiny bump in the road and think you have broken a wheel everytime you go over a pot hole.

 
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