davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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Just wondering how well your cars drive and how well the handle, wanting some ET40 SRI wheels which are 16's but dont want the hassle of srubage and tramlining which i had with my 17's
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Chris Bingham
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I had et40 17" rims on my Corsa and it was ok. Did tend to tramline a bit but not too much. The thing i noticed was the reducion in speed and the handling wasnt as sharp as it was on 15" rims. And it scrubbed like a bad un too.
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RKS
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Registered: 2nd Mar 04
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The tramlining is more down to the 17's
personally i'd go down to 15s as I had some 15s before my 17s and am going back, but 16s are supposed to be a good size on the corsa,
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DaNnY_LaD
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Registered: 30th Nov 05
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what is tramlining?
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by DaNnY_LaD
what is tramlining?
It's like for example if you're in the slow lane of a motorway and rather than you driving the car, the car drives in the grooves made by lorries etc and you have to correct the steering more than usual - that's tramlining...
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Sam
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Also re. offset, I had ET42 6.5x15 wheels on my old Corsa, with 195/50/15 tyres the rears scrubbed with load, but with 195/45/15 tyres they were fine.
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timrud_
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Registered: 3rd Jul 04
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I've got some ET49 wheels with 10 or 11mm spacers on, so effectivy around ET39, seems ok to handle, didn't notice too much difference before and after I put the spacers on.
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davcohen
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Registered: 1st Nov 03
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well i loved the look of the 17's just not the ride or handling.
15's look cack but give a much better ride and superior handling (maybe cause they have slightly better tyres)
16's look bigger but can still have a 45 profile would they still scrub on the rears with a 195 tyre
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cossie_corsa
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Registered: 15th Nov 03
Location: Newport
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et 42 17's but i got wide arches. handles fine though.
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