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Hi I wish to upgrade my corsa d to 17 inch wheels from the design 16 inch wheels, I'm worried about handling weight etc. Any ways I can find out how much the wheels weigh? Do SRI wheels weigh less?
Which are best 17inch vauxhall wheels to upgrade to?
thankx
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Ian
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Its a compromise on strength so don't just go for the lightest you can find, they will generally also be the most fragile.
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taylorboosh
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I dont really think it will make any odds
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djgritt
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Just get some OEM 17s that you like the look of.
The Weight differences won't make a jot of difference on a boggo Corsa D.
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eyeopen
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Really, I thought maybe go for SRi wheels as they mite be lighter. just don't want to mess up handling breaking mainly. thankx
ps will the 215 tyres make much difference from 195s?
[Edited on 23-12-2015 by eyeopen]
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Generation
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Just get whatever; is a road Corsa, not a formula 1 car
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Rob E
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Upgrading your tyre width from 195 to 215 will male your car feel ever so slightly slower due to increased rolling resistance.
Changing the weight & size of the wheel will have little to no effect on your corsa. They are designed to be run on several different sizes of wheels. Just think of the wheels which come on an entry level corsa vs the wheels found on a VXR model. The components behind the wheel will barely differ apart from spring/damper combo, roll bar thickness and maybe brake setup but appart from that it will all be the same & fine 
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eyeopen
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I found some 17's but they have 225 45 tyres, will 225 be ok? according to the tyre calculator I used it will be 2% off larger.
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taylorboosh
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Its offset that matters
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eyeopen
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So 225 wont have a higher rolling radius?
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taylorboosh
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Well thats the width so no
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quote:
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Just get whatever; is a road Corsa, not a formula 1 car
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Nic Barnes
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Well thats the width so no
the width matters yes.
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taylorboosh
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Yes only because the aspect ratio is a percentage of width
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Ian
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Well thats the width so no
Except yes.
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taylorboosh
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Not to the point it would alter anything
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davegreen
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I had 215/45/17's on my 1.3cdti corsa d, and made a big difference to handling from the standard 16" on 195/55/16's went from continentals to pirelie p zero tyres.
couldn't find any 17" Vauxhall rims cheap enough at the time so went for pro race 1.2.
then droped it 30mm on bilstien b12 kit handles great just needs better brakes and more power.
best mate has it now and says the same.
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Nic Barnes
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Not to the point it would alter anything
like the guy said the rolling radius would be larger, that is down to the increased width. So yes, it would affect things
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taylorboosh
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Wouldnt though would it
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eyeopen
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Well thats the width so no
yes but 45% of 225 is bigger than 45% of 215.
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eyeopen
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quote:
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I had 215/45/17's on my 1.3cdti corsa d, and made a big difference to handling from the standard 16" on 195/55/16's went from continentals to pirelie p zero tyres.
couldn't find any 17" Vauxhall rims cheap enough at the time so went for pro race 1.2.
then droped it 30mm on bilstien b12 kit handles great just needs better brakes and more power.
best mate has it now and says the same.
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I thought same thing, thankx for reply big help. just need to find out if 225 will be ok or not. Like you said don't want breaking affected. Was your good before you lowered it handling wise after swapping wheels?
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eyeopen
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So no to 225's?
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taylorboosh
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quote:
Originally posted by taylorboosh
Well thats the width so no
yes but 45% of 225 is bigger than 45% of 215.
Its less than 5mm difference, although i dont know how its worked out, 45% seems too easy
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Nic Barnes
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That is how it is worked out.
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taylorboosh
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Well then less than 5mm
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