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[idle hands productions]

can you pls post pictures of fiesta`s on 17`s thanks

[Oranoco]

Don't think there are too many these days mate. Most people have relaised that going larger than a 16" has a negative effect to how the car drives. Might find the odd brave sole still going at it though

[Andimav]

I fitted these 17"TSW Volcanos shortly after getting my xr2i and they didn't stay on long,
they rubbed like hell and was a nitemare to park! LOL

Looked good though..

[RSTsteve]

This is my old FRST , pic taken by 1 of the previous owners

[knuckles]

Don't think there are too many these days mate. Most people have relaised that going larger than a 16" has a negative effect to how the car drives. Might find the odd brave sole still going at it though

Your quotes always bring a smile to my face even when im in a foul mood





I believe these were 17's

[rst in progress]

if you havnt already got 17's mate try and go in a car with them on, i bought a fiesta turbo with them on before, i took them off straight away as it was a horrid ride

[djnathand]

My Mk3 is dropped 60mm... I was hoping to get 17"'s originally but have wised up...

I'm just gonna get 15"'s, being dropped 60mm the arches should hug the tyre nicely enough hopefully!

[Ratspeed]

My mk3 is dropped 6omm on 15's and drives fine, but there would be no chance of fitting 17's with that sorta drop. And as already said, they drive best on 15's anyway

[Andyfloss03]

yer mine was dropped 80mm on 15's....raised a lil since then but sits nice

[slaney21]

agree with what the guys have said with 17"s. had them on one of my many fiestas when i was going thru my "boy racer" phase and its was pretty bad. tryes rub quite often and parking is awful with them. Nearly ended up in a ditch a few times as the car handled like a pig with them on. go with 15"s with a 40 - 60mm drop presonally. much better

[FRST SILVER]

mines fine on 17s..

[MENACE]

how nice is that

[knuckles]

The bigger the wheels - the more stress the wheel bearings go through.

I have had 2 wheel bearings fall to pieces on the front because of the large wheel offset.

Anything bigger than 16inch on a fiesta is just silly in my opinion.

[Stuartcarvell]

Larger wheels does not always mean larger ofset though does it?
Carvey

[blakeysfezzisred]

Larger wheels does not always mean larger ofset though does it?
Carvey

offset has nothing to do with larger wheels i believe, offsets js how far out the wheels sit from the hub, thats why u [ERRR] never stick peugoet wheels that hav been made for that on any other car because they hav a bigger offset

[BigUKG]

Don't think there are too many these days mate. Most people have relaised that going larger than a 16" has a negative effect to how the car drives. Might find the odd brave sole still going at it though

Your quotes always bring a smile to my face even when im in a foul mood





I believe these were 17's

BEAST!!!! Love it!!

[White2i]

here's how mine looked the first time around i fitted the 17's and killed 2 wheel bearings in 3months, 1 set of bottom arms and the final straw was when the stress of the wheels caused the bottom arm ball joint to rip out of the hub, fortunately a was only doing 10mph and cuming up to a junction when it happens as i had just bene in the outside lane on daul carriage was doing ***mph. my advice is dont do it, it looks good but doesnt drive well at all and will cost you a arm and a leg in bottom arms and wheel bearings

[BigUKG]

Are those the Dare alloys? They do look nice but that sounds like hassle. I'm going for 16's on 40 profile tyres and hoping for the best. Its the best medium between the two without loosing too much handling or the car looking poo

[M1K3Y_B]

Does anyone know what tyres they are, the thread pattern looks wicked.

Are those the Dare alloys? They do look nice but that sounds like hassle. I'm going for 16's on 40 profile tyres and hoping for the best. Its the best medium between the two without loosing too much handling or the car looking poo

Thats what i am going to do, just need to find some nice ones now

[BigUKG]

Sounds good to me mate.

I think the tyres are Toyo Proxes but theyre for track use I think

[White2i]

na they were wolfrace triod's mate, shame thing as the dare v2's though reli, i personally think a fiesta looks better on 15's with a nice lower stance and it handles liek a go-kart on 15's

[BigUKG]

ah right, they looked nice Shame about all those bearings etc though!! Big fan of the dare v2 but they're not well made to go on Fiestas it seems

16s r okay arent they?

[White2i]

yea they ok but i do prefer 15's for looks and performance side of things

[M1K3Y_B]

Mine handles well on 15's but i have 50 profiles so i might aswell have 16's

[White2i]

i got 50 profiles on mine as i got yoko prada's, but with coilovers it sticks well, no roll etc. i wouldnt go no bigger but its my choice i guess, depends what your intended use for car is

[BigUKG]

i got 50 profiles on mine as i got yoko prada's, but with coilovers it sticks well, no roll etc. i wouldnt go no bigger but its my choice i guess, depends what your intended use for car is

pics as it stands?

[White2i]

ok ok as you asked so nicely will put the first pics up of my car in here lol, its all coming apart very very soon for a big big rebuild

coilovers can and will go lower i havent adjusted them down they still fully up after the 17's were on there, will drop 120mm but used to have it down at 70mm on 195/45.15 on old xr2i

[M1K3Y_B]

But your sidewalls don't look as big as mine, look at my sig, mine look a lot bigger

[White2i]

mine are big and same as yours but because i got black wheels its harder to see it lol,. car coming off road at end of month. then will start a project thread on it.