What Size Alloys with no mods to wheel arch ?

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What Size Alloys with no mods to wheel arch ?

Postby kelvin156 on Sun Jan 27, 2008 12:36 am

Am looking to put alloys onto my fiesta mk3 si !

Any idead of max size without and mod to archs ?
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Re: What Size Alloys with no mods to wheel arch ?

Postby Oranoco on Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:32 pm

Depends on how much you've lowered by. 15" ET35 wheels not exceeding 7J are the safest bet with 195/45/15 tyres and is optimum for handling. Have seen 16" ET35 wheels at 7J go on with no issues with 195/40/16 tyres but have also seen exactly the same combo rub.
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Re: What Size Alloys with no mods to wheel arch ?

Postby Tweek on Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:18 am

As above, 16" if you're lucky, 15s are best though :)
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Re: What Size Alloys with no mods to wheel arch ?

Postby Luke1990 on Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:19 pm

on a similar note, i know 195/45/15s are recommended, but is there any benefit to going wider on the rears? i.e 205s or more?
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