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General => General Technical => Wheels & Tyres, Suspension & Brakes => Topic started by: chrisJDM on June 18, 2005, 09:51:18 PM

Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: chrisJDM on June 18, 2005, 09:51:18 PM
im looking at buying some new alloys for my fd3s and im stuck between 18\'s and 19\'s.  My car has been lowered 40mm, would 19\'s go on there ok??? i have seen 18\'s on most rx\'s so wot do peps recommend
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: chrisJDM on June 24, 2005, 06:33:58 PM
i still dont know what to go for? any feedaback from anyone??? please!!!!! most have got 18s that i have seen anyone got 19s on theres??
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: Dan Norton on June 24, 2005, 07:07:07 PM
Depends what you want mate, 18\'s will go on straight, and so will 19\'s.

18\'s for a better handling car, 19\'s for something a bit showy\'er........if your car isnt kitted then maybe it might look too rollerskate\'ish with 19\'s.

Thats just my opinion

Cheers,

Dan!!
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: chrisJDM on June 24, 2005, 10:17:59 PM
im really not sure wot 2 go 4, mainly gona b a show car but wanna use it 4 track days every so often aswell, gona get a full kit for it aswell eventually, of course tyres are gona cost a bit more for 19s aswell, so with the car lowered 40mm will both 18s and 19s go on no problem??
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: Dan Norton on June 24, 2005, 10:28:19 PM
Yea no probs, 19\'s will fit.

If you are wanting show, then get the 19\'s, but if u wanna do some trackdays, keep the wheels you have, smaller wheels will be better for the track.

I have 18\'s on mine, and its been lowered on Bilstein adjustables all round, and i have no probs.

Cheers,

Dan!!
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: chrisJDM on June 24, 2005, 10:32:58 PM
cheers for the advice, any chance of a pic mate so i can see how big the 18s look
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: turbomaz on June 28, 2005, 02:07:24 PM
SWT do some nice 18`s mate, hopefully i will be taking mine down end of this week to put some 18`s on, the volks on mine would prolly look better on urs than mine but there only 17`s and need a referb atm.
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: chrisJDM on June 28, 2005, 02:20:28 PM
im not sure which wheels to go for 2 b honest, might have a good look around, i went down 2 south west a few months back, trouble is the ones i wanted they only did in 7.5 wide which isant really enough for a rx.
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: rxv8 on June 28, 2005, 03:55:17 PM
ive got 7.5 wide rims on my rx with 225 fronts and 245 rears...plenty....
Title: Here\'s a pic of 18\'s
Post by: mazda bait on June 28, 2005, 05:30:30 PM
Bear in mind this is with stock suspension i was a little disappointed they didn\'t even nearly fill the arches.  Personally i\'d go for the 19\'s...! :)
Title: 18\'s or 19\'s
Post by: chrisJDM on June 29, 2005, 09:08:06 AM
they look very nice mate, i dont usually like 3 spokes on other cars but they look really good on a rx.  Mine has been lowered 40mm so 18\'s might fill the arches a bit better, will ahve to look into it more, cheers for the pic.