17's or 18's??? Please convince me....
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17's or 18's??? Please convince me....
17's or 18's??? Please convince me....
In a dielemma,
which is best and for what reasons?
Looks or speed?
Photos please guys
Plus if any1 is sellign balck (motorpsort style) alloys, please pm me,
thanks
In a dielemma,
which is best and for what reasons?
Looks or speed?
Photos please guys
Plus if any1 is sellign balck (motorpsort style) alloys, please pm me,
thanks
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18s definitely do make a car , but i guess it will depend on where you drive.
17s do look great if lowered but not stupidly low as they remove the massive gap around the arches but still arent always the best thing when it comes to speed bumps as you often find you end up scraping something on the bottom of the car. 18s as i said are nicer indeed and again fill the arches perfectly you can go larger but id say 18s are more than adequate. What colour is your car and how many spokes on the wheels do you want. Sounds a bit crazy to ask but some cars just dont look right with multispoke on them. But again this is a personal preference. Good luck in your search
17s do look great if lowered but not stupidly low as they remove the massive gap around the arches but still arent always the best thing when it comes to speed bumps as you often find you end up scraping something on the bottom of the car. 18s as i said are nicer indeed and again fill the arches perfectly you can go larger but id say 18s are more than adequate. What colour is your car and how many spokes on the wheels do you want. Sounds a bit crazy to ask but some cars just dont look right with multispoke on them. But again this is a personal preference. Good luck in your search
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If its just for looks alone possibly get 18's, if you want it to handle and drive tighter especially on the bendy bits stick with 17's
I have had 3 classic now and 18's really spoilt the handling on my last, well spoilt maybe too strong a word, but certainly from a drivers point of veiw made it loose nearer the edge.
The 18's were great for shows, but IMO not for enthusiastic driving.
I have had 3 classic now and 18's really spoilt the handling on my last, well spoilt maybe too strong a word, but certainly from a drivers point of veiw made it loose nearer the edge.
The 18's were great for shows, but IMO not for enthusiastic driving.
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17s with good tyres, i.e. the sidewall has some degree of flex to it.
More Conti/Goodyear/Pirelli territory than Bridgestone SO3PP.... unless you like your driving to develop your forearm muscles.
If you like the Pro-race 1s or 1.2s, take a look at the Rota GRAs or Tarmac IIs.
J.
More Conti/Goodyear/Pirelli territory than Bridgestone SO3PP.... unless you like your driving to develop your forearm muscles.
If you like the Pro-race 1s or 1.2s, take a look at the Rota GRAs or Tarmac IIs.
J.
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Agreed!!
I changed from 18's with Toyo's to 17's and found the car totally different animal handlingwise....with the 18's I found the car broke away without much warning.....which didnt do much for my underpants!.... the 17's changed that making the car feel a lot safer IMO
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Looks nice that
I am tending towards 17's though, for more power to weight ratio, plus looking for /towards Black team dyanamics, pro races wiht toyo's.
Eventually want to track it
I am tending towards 17's though, for more power to weight ratio, plus looking for /towards Black team dyanamics, pro races wiht toyo's.
Eventually want to track it
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Most people i have spoken to on this subject simply can't see any performance gain of one over the other. The only thing that i do different is to avoid potholes like the plague
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I personally think some classics can look "over wheeled" on some 18's.
I have 17's on mine (below with the silver wheel) here are a couple of pics of mine and a mates together.
Also most classics handle better on 17's plus putting on 18's will raise the diameter of the wheel thus changing the gear ratio's thus slowing acceleration...wether this is noticable or not is another matter.
I have 17's on mine (below with the silver wheel) here are a couple of pics of mine and a mates together.
Also most classics handle better on 17's plus putting on 18's will raise the diameter of the wheel thus changing the gear ratio's thus slowing acceleration...wether this is noticable or not is another matter.
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18's will raise the diameter of the wheel thus changing the gear ratio's thus slowing acceleration.
If you compare 215/40/17's to 215/35/18's, the difference is 4mm across the diameter which equates to the 17's doing an extra 5.5 revolutions over every mile.
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My actual point was aimed at the 19's comment because AFAIK the lowest profile tyre in a 215 width and 19 inch diameter is 35%, which is quite a difference (4.8%/29mm) from 215/35r18
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Prodrive offered the 18"wheel upgrade on the later P1's and said it made the car handle better(WR upgrade),so surely all classics are the same ,and imo they look a million times beter than the 17's,just takes an inch longer to clean them
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alright Pete,
Thought the P1 came with suspension developed by Prodrive, setup for british road on their own size wheel.
I guess if you are lowering a classic it would be better to use a lower profile.
Anyway 215/35r18 is closer to the original size of the 16's used on the uk then 225/35r18 but we are only talking 1mm (-3mm v 4mm)
Thought the P1 came with suspension developed by Prodrive, setup for british road on their own size wheel.
I guess if you are lowering a classic it would be better to use a lower profile.
Anyway 215/35r18 is closer to the original size of the 16's used on the uk then 225/35r18 but we are only talking 1mm (-3mm v 4mm)
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I have 18's on my Type R with 35mm profile. On smooth roads the handling is immense however if the roads are bumpy then it can start to skip a little.
The choice for me is 18's for looks...17's for all round handling.
I think given the choice again i would sacrifice the looks and go with 17's to get a deeper profiled tyre on as i have damaged a couple of the wheels on potholes
The choice for me is 18's for looks...17's for all round handling.
I think given the choice again i would sacrifice the looks and go with 17's to get a deeper profiled tyre on as i have damaged a couple of the wheels on potholes