How bad does 18's look not lowered?

I have ordered some 18's, but wont be able to budget the springs until a month or 2 later.

Planning on gettign eiether 35mm or 50mm. Have people got examples of eiether.

I know it will handle pretty poor too, but in meantime has anyone got examples of 18's not lowered, lowered etc... so I know what to expect.

cheers@:_)

 

horrendous mate! Haha put bigger wheels on any car and not lower it and it looks ridiculous! I'll dig out a pic......

 

This is what I am thinking

Might have to look like a d**k for a month lol

 

heres a pic of mine mate,been lowered 30mm....i wudnt go for 50mm handling will be horrible and will catch on the arches

 

DBO7P1 - That looks spot on, looks lower than 35mm though?

Just springs, or dampers aswell?

Anymore pics from different angles.

Cheers

 

just wait to fit the wheels till you can afford springs, else you ll be driving round thinking.. everyone is looking at the gap in my wheel arceh.. trust me lol

 

lol i know how you mean

 

my cars running the prodrive handling pack ad i`m sticking a set of 18" P1 WRCs on soon, i`ll eventually lower it on H&R springs probably, but in the mean time it wont look too bad.

my dads 99 classic is runnign 18s and isnt lowered. doesnt look too bad IMO

 

its either 30mm or 35mm 1 of the two i forget
its running dampers aswel as the springs yea

 

Olly, have you any examples please?

DBO - Does look spot on

 

mate, it will look like this if you dont lower it......

 

Here's a pic of my old classic on 18s not lowered.....



Damn I miss it lol anyway below is a pic of my car now on 18s lowered 30mm...



My advice is don't lower it at all! Unless you want it to rub that is!

 

it will rub but only if u cain it on bumpy surfaces i dont have any problems with normal driving or speed bumps etc

 

to the o.p. can i ask what wheels/tyres your currently using?

i ask because if you upgrade to 18" wheels/tyres, the overall circumference and diameter of the tyre shouldnt be any different.

heres an example...

my scoob currently sits on 215/40/17 tyres

if i upgraded to 18" wheels, the tyres would be 215/35/18

used this site to calculate it and there is only 4mm difference in the diameter, which if you use the correct yres will make no difference. unless of course 17" not lowered looked stupid too?

common myth here me thinks

 

Scoobyhunt07 you saw my scooby pics the other day and that isn't lowered. 18s don't look bad on an unlowered car they just look better when it is.

 

if ur worried about scrubbing in the arches, can u not get the arches rolled? or is this not a good thing on imprezas?

Ash

 

lol
that looks spot on

 

Yea Martin, agreed, that looks ok.

 

Both loverly examples, the above is the alloys I have purchased

The silver one looks lower than 30 mm though? What springs? Standard dampers?

Thanks

 

Good point brian, you did bring that up before.
Tyres shall be 215/35/18's

 

theres your answer the dude. the tyre sidewalls will be smaller and the inside rim of the wheel obviously larger. ths is possibly the only thing that may look different to a 17" wheel. the ride height wont be any different at all if you have the correct tyres on a 16-17" wheel. sure your scoob will look fine until youve got the readies for the springs.

 

Cheers Brian This is the stance at present...

 

You need to make sure you have the correct offset alloys and the correct size tyres if your going to drop it down on 18's without any issues... as stated by Andy 215/35/18 are the size for 4 door classics ( 2 door's will run on 225/35/18 )

Mine is sat on -50mm H&R springs and standard struts, I have never had a problem even with the car loaded.... in reality the springs dropped mine 25-30mm from standard ride height.

 

19s not lowered

 

I think they look fine on 18's without being lowered mate.

 

Exactly how I felt before I lowered mine.
Now running Tein S Techs, 35mm with Prodrive camber settings.

Definelty get it lowered, looks much better, and handles better too.

 

I had 2 classics, put both on 18's...
My UK classic was on colovers on its ****, tires were in the arches and never caught. With no arch mods.
My Type R was on 18's with standard suspension and that never caught with 5 people in it.
I think its just down to wheel and tire choice. 215/35/18's and you shouldn't have any problems.
Pics in view my Scooby...

 

Agreed. I have -50mm H&R springs on my Type R with 215/45/17s. They never really lowered it 50mm more like 25mm as said. However I did have quite bad arch rubbing even before it was lowered on the passenger side only. This had to be rolled back to clear.

 

can a 4 door run 225/35/18 ok or would that cause rubbing?

i`ve been offered some toyo r888 225/35/18 for the p1 wrc rims i`m putting on the rb5 at cracker money

 

not lowerd