18" Rims

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 7:37 pm

Cheers Ruchi,

Ill try the 225/35

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 3:51 pm

Just one more question, if i was to get from 40/17's to 35/18's would my overall ride height be higher or lower, i was hoping to be atleast 0.5cm higher as im scraping when coming into my drive way, .5 of a cm would defanately solve the problem

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:24 pm

need more info... need the width of the tyres to work out the calculations - e.g. xxx/40/17 to xxx/35/18

TimmyD · Post by **TimmyD** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 10:47 pm

ruchi wrote:need more info... need the width of the tyres to work out the calculations - e.g. xxx/40/17 to xxx/35/18

i thought u WERE going this w.e w/ everyone else??

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:30 am

decided against that.

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:47 pm

both 225

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:21 pm

based on them both being 225's the 18" combo would be a total of 0.5cm larger meaning it would sit 0.25cm higher off the ground (bugger all difference).

ANBU_fto · Post by **ANBU_fto** » Tue Jun 15, 2004 10:09 pm

ruchi wrote:barfy, the tyre/wheel combo you are getting will be 1cm larger than the standard wheels.

- You will have 1cm less clearance around the guard
- Your car will sit 0.5cm higher
- Your speedo will be out by 4% (when your speedo reads 100kmh you are actually going 104kmh) - watch for speed cameras

my brother has 18" on them it effects his speedo by a lot... because when i go 100km/h im going at like 107 km/h, and at 110 km/h im going at lik 120 km/h

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:26 pm

Well guys,

Ive order my rims with 225/35 and hopefully i get 35's instead of 40's like 21mrk did ! Ill get some pics up as soon as they are fitted

21mrk · Post by **21mrk** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:40 pm

yeah for sure...although there was minimal rubbing for me...while backing out the drive way, I had some HORRIFYING scrapeage..

the tyre on full lock and while I was on 2 wheels (one back and one front due to driveway) the front wheel caught on the metal under the wheel guard! This was the "LEFT" wheel on full left lock.. have a turn and you will all the the but of metal with some spot welds in it

Anywasy, I cracked a major wabbly and went off my nut...grabbed my recipt and was gonna cause hell..

in the end, i couldnt be bothered cause I am in Brisbane and they are in NSW and I am happy with the wheels...so I took a small rubber mallet to it and now its perfect..no scrapes anymore and it was only catchin on about 2mm of a metal corner...it just made a hell of a noise

SO! check your tyres..I only noticed once the wheels were on (put them on as soon as i got them due to too much caffeine and over-excitement

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on my recipt it says i got 225/35..but hey.. i could chase it up..but fark it! I love my wheels and aint taking them off for NOBODY!!

ANBU_fto · Post by **ANBU_fto** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:36 pm

hi guys.... im abit lost here, no wait im really lost....

i have just dumped the car down 2 inches... and im planing to get 18", whats the recommendations u guys have,,???

21mrk · Post by **21mrk** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:36 pm

Finally got the pic up where i fixed my BAD rubbing.

if you lower the car 2 inches at the front..and have 18x7.5 with 225/40 you may get some extreme rubbing when some pressure is put on the suspention..ie backing out of steep driveway on full lock..

To overcome this issue, i bent the small piece of metal that was actually catching on the tyre making a hell of a noise.

Take a look at the pic, and see that I have bent this back (rubber hammer thing and some pliers) I get no scrape at all now!!

ANBU_fto · Post by **ANBU_fto** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:02 pm

so if i dump my car down 2'', get 18's, grab a rubber mullet and start wacking i should be ok????

21mrk · Post by **21mrk** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 9:56 am

yeah

hhehe its only about 3 cm of metal to bend...and its only gotta bend a little to get full clearance from the wheel.

thats if you need it, my right didnt need it..only the left.

ANBU_fto · Post by **ANBU_fto** » Thu Jun 17, 2004 7:23 pm

koolies.... im going to start doing that then.... can i just wack anywhere??? becasue i see all these tyre marks everywhere.... shoul di start me wacking there?

21mrk · Post by **21mrk** » Fri Jun 18, 2004 1:02 pm

naa, dont just hit anywher you see rubbing..cause the rub marks that are on the very inner part..they are gonna happen anyway seeing as though you have bigger wheels now.

Im only talking about bending/hitting back the small lip of metal that catches on the tyre. on my left wheel on full left lock, the bit of metal was catching at the back of the left wheel on the "outside" of the tyre, not the inside .

The inside rub is normal, you could say..

you will notice the difference if you get the catch that i did, the "normal rub" souds like you are just rubbing the tyre a bit...the other sounds like you are ripping the front panel off your car

ANBU_fto · Post by **ANBU_fto** » Sat Jun 19, 2004 1:29 pm

kekekaka thanks....

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 2:09 pm

hey Guys,

i got my rims, i absolutely sh*t myself when the first rim was put on cause it was obvious that it didnt have any room to turn at all! But thanks to the guys at my local Bridgestone we managed to make some room

The inside of the my veilside front bar need to be cut a bit and the rubber matting that goes around the wheel arch was modified too, this only had to be done on the driver side front.

So all and all things are looking good, alittle rubbing at full lock but thats about it. Ill get some pics up asap

ANBU_fto · Post by **ANBU_fto** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 5:50 pm

did it cost ya anything to fix that problem?

barfy · Post by **barfy** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 6:08 pm

nah the guys down there were great they only charged me for the wheel alignment ...