16inch or 17inch Alloys

[SHORTY]

Right i heard that 17 s mess up your handling big time
and give a shed load of road noise
going by the clio cup 16s this size seems to do the trick plus are a tad bit cheaper

 

[The Monk]

to put it shortly 16s for fun 17s for look

 

[Robby]

better acceleration with 16s, higher top end speed with 17s

 

[TimO172]

Stick to 15s even 16s slow your car down, Reanult didnt change the gearing for nothing when they made the MK2.

!5s rule

 

[KDF]

15s suck..

Renault changed the gearing because the final drive on the mk1 was to long.. and it counteracted the slight increase in weight.

 

[RPM]

195/45 16 gives the same rolling radius as 195/50 15. If both are 7" wide there is no difference exept a potentially(spelling?) stiffer sidewall on the 16"s

 

[KDF]

which would give a slightly harder ride and less predictable break point. but less lateral flex on hard cornering

 

[RPM]

Correct

 

[Tadej clio RS]

Ill say 17s it looks cool!!

 

[geordiepaul]

I doubt anyone could tell the difference!!

 

[BenR]

15"!!!!!!!!!!

or.....10"!!! from a mini!! be diff, you know u want to!!

 

[Tadej clio RS]

17s like that!



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[BenR]

but it makes your brakes look like a 1.2 item!

 

[Tadej clio RS]

let them look like 1.2

they bite like 3.0 or dont they?

 

[SHORTY]

send us some pics of your car, it looks f-ing well cool


Shorty

 

[Mike Wright]

15s............................

 

[SHORTY]

my mate said the fuel econnomy will be affected if i fitted 19s

 

[TimO172]

Rubbish 16s and 15s have a different rolling radiius full stop. 195 50 15 versus 195 45 16.

Look at the results:

15s diameter: 22.7

16s diameter: 22.9

Extra weight and wheel size change is why the gearing was changed.

Your speedo will be 1% to slow. Sorry.

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[Svezel]

I personally wouldn´t go for anything bigger than 16" on a clio. 17" look good but are also easilly damaged