looking at new wheels 17" or 18"

[silvercup172]

not sure if 18" will fit on my 03 172 cup

 

[Tony172]

Personally I'd stick with 16s

 

[R-Sport.]

They will fit-

However you will look stupid-& it will handle like a boat in a storm-

Even 17 is a bit oversized-

Stick with 16 or even 15..
S

 

[172Ben]

Moved to our wheel section

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Why do people think bigger is better? 15" is perfect on a Clio 2.

 

[silvercup172]

it came with 16" standard maybe 16" but wider would look better

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

You bought the wrong car for massive wide wheels. 15/16 you'd be pushed to notice the difference, but on 15" the brakes fill all the gap within the wheels and good tyres will cost you 65-70quid each instead of 110.

 

[silvercup172]

ok found deep dish alloys 16" with tyres £944 god how much

 

[silvercup172]

40 profile at the mo got 45 on 16s so maybe lower and probably rub the arches

 

[silvercup172]

ok looking at 15" and 16" i will take all your advice

 

[MichaelGrimes]

my tyres got slashed the other day, and i borrowed some 17" ripspeeds of a mate to get it moved out of the way! my cars been lowered 40mm all round on apex's and when i accelerated, it caused the rear wheels to rub, and it also rubbed when i turned, AND it looked like a bloody tractor! didnt handle very nicely either! luckily they werent on the car very long only a day until i got some tyres sorted for my F1's

 

[silvercup172]

thanks m8 just gonna refurb my speedlines

 

[Highland-Clio]

I'm running 17 F1's with no issues

 

[Djw John]

thanks m8 just gonna refurb my speedlines

Good shout mate

 

[.GAZ.]

15's are perfect on a Clio.

 

[Heez]

Definitely 18's.

 

[Fletcher]

15's are perfect on a Clio.

this

 

[.GAZ.]

Most of the best 1*2's on here run 15's.

Most of the sheds run 17"+.

Go figure.

 

[bill]

this

and again

 

[Whirly172]

dont go 18" bud it will look daft stick with some 15/16"

 

[Foggy32]

16" ftw

 

[RDH]

15" FTW

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I put the wheels off my old Impreza against the OH's dCi..

Mk2 + 18s =

Sash's new wheels. by evil_giraffes_rule, on Flickr

There's no way they'd fit under the arches, and if they did the change of getting it off the driveway would be slim to none. :dead: