Wheels and lowering

[Clio_novice]

Can someone please clear up a few things for me. I want to put some alloys on my 96 1.4RT and dont know what size to go for. Shall i go for 15" with a 30mm(ish) drop, or can i get 16" wheels on without any arch work?
Also i would like to know it there will be any sort of rubbing if i do either of these, as i quite often have 4 or 5 people in the car.

Cheers everyone

Phil

 

[JamesG]

16s will fit but i suggest 15s with about 50mm drop and have the rear torsion bar at the same, no lower than a max of about 55mm on the back and u will be able to get every one in with no scrubbing.

 

[shanemc]

my old 1.2 was dropped 60mm on 15s with a 36mm offset and they fitted fine,just had to grind the lips off the rear arches and remove the inner arch gaurds.i went up to 16s later(as u do!) but these used to catch a lot cos i used a 43mm offset which i thought would be ideal but wasnt,so if your going bigger than 15s stick to the original 36mm offset.

 

[Ben j]

thought the offset was 34mm?

 

[Ben j]

or 32? never heard of it being 36mm

 

[Clio_novice]

Has anyone got a pic of their car with 15" wheels so i can see what it looks like and please say what drop you have on it.

 

[Ice Phoenix]

Im having same kinda problem. Im wanting alloys decent enough to fill the HUGE wheel arches, yet also have it really lowered at the same time. I was going to get some 15" alloys and have it really lowered. But I liked the thought of having 16", but then how low cud it go with them on? However, I rarely carry 4 people in the car. Mostly me and sometimes the girlfriend. If you were me, what would you do? What should I go with? 15" or 16"??? Advice would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Ice Phoenix.

 

[shanemc]

its definately 36mm ben,look inside any renault steel wheel and youll see ET36 stamped on em

 

[Nick Read]

Clio offset is 36mm.

On a CLio which is not a 16v or Willy, you will get 15s straight on, even with a bit of lowering. 16s will be more of a struggle cos then you end up running at least a 195 tyre which means arch scrub.

 

[Ben P]

Hey ICE Pheonix, I would get 15" rims (cheaper, easier to fit, better acceleration, cheaper tyres etc etc) and them slam it to the deck.

It would look wicked and would accelerate/handle better than if on 16"s. Just my opinion thought and Im sure many would disagree and say go for 16"s.

On my car I want to make the most of any performance it has, so I have kept the original 14" alloys and am going to drop it as much as I can.