Wheels and sizes once and for all

[Tony05]

ive searched as much as i can ,but i just gota know for sure,
how much drop is it to have the tops of ur tyres just in your arches,on 15's and 16's on a 1.2 mk1,car needs to be useable on speedbumps as im a delivery driver,wud 16's go on fine with no probs, with 195/40 profiles with enough drop to just have the tyres in the arches or will it be probs?
or its 15" and how much drop,id prefer the slighlyey bigger tho,
please help as i finaly want to get it sorted,thanks all

 

[Tony05]

please sum1,fancey ordering tomorow

 

[Anonymous]

with 16" wheels and 40 profile tyres on your 1.2 I would say that you would need a -50mm drop to sit the tyre inside the arch

On 15's I would say a drop of -55mm will be sufficient

But it does not matter really as once you have wheels and tyres fitted you can just adjust the torsion bar to suit.

hope this helps

 

[Tony05]

thanks mate,will it still be useable on bumps you think?do they make 50m springs as wont be able to afford more,im gona post my wheel choices on here later
thanks

 

[Tony05]

any chance of rubbing,as people have said,40m is lowest you can go without rubbin on 16s?

 

[richlawson]

go as low as you can i went 50 front and right down at the back on my mk1 its easy to do arch work on one of them

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, i'm 99% sure you will be able to get -50mm springs for your car

I'm sure you can go much more then -40mm in your 1.2, they were probably on about valvers which are lower to start with.

Here is mine on 15's and lowered approx -60mm at the rear

 

[Anonymous]

go as low as you can i went 50 front and right down at the back on my mk1 its easy to do arch work on one of them

He wants practicality as well as looks

 

[Tony05]

yeah although looks very nice mate,i need to be able to clear humps ok and the tops of the tyres need to be in,just dont want a gap

 

[black kro]

my 17's and 40mm drop hate speed humps

standard 15s and standard springs - 50 possible

17s and 40mm, 25 max!

 

[Tony05]

Hi all no pic of my car yet but its not the grey,its the realy light blue
these are the wheels,all 15's apart from the ace which are 16s
i love the bks but they dont do them in 16 in that colour only 15s
let me know what ones out of these wud you all choose
thanks

http://img292.imageshack.us/my.php?image=streetoctanemk2.jpg

 

[Anonymous]

Would really need to see a pic of your car, but I like the Wolfrace ones best