Help me with wheels! I'm just a girl *giggle*

[Professor Farnsworth]

why, do you want to be Mrfantz ? :P

[LethalLeigh]

This is the best pic I have at the moment, I need to go for a drive and have another photoshoot. Should have done it this weekend just passed, I was in the Barossa Valley and all...

[Danny]

No secret at all Rob,

I got them from Bob Jane T mart. They had about 30 of the 16" Strada's in Fiesta/Focus/Escort offset and stud pattern out the back that had been used only for one day for a tyre test.

He said pick four of the best, and theyr're $50 each. So I did just that. Thanks yer very much! They were practically brand new!

[theostheone]

ey...

instead of 16 or 17s why dont you be daring and go 18s like i did.

[Danny]

Some people Enjoy being able to drive their cars....

18's are too big.

[robjh80]

Originally Posted by Danny

Some people Enjoy being able to drive their cars....

18's are too big.

Agreed, not for me either, just a tad too big imho......although in saying that there does seem to be a lot of UK owners with 18" rims on their Fez's, but then they also "dump" the suspension a lot using coilovers.

[crispymk2]

Love the white rims! must be a to keep clean, but at least they aren't too complex design wise which would help

[murcod]

Can you get tyres in a low enough profile for 18" rims? Otherwise you'll just be gearing the engine higher and killing your (already only adequate) acceleration.

[Swaytan]

Ok, have made my final choice. I'm getting these in 17's...

[murcod]

What sort of price are those ones?

Personally (ie. it's only my opinion! ) I find spoke design wheels like that which don't have the spoke running all the way to the rim edge look to be a lot smaller than they actually are. So your 17" rim probably won't look as big?

[Ives]

I reckon this would look nice. 17x7

[kenneth_lks]

I had this on my BMW..but only available in 18"

[Sonia]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

I reckon this would look nice. 17x7

oooer... I like those ones

[xurbanx]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

I reckon this would look nice. 17x7

I third that! Would look good white (:


Offtopic: What colour rims would look good on ink blue? (if any)

[Ives]

Originally Posted by xurbanx

Offtopic: What colour rims would look good on ink blue? (if any)

I like darkish coloured rim, maybe gun-metal?

Originally Posted by Swaytan

K-Speeds, yeah they look pretty awesome! Only $1,200.00 fully installed too.

Yeah.. it's a bargain! What kind of tyres do u think we'd get with them?

I think I got that pic from tempetyres.com.au

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

What kind of tyres do u think we'd get with them?

I think I got that pic from tempetyres.com.au

Haha - some kind of cheapo Nankangs for around $100 a corner!

[Swaytan]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

I reckon this would look nice. 17x7

K-Speeds, yeah they look pretty awesome! Only $1,200.00 fully installed too.

[kenneth_lks]

[Ives]

Speaking of wheels, when you guys bought your wheels... what did u do with the stock ones?

[LethalLeigh]

Originally Posted by HyperKid

Speaking of wheels, when you guys bought your wheels... what did u do with the stock ones?

Mine were put on prior to dealer delivery.

[LethalLeigh]

White or possibly silver or shadow chrome. You could also go gold if you could put up with the Subaru wannabe comments. It's a good look, just damn near trademarked.

[MISTA FIESTA]

I dont know why people bag out the nankangs, they might not be the best tyre around but they seem ok to me. and its about 110 per corner

[Teki04]

Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

I dont know why people bag out the nankangs, they might not be the best tyre around but they seem ok to me. and its about 110 per corner

Does the $10 make a difference? I said approximately.

Well, IMO tyres are a massive safety/performance issue not to be taken lightly. Trust me... nothing beats quality tyres. Once you get something expensive and experience the quality in the tyres compared to other brands, you will really wish you had got them sooner!

I had no difficulties keeping with an AWD S3 in the wet the other day...

[joshf2]

Originally Posted by MISTA FIESTA

I dont know why people bag out the nankangs, they might not be the best tyre around but they seem ok to me. and its about 110 per corner

so the question is.... are my $132 15" GS-D3's better than your $110 17" NS-II's?

[Scareybear]

Originally Posted by joshf2

so the question is.... are my $132 15" GS-D3's better than your $110 17" NS-II's?

Depends, the 17's will look better, and probably last longer being a harder compound, but the 15's will be more comfortable and probably grip better in the wet.

Theres definitly better tyres around than Nankangs, but theres also better tyres around than the GSD3's as well. IMHO

[MISTA FIESTA]

Originally Posted by joshf2

so the question is.... are my $132 15" GS-D3's better than your $110 17" NS-II's?

Well in general, i know they stand no match for other tyres that everyone else has, but found them to be awesome in the dry very grippy, but in the wet i do take it a bit easy. The reason i got the nankangs was because they were cheap and i just wanted to get the 17's on the car thats about it. I wasnt too fussed about performance, but i must say they handled perfectly down the old pac in the wet (1 week b4 cruise) and even on the cruise.

When im in need of new tyres i definitly wont be going for the Kangs, I just wanna try something different and obviously spend a bit more.

[Pieoter]

Teki is 100% correct. Your tyres are your only contact patch with the ground and getting a good tyre not only improves your cars performance it is a critical safety factor. The tyres I have now are fantastic in the dry in the wet they don't offer great grip off a start.

But the nankangs are decent tyres for the money. They arn't the best but they have decent dry grip for the price u pay.

[Ives]

^^^ that's sweet, man. That's a good deal!

[Danny]

Good stuff. They are a nice wheel, Just annoying to keep clean...

[b2tf]

wow, $97 each for a 17" rim is VERY good.