Alloy wheels?

[gringo_steve]

Hi,

I have a 2.0 CC. It has the standard 16" wheels on the moment - but i have money burning a hole in my pocket and i want bigger wheels.

Has anyone changed wheels on this forum, and if so what size did you go for? Did anyone manage to fit 18" wheels on - is there any need to roll the arches to squeeze them in. What width are your wheels? Were there any problems getting wheels to fit to nuts?

Ta

Steve :

[Erm]

well i will as soon as i have the money........

18s fit fine no problems at all........

19s fit on the front but the rear arches arent big enuff.....

but good luck finding some 18s that u like cause the selection is sooooooooo limited

[M275]

I went for 17's ..
pics here
www.m275.com/car

As long as the offset is ok they shoul dbe ok - 28mm.

I've got a 9mm spacer in the rears and 4.5mm i nthe fronts...

M

[gringo_steve]

Thanks for the info....any decent websites I can check out???

What are the spacers for - guess they push the wheels further out of the arch - are they actually needed or do they just look good??

Thanks for your help - keep the good work up mates

Steve

[M275]

I had to use spaers as my wheels are deep and they were rubbing on the inside arch & some of the suspension mounting on the rears and on the brake calipers on the fronts.
Theres no problem putting spacers on - you can get em for 15 quid from halfords - I've got a spare set if your intersted - 4.5mm you can have em for a fiver (plus P&P)

As for lookin good - it doesnt make a hell of alot of difference really...

M

[paul_y3k]

I've got ACE 18's on mine and it looks the dogs.
Theres some photos on the Thorpe Park piccys. Mines the black cc. Problem is I now gotta put a big brake conversion on

occasinally get the rears rubbing when i take a bump to harshly.