watanabe wheels will they fit???

[djyudish]

[IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Yudish/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png[/IMG]hi guys... i have seen a sets of wheels on an sedan and wana know what is the trademark of this wheel and its dimension.. also concerning a set of watanabe i have seen a set of them which have dimension 16"x8.. will they fit on my ae92 sedan???

here below u can have a look at the car which i found the wheels very cool and that i wanted to knw its dimension..

http://media.photobucket.com/image/f...a/rolla009.jpg

[eage8]

it's hard to tell, but they look like 16s. they might be 15s though

there are also a lot of other wheels that look like watanabes, like panasports and konig rewinds, the latter being a much cheaper option.

16x8s won't fit on a sedan easily, you'd probably have to roll and pull your fenders. jmaz87 on this board might have actually gotten them to fit though, look through the sticky for his car, I forget what size wheels he had.

[REN69]

You can't post a link to your computer dude. you need to upload to your own photo site for us to see it.

They look like 15x8s, in which case the fenders have most likely been rolled on that sedan... they're a very tight fit if you don't roll the fenders, specially with a zero offset which those seem to have. You also need to run stretched tires, most likely a 195/45-15s or smaller.

[4agetercel]

whatever they are they look hot on that car

there ya go

[Donald]

Personally, I wouldn't go over 7" wide wheels for the street.
A tire that wide will greatly increase the chance of aquaplaneing in the wet.

[eage8]

Originally Posted by Donald

Personally, I wouldn't go over 7" wide wheels for the street.
A tire that wide will greatly increase the chance of aquaplaneing in the wet.

like ren said, in order to fit 15x8s you would have to stretch the crap out of a 195 tire, so they're actually not any bigger than they would normally.

that being said, I have 205s on my 15x7s and it does a billion times better in the rain than it did with the old 175/50/13s (no, i'm not exagerating at all, literally a billion times ). I'm not sure if it's just because it has a bigger contact patch to grip, or the fact that there are much much better tires to choose from (I have ultra performance all seasons). probably a little bit of both...

[j2b4osan]

Originally Posted by Donald

Personally, I wouldn't go over 7" wide wheels for the street.
A tire that wide will greatly increase the chance of aquaplaneing in the wet.

the width of a tire has hardy anything to do with hydroplaneing. its all about the tread pattern. Most bmw's have far wider tires than other cars in the class and they stick like glue in the wet. its all about the rubber and tread pattern.

[Rookie_One]

Originally Posted by j2b4osan

the width of a tire has hardy anything to do with hydroplaneing. its all about the tread pattern. Most bmw's have far wider tires than other cars in the class and they stick like glue in the wet. its all about the rubber and tread pattern.

it also depends on the weight

AFAIK, a AE92 is a lot lighter than a BMW

[j2b4osan]

Originally Posted by Rookie_One

it also depends on the weight

AFAIK, a AE92 is a lot lighter than a BMW

ok 89 corolla 2414lbs with175's
89 bmw 318i 2460lbs with 205's and often run 225's

[Rookie_One]

Originally Posted by j2b4osan

ok 89 corolla 2414lbs with175's
89 bmw 318i 2460lbs with 205's and often run 225's

ok, i should've have added often

[toyotaspeed90]

those wheels like kinda like 002's..... cheap wheels that are prone to breaking......

Not sure that wat's were made in a 4x100 lug pattern (though, I'm sure at the very least one of the many imitators did).... almost all wat's I've seen have 4x114 pattern.

[Donald]

Originally Posted by j2b4osan

the width of a tire has hardy anything to do with hydroplaneing. its all about the tread pattern. Most bmw's have far wider tires than other cars in the class and they stick like glue in the wet. its all about the rubber and tread pattern.

I totally agree that tread pattern and rubber compound are VERY big factors, and as Rookie_One said weight is also a factor.

You are probably familiar with this: Weight/area = surface loading

Increasing surface area without increasing weight reduces surface loading. That is why a wide flat rock will skip accross a pond easier than a round rock of the same weight. That skipping is aquaplaning.

BMWs weigh a lot, and possibly have a higher surface loading than most of the other cars in their class.

[4dRcOrOlLA]

yea they look lke sportmax 02's and it look like 15s with zero offset and they r 4 lug universal,
imo i think u can make any rims fit it jus the style and money u want to put or look and with those offset u need to roll your fenders and stretch your tires and not any tires would stretch great the best tire with decent price that would be good is falkens 512 or sumthing like that and they only make it on ebay now i think

[freakinbox]

I am completely with that, 205's on my car stuck like glue to the road in the wet, just a set of fuzion ZRI's. They were way better than the 175's or 195's I've had. It's not so much the wet as it is with the snow, you don't want crazy wide tires in the winter, but if you run summer tires in the winter where you get snow you're an idiot anyways :p.

Also in that picture I see an issue with rubbing the flare if you are turning and hit a bump :|.