Rims

[Piddy]

I got suckered into looking at rims the other day... and now I'm probably gonna buy some... SOO!!

You think I should go....

17x7 - rear
and
16x7 - front

or should I keep them all the same size. Right now the rears are larger than the fronts... and I think thats how the car should be.... but it's cheaper to go the same size all the way around. I'd rather spend the money and have quality.... but do I really HAVE to offset the sizes?

[MRQtwinturbo]

if ur gonna go 17s....go with 17 x 7 up front.....17 x 9 in rears...215/40/17 front and 245/40/17 in rears....u dont have to run a staggered setup....most ppls prefer to do so because it allows them to run a wider tire in the rear and gives u a nice lip in the rear.....

i'm running 16 x7 front...16 x 8's in rear....my ideal set up would be 17 x 7 front...and 18 x 9 in rears.....and make those a set of mercury silver Volk GTNs sitting on Toyo T1S....

[JekylandHyde]

Actually I am running what ishcoleobo is proposiing on both of my cars.

17X7 rear and 16x7 front.
I run a 235 rear tire and a 215 front.

I have had many MR2s in the past with 17s all around and I do not like the way the 17" front rim looks. They always make the car look tall in the front.

[TVISMR2]

16x7 f 205-45
16x7 r 225-45

In my opinion, this is the best setup for an MKII NA. I've run 15x7 f and r 205's and hated it. Did the same thing with 16's for a while too. Wish I could get 235's for the rear but no one makes 235's for the 16's. 17 and 16 setup aint bad either just extra $$$.

[todd0305]

YUP YUP GOLD VOLKS GTNs 17 x 7 and 18 x 9. But it's SO BIG I have to be careful not to run over pot holes. I did it once and had to pay 200 bucks to knock out the dent on the front right because it kept rubbing against the shock.

[MRQtwinturbo]

^^where are the pics............

[todd0305]

will take......soon.

[todd0305]

OK As requested by the moderator.......Here are some pix of my VOLK GT-Ns.

http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/azn...bum?.dir=/ba85

[MRQtwinturbo]

wow....i love gold gtn's on red combo.....

nice ride u got....has the car been repainted??...ur mouldings n bottom skirts are colour matched.....

[arcasmachineracing]

Clean!

[todd0305]

First of all. TN has been down for the last couple days when i tried to log on so i'm glad that it's back and running. YAY......

The car is a 91 but i had mods to 95 specs. Repainted skirts and bottom front lip molding.

[eyz closd]

if i go 17.5 in the front and rear and put 215/40/17 up front and 235/40/17 in the rear would there be a turning issue in the front tires. i dont think so but i just want to make sure.

[allmotor2]

i have 17 8.5 in front or are they 8s? cant remmeber and 17 9.5 in rear


love the look

ickes

[MRQtwinturbo]

^^17 x 8.5s up front??...is ur car a widebody??....if not...u dont have any rubbing issues with such a wide rim up front??....most ppls would only run a 7" up front....

[allmotor2]

i think they r 8 inch wide.... maybe 8.5 cant remmeber. but no rubbing, and no wide bdy


ickes