19's on a Yaris?

[lucyl]

Has anyone tried putting 19's on their Yaris yet? Are there any known issues I should be aware of? Is it even possible? Any pictures?

I was looking for some 17's but found some real nice 19x8 +47mm offset wheels for real cheap. Wondering if I can put these on my 07 Yaris liftback...


Thanks!

[EchoHoLiK]

I think even just 17" rims are a stretch, let alone 18" or even 19". Unless you're running only rims with no tires, then you'd be fine. If you go 17", you'll have to run some seriously low-profile tires to keep the rolling radius the same, but your ride comfort will SERIOUSLY suffer.

I know that you really want big rims to have a cool looking car, but in the real world it doesn't really work that way, especially on a Yaris where the wheels and wheel-wells are not designed to accomodate such large rims with skinny tires. If you still wanna go ahead and try, good luck with that.

[lucyl]

Yea I'll probably just stay with 16's or 17's. It was just an awesome deal for 19's (would have been cheaper than 17's). Thought it will be great if it fit.. But i'm looking for better performance.

[EchoHoLiK]

^^^ I know how you feel, sometimes some awesome deals are hard to let it pass. But I guess in this case it wasn't meant to be. Too bad you aren't driving another car that can comfortably accomodate big 19" rims. If you want better performance, 17" should be more than adequate, and you can put high performance tires on those 17"s and the car's handling will probably be transformed. Although a word of caution is always that going bigger rims-size and lower profile tires WILL result in a big decrease in ride comfort. Handling performance will dramatically increase but unfortunately the feeling of every single bump you encounter on the road will be magnified big time, as opposed to stock setup and tires. Unless you're willing to withstand that kind of discomfort daily (if this is your everyday car) I'd suggest not going too overboard on rim size and tires just for moments of joy on ultra-smooth roads.

[NineOne]

If you want performance don't go bigger than 16s. Get yourself some lightweight 16s with tires that have stiff sidewalls, like Proxes T1-R. Trust me you'll be far better off than with 17s. In fact, if you want to autocross or something you might even be wise to stick with 15s.

[lucyl]

thanks for the input... i'll definitely consider 16's now since i do commute a lot and most of LA roads I drive on has a lot of pot holes and bumps.

[Carvin'07 Yaris]

I am pretty pleased with my 17s so far. Yes, the comfort is decreased, but the handling is also increased quite a bit. I drive about 5 kilometres on gravel roads every day, then another 26 on secondary highways. I think they are fine!

If I was in LA however...that may make me reconsider my choice. I think 15s or 16s would be great for your situation. There are many 15 inch rims that are lightweight and SO many awesome tires for a decent price.

Just my 2 cents.

[Nosser]

To address the original question - can 19s physically fit? Yes. Is it possible to drive the car? No. They rub like crazy and the turning radius resembles that of a battleship. 18s are no problem, as long as you don't drop the car too much.

[eric5899]

I have 18" Kazera KZ-Rs with 215/35s and it rides great. No rubbing at all. My Tanabe DF210 springs showed up today so I'll let you know how they work lowered. They are a 1.6"F/1.8"R drop. TRD sells 18" and drop kits so I figure it should all work.

[yaris-on-19's]

19's can be done but it takes a hell of a lot of work im currently running team dynamics k2 19's on 215/35/19 tyres and dont have any real problems but then again i dont have any original arch left for them to foul on ill post some pics later on today.

[yaris-on-19's]

heres a link to the pics of mine.
http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/foru...hp/t52469.html

[Deuces Wild]

19's! Yikes! I have 18s on my mkiv Supra and I think those are big.

If I get a Yaris hatch like I want I'm sticking with some 14s, 15s at most.

[xenoxaos]

Now, for those of you that have changed your wheels...what do you do with your old ones??? I hit a pothole a couple of weeks ago and popped the tire and made a nice dent in the rim. It seals and is drivable, but I don't want to drive on it for too long. So, if anyone had alloy wheels on their yaris and want to sell them, I'd gladly work with ya.

Moral of the story: when switching from a truck to a yaris, watch what you run over. It's a little bit closer to the ground.

[NineOne]

^It's definitely a steep learning curve. I had the opposite when I went from driving my lowered Jetta to driving a Grand Vitara while my Jetta was off the road. At first I was instinctively going around every road imperfection, then I just started running over it all, lots of fun actually.