Wide Wheels, How wide can you go? Options

[snapshotgt]

hey all 6gcers-

i was wondering...how wide can i get some rims without hitting anything/making it look like a low rider (the tires spilling outside of the wheel well)

anyway, right now, i have a set of 7th. gen 15''x7'' wheel...but i'm looking for some more handling power...i.e. wider tires...plus they look awesome...

any suggestions?

shoot your thoughts on this post. . . .

thank you,
snapshotgt

This post has been edited by Coomer: Nov 18, 2005 - 7:47 PM

[playr158]

15" wide try re-reading your rims right

most you would really want is like 8" wide

[snapshotgt]

15" wide try re-reading your rims right

most you would really want is like 8" wide

no wider?

btw, what do you mean by : 15" wide try re-reading your rims right?

also, i'd be getting new tires as well...daaaa...lol


snapshotgt

[playr158]

there you go much better writing....
there is a point called too wide....
you won't need anything more then 8" wide
and i'd suggest a 16" rim diameter

so a 16x8 wheel should be nice

[snapshotgt]

will 16X8 be a lot different than 15x7

. . . if so why? (a little comparison please:))

. . . btw does diameter effect performance?

[playr158]

diameter effects performance.....too larger and handling will suffer 16 is pretty much the ideal size for it from what i've read and talked to a few guys at the track.....you can get them in light weight as well..

[snapshotgt]

16x8 how much better than 15x7?

anyway other suggs guys?

what is the absolute widest one can go? (not to sound poetic...lol)

snapshotgt

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Nov 17, 2005 - 7:56 PM

[snapshotgt]

bump

speak up guys!

[playr158]

there is a no bump rule within 6 hours of posting

[snapshotgt]

there is a no bump rule within 6 hours of posting

REALLY? WHOA, THAT'S WEIRD...
OR R MESSING WITH ME?
BTW, A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE DO IT....
YOU SHOULD TELL 'EM TOO...DON'T JUST
PICK ON ME...LOL.

SNAPSHOTGT

[Clipsetuner]

I have a set of 19x8 that fit without any tire rub, 225/35/19F, 245/35/19R tires, they grip awsome Nitto 555 tires. They are more of a showie rim but basicly what I wanted for now, I am however looking into gettin some 16x8 as player reccomended with about the same tire size as my 19"s. Most people will disagree with my different tire size's but I found my particular celica likes to slide out in the rear alot and it helped the problem for now.

DTE

[playr158]

clip if you slide a little look into antisway bars to help with that
a more minor note strut bars will help was well

[Digndoug]

I have 15x7 .. i see no problem with it. I think if i were to get a set of wheels.. id look for a 16x8 or 17x8.

size, is more related to how much power you have. If you have stock engine, id so no more than 16" for performance. A large wheel will diplace power better, for better traction.

A wider wheel, will not only help displace power better, but will also give you better traction and handle on corners/turns.

to wide of a tire, might be harder to drive, also more xpensive.
To larger of a tire, will slow you down. larger mass to rotate, means more power to rotate same speed as a lesser size. also loss of ride qulaity, cause you have to get smaller wheels.

[Supersprynt]

Clip how are you "sliding out" on a FWD car?

[snapshotgt]

great guys, good comments...learnin'

... suggs on where i can look for some niecly priced wheels for my celi? ( i know there are a ton of sellers out there...just wondering if you guy have any suggs) - - no rice plese . . . like anything but chrome and black . . . basically alloy . . .

- - - plesae answer this question:

what is (or how could i) feel the difference between a 16x8 wheel, and a 15x7 wheel?

Also i have a stock engine...i'm taking it i should not go above a 16x8?
. . . think i could for handling perposes?

shoot me your thoughts-

out fo-

[95CelicaST]

I have a set of 16X8 wheels. Great performers, and the wideness of the wheel makes handling a breeze. The downside is that tires are pricey as hell. I have 225/50R 16's and tires are about 550 bucks. I wasn't too happy about that, so I bought 17X7 wheels for spring.

bigger wheels to affect your Spedometer, Braking distance, acceleration ect.

I would say stick with a smaller wheel like 16X8 if your stock, even though it wouldn't have much of a noticable difference.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Nov 18, 2005 - 11:32 AM

[Nibbe]

I have a set of 8x18" with 225/40 tires. But i think 8.5or9" wides wouldnt be any problem. IMO i really like wide rims. 2 bad i have only 8" wides.

[95CelicaST]

Anything over 8" is running close to rubbing during turns and other normal driving situations.

EDIT: not rubbing on wheel well, like a lowered car might, but on the suspension.
The only way you could have 9" wide wheels is if you changed the offset and had functional fender flares.

This post has been edited by 95CelicaST: Nov 18, 2005 - 11:58 AM

[snapshotgt]

hey guys....answer my last posting ^^^^^^^

later.

[95CelicaST]

what is (or how could i) feel the difference between a 16x8 wheel, and a 15x7 wheel?

Also i have a stock engine...i'm taking it i should not go above a 16x8?
. . . think i could for handling perposes?

shoot me your thoughts-

The size of the wheel isn't going to make a difference, its the size of the tire that will make the ride different. Stick with a 50 series tire on 16's, and maybe 50 or 55 on a 15". For handling perposes go with a LIGHTWEIGHT 16X8, like a Motegi Traklite or Gram Lights ect.


Answer the question?

[playr158]

www.wheelmax.com
www.victoriatire.com

did you even bother looking???......aka like search yahoo for "wheels"
i mean this is pretty common sense.......

go for 16x8 and the difference between 15 and 16 isn't really goin to be that different get 16s though

[snapshotgt]

www.wheelmax.com
www.victoriatire.com

did you even bother looking???......aka like search yahoo for "wheels"
i mean this is pretty common sense.......

go for 16x8 and the difference between 15 and 16 isn't really goin to be that different get 16s though

...just to let you know i did bother looking - - using the "search tab"

and yes, i did search "wheels"...and looked through a lot of stuff...
don't worry; common sense was here.

[snapshotgt]

. . . .can anyone take a rear profile pic of their wheels and post 'em?
. . . .side view too

thank you

[Clipsetuner]

clip if you slide a little look into antisway bars to help with that
a more minor note strut bars will help was well

I want to order Tein Superstreet coilovers, ST sway bars, and currently have on backorder Cusco Front/Rear strut bars and lower frame brace. I think once I can get all those peices I will have a close to perfect suspension, I also am gonna look into gettin the door Jam braces that DG is or was makin.

Clip how are you "sliding out" on a FWD car?

when I was rocking the 185's and the 205's of my GT and ST wheels, the ass end being nothing back there weighing anything would always swing out on me around hard corners because of weight transfer.

DTE

[Coomer]

Quit posting stuff in caps lock. It's annoying.

[95CelicaST]

. . . .can anyone take a rear profile pic of their wheels and post 'em?
. . . .side view too

thank you

I have some on my laptop. Whenever I get the thing charged up I have some good pics of my 16X8's. It looks hot from the back IMO, kinda sad that I am stepping down to 7" wide.. Oh well, there will be another day...

[snapshotgt]

. . . .can anyone take a rear profile pic of their wheels and post 'em?
. . . .side view too

thank you

I have some on my laptop. Whenever I get the thing charged up I have some good pics of my 16X8's. It looks hot from the back IMO, kinda sad that I am stepping down to 7" wide.. Oh well, there will be another day...

thanks can't wait...are you selling your wheels?

[95CelicaST]

I might, but they're chrome.

[FSX_Celica94GT]

Mine are those weird stock ones, not sure if they're 6" or 7", but they look good to me

This post has been edited by FSX_Celica94GT: Nov 19, 2005 - 5:07 PM

[snapshotgt]

thanks for the pic FSX_Celica94GT...they look bigger than 7"? (mine are 7"...and look smaller...)...i'll post a pic of my wheels tomorrow...

later

[dans_st]

I don't have any pics of my car from the rear right now but I love the way that my wheels look under it!!!

I have AXIS 19x8.5 with 245/35/19 T1-S Proxes all around on mine and I think that it is PERFECT.

As far as size VS. performance.... they are too big for 1/4mile just right for turns..

For the track(1/4 mile) I have TRAKLITE 17'S with Hoosiers

I haven't had any problems with rubbing anywhere unless I hit a nasty bumb going over 45-50MPH, And that was with stock suspension as well as my new setup(Tein S-tech's with KONI's)

...Also, as far as how wide they look from behind/under tire width makes a BIG difference.

[snapshotgt]

I don't have any pics of my car from the rear right now but I love the way that my wheels look under it!!!

I have AXIS 19x8.5 with 245/35/19 T1-S Proxes all around on mine and I think that it is PERFECT.

As far as size VS. performance.... they are too big for 1/4mile just right for turns..

For the track(1/4 mile) I have TRAKLITE 17'S with Hoosiers

I haven't had any problems with rubbing anywhere unless I hit a nasty bumb going over 45-50MPH, And that was with stock suspension as well as my new setup(Tein S-tech's with KONI's)

...Also, as far as how wide they look from behind/under tire width makes a BIG difference.

Sweet, shoot me some pics!
---man, people from texas are answering the texan call to post here for a texan! LOL

...what do you other guys think of his wheels ^^^? Does it slow you down a whole lot? I'm not a track guy...but like my acceleration *.5 about as wide as you can go...?

thanks for you input!
snapshotgt


[EDIT]: Where did you get them - - trying to find non-rice wheels that are good....

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Nov 21, 2005 - 2:23 PM

[dans_st]

As for how much slower the 19's make me -I don't know I never ran them at the track( I'm scared to do a burnout on my 19" tires---$$$ )
...BUT, I can feel a difference on stop and go acceleration/decceleration, but as far as when I'm on the street I prefer the look comapered to the slight performance trade-off

As for a stock car with the larger wheels I can't really tell you the difference in feel because I have quite abit of performance work done . check out my profile I'll put up some pics with my new wheels tonight if I get a chance( the pics on there are my old Racingharts)

[dans_st]

I added a couple pics to my profile with the 19's one is how my car is right now (taken apart) the other is a a car show here a few months back, I tried to find some that showed the width of my wheels and this is the best I have right now

[snapshotgt]

okay, here is a link for some wheels on ebayerooo...not sure if they'll work...but just searching round...check 'em out and tell me what you think...

CLICK THIS

...i have 7th. gen 15x7 wheels now...

...if you were to get a new set of wheels what size?

~laterz

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Dec 5, 2005 - 7:09 PM

[afroman]

what i dont understand about you is you never seem to read or comprehend what peopel tell you.it has already been said that wider will be an upgrade, so why ask it again. also those rims wont fit the bolt patern is wrong.
-Aaron-

[snapshotgt]

what i dont understand about you is you never seem to read or comprehend what peopel tell you.it has already been said that wider will be an upgrade, so why ask it again. also those rims wont fit the bolt patern is wrong.
-Aaron-

lol, you're pretty funny. . .

if i were to ask a 5yr old which was better 7" or 8" . . . he'd say the 8" . . . as you'll see...in my first post, i knew wider was better, in fact the thread heading is "HOW WIDE CAN YOU GO?" (implying that wider is better). . . the reason i've posted this last one is to see how the bolt pattern is, and the wheel size....

...do not post here if all you have to say is stupid and un-needed...i'm looking for real answers, not "you never somprehend what people tell you" crap...

_____how would i know whether or not the bolt pattern is right_____?

[afroman]

its called searching. if you know so much then you might know the basics of the bolt pattern on your car is 5x100. what gets so annoying is that you bump your post and never seem to do research you want everybody just to up and answer your questions. use the search spend hours reading post then start thread about stuff you dont understand. if i sound like and asss thats cuz i am. i spend the first 2 years on this foruym reading and learning. i suggest you do the same.
-Aaron-

[celiracer]

AGREED (afroman) And seems to you that every thing is rice to you. Rims are Rims there is no such thing as a rim that is RICE on your car. And I think everyone on this site will agree to that. Plus Have you ever even used the search on here? Because if you try it out on anything that you are wanting to know instead of post all the time. people are really gonna start not likeing you. Just like Afroman. Seriously just use the search and you will learn. Thats how i have been the only time i post things are if i have already used the search and don't know or understand what they are talking about then i will make a post. <-(also what Afroman means to that) I'm not trying to be a dick to you or nothing. i'm just trying to let you know before other people start saying the same things he did.

[snapshotgt]

cut the kiss up ****, and the rice talk (has nothing to do w/this thread) celiracer, i don't need anoying crap from a fellow noob.

arron, i have used the search botton quite a bit. . .in fact i bet you'd be suprised.

...i had started this thread (no thread on this topic before), and may-as-well ask a simple question that would take at max 1 min. to answer.

Please don't post if you have nothing constructive to say. (celiracer)

snap

[celiracer]

quote]trying to find non-rice wheels that are good....[/quote]
Whats that? And Ya i'm sorry im a fello noob. But i've ben a guest on this site for about 2 years using the search.

[Project95St202]

To start off these wheels
won't fit on your car unless your planning on changing the bolt patterns of the Celica.
Why : Because it made for BMW not Toyota, They're replica of BMW M-Motor sport wheels.
As far as the question (Is wider better) Not @ all times knowing that Celica is FWD getting a wider wheel won't help you, Maybe if you were going for the look (For shows) it'll help.
If you really want to put on a wide wheels go fine you self a RWD like (Nissan 240sx, Toyota Supra, BMW 325I, Or others) You'll be able to put 10" ~ 13" wide wheels on the back.
As of Celica if you planning on putting a aftermarket wheels go from arrange from 15",16",17",18" & width range from 7",7.5",8".
And always remeber that you could stagger wheels even thought it won't do you any good in handling.
(Stagger example for Celica would be 18x7.5 front ~ 18X8 rear)

[snapshotgt]

[quote name='celiracer' date='Dec 5, 2005 - 8:33 PM' post='363652']
quote]trying to find non-rice wheels that are good....[/quote]
Whats that? And Ya i'm sorry im a fello noob. But i've ben a guest on this site for about 2 years using the search.
[/quote]

good for you, thats awesome.

btw, such things as rice are chrome spinners...so, i'm sorry, there are such things.

edit: do not respond...this is not a matter i am concerd w/on this thread right now.



thanks project for your post....it helps...not seen a lot of helping post here...lol...

later...

This post has been edited by snapshotgt: Dec 5, 2005 - 8:51 PM

[presure2]

snap.
you need to settle down
and learn how to use the features of this site.
just looking thru the post ive seen the answer to your question 2-3 times.
you can fit up to a 19x8 or 8.5 in the front, with the right offset, and a 19x9 in the rear.
there isa sticky at the top of the page with rim & tire dealers. use it.
thread over.