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 Jan 13, 2006 - 5:46 AM
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I'm looking at purchasing some 16" wheels from a 7th gen Celica to go on my '97 GT w/ alloy wheels, and wanted to know if the 6th gen tires will fit.
I've read that it's a pretty easy swap (and looks good), but do I need to worry about having to buy new tires as well as the rims? Apparently my rims have begun to corrode inside and are causing one tire to leak air because it's not getting a good seal on the lip, and I recently purchased tires - about 5k miles ago and I'm not looking forward to needing to buy new ones along with the 7th gen rims. Anybody? I figure with this being such a common swap, there should be an article on the main site about this.  -Wayne |
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Jan 13, 2006 - 6:37 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 25, '05 From Sydney, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
No they will not fit.
The 6gen wheels are 15" While the 7gen are 16". So therefore the tires will not fit. But the wheels will. --------------------  98 ST204 ZR - Black Beauty - Roaming the streets of Sydney 73 TA22 LT - Tiffany Blue - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 75 TA22 LT - Snow White - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 77 RA28 LT - Flubber Green - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 94 MX-5 NA8 Clubman - Red Racer - Looking for corners WIP Project: 69 RT40 Corona, 2nd WIP Project: 66 RT40 1600s Corona 86 Corona RT142 - Daily Driver 6GC 4 Life Baby!!! |
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Jan 13, 2006 - 6:58 AM
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Enthusiast Joined May 24, '05 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Gotcha. So new tires required, not a huge problem.
Question is, are they a direct bolt-on? No extra parts required? |
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Jan 13, 2006 - 8:54 AM
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Lug nuts.
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Jan 13, 2006 - 9:00 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 25, '05 From Sydney, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(estaticd @ Jan 13, 2006 - 10:58 PM) [snapback]377999[/snapback] Gotcha. So new tires required, not a huge problem. Question is, are they a direct bolt-on? No extra parts required? No extra parts are needed. They are the same stud pattern and the offset is right too, so you dont need spacers. -------------------- 98 ST204 ZR - Black Beauty - Roaming the streets of Sydney 73 TA22 LT - Tiffany Blue - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 75 TA22 LT - Snow White - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 77 RA28 LT - Flubber Green - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 94 MX-5 NA8 Clubman - Red Racer - Looking for corners WIP Project: 69 RT40 Corona, 2nd WIP Project: 66 RT40 1600s Corona 86 Corona RT142 - Daily Driver 6GC 4 Life Baby!!! |
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Jan 13, 2006 - 9:22 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 17, '03 From Florence, KY Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
There are 15" alloy 7th gen rims too. They're not five spokes like the 16" though.
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Jan 13, 2006 - 11:28 AM
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oh.. ya talking bout the 7th gen GT rims. not the GTS rims. yea. they will fit. not sure bout the tires though. snapshotgt have those rims. ask him bout the size etc and see if it's similar to your 97 GT rims
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Jan 13, 2006 - 7:09 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 25, '05 From Sydney, Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(BlackSTX @ Jan 14, 2006 - 1:22 AM) [snapback]378027[/snapback] There are 15" alloy 7th gen rims too. They're not five spokes like the 16" though. oh yea forgot about those. I was just thinking of the gts/zr wheels. But they do have a 15" version for the lower spec 7gen (sx) which look like these  and these are the 16" 
-------------------- 98 ST204 ZR - Black Beauty - Roaming the streets of Sydney 73 TA22 LT - Tiffany Blue - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 75 TA22 LT - Snow White - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 77 RA28 LT - Flubber Green - Mint Classic Weekend Cruiser 94 MX-5 NA8 Clubman - Red Racer - Looking for corners WIP Project: 69 RT40 Corona, 2nd WIP Project: 66 RT40 1600s Corona 86 Corona RT142 - Daily Driver 6GC 4 Life Baby!!! |
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Jan 13, 2006 - 9:08 PM
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I have them on my Celica.
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Jan 14, 2006 - 6:50 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
7th gen GT wheels are 15in and the tires and lug nuts off your car will work fine.
7th gen GTS wheels (5 spoke) are 16in and the tires wont work off your 15in wheels obviously...the lug nuts will though. This post has been edited by bufferdan: Jan 14, 2006 - 6:52 PM --------------------  |
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Jan 15, 2006 - 2:24 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 21, '05 From Wpg, MB. Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
So both the GT (15") and GTS (16") rims will fit our 6 gens.
What's the standard tire sizes for those? I'm wondering if there's a tire size (width/aspect) difference in the stock wheels so the resulting speedo will be different. This post has been edited by Starcraftjunkie: Jan 15, 2006 - 2:25 AM |
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Jan 16, 2006 - 2:25 PM
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QUOTE(BlackSTX @ Jan 13, 2006 - 2:22 PM) [snapback]378027[/snapback] There are 15" alloy 7th gen rims too. They're not five spokes like the 16" though. Actually the 5 spoke came in 15"s also on some GT 7Th Gens. I have the 16"s - they look great but you will definetly need new tires. Speedo seems fine - everytime I get pulled over I was going as fast as they say I was LOL. --------------------  |
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Jan 16, 2006 - 2:56 PM
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I also have the 16's on my car- if you look on e-bay you can get them with tires- that's what i did- works out nice.
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Jan 16, 2006 - 3:06 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 21, '04 From New York City Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i also have those 16" GTS rims on my celi
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Jan 16, 2006 - 6:00 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 25, '05 From Reno Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I have the 15' 7th gen gt rims on my car check out my profile there are pics there!
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Jan 17, 2006 - 4:04 AM
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What size tires fit the 16" 7th gens?
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Jan 17, 2006 - 2:20 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
205/50/16 or 205/55/16 work fine
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Jan 17, 2006 - 2:39 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 28, '04 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
QUOTE(bufferdan @ Jan 17, 2006 - 7:20 PM) [snapback]379888[/snapback] 205/50/16 or 205/55/16 work fine That's too big. I have 205/40/16's. 205/45/16 is stock I believe. -------------------- |
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Jan 17, 2006 - 9:55 PM
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Enthusiast Joined May 24, '05 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
www.discounttire.com (taken with a grain of salt) says 205/50-16.
is there a calculator tool that I can use to try and keep the speedo as close as possible without re-calibration? |
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Jan 18, 2006 - 10:33 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 9, '03 From Dayton, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
QUOTE(Negative @ Jan 17, 2006 - 7:39 PM) [snapback]379897[/snapback] QUOTE(bufferdan @ Jan 17, 2006 - 7:20 PM) [snapback]379888[/snapback] 205/50/16 or 205/55/16 work fine That's too big. I have 205/40/16's. 205/45/16 is stock I believe. Wrong...both sizes are stock for 7th gen GTS... http://www.tirerack.com/tires/SelectTireSi...04&autoModClar= For a 94GT celica the stock size is 205/55/15...the closiest to that you can get for a 16in wheel is 205/50/16. DONT GET 205/40 or 205/45...your car will look retarded unless it is SLAMMED. 205/50/16 works great...you wont need to recalibrate your speedo... It wont be off enough to make any difference that you or the radar can pick up. I actually perfer the 205/55/16 because its alittle more sidewall (fills in the fender gap and rides alittle better) but when your speedo reads 65mph its really like 67mph ....i could care less about that.....WHO DRIVES EXACTLY THE SPEED LIMIT?!?!@
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