19 inch wheels !

[SGHOM]

sorely tempted to go the full monty, & get 19" rims fitted to my legnum, seen lots of chat regarding 18" wheels & the problems of them scraping the arches, but apparentley, 19" do fit !! all be it with 35 profile tyres. anyone tried 19's yet ?? 19" x 8" rims 43 offset, with Avon 225-35-19. around £1300 !!!

[Spirit]

Originally posted by interlec
sorely tempted to go the full monty, & get 19" rims fitted to my legnum, seen lots of chat regarding 18" wheels & the problems of them scraping the arches, but apparentley, 19" do fit !! all be it with 35 profile tyres. anyone tried 19's yet ?? 19" x 8" rims 43 offset, with Avon 225-35-19. around £1300 !!!

No-one has tried it that I know of mate. There always has to be a first though, and yours may be unique

[SGHOM]

unique, or ginuie pig ??? oxigen 2 wheels, seen at local "specialist" & www.rochfordtyres.co.uk. not really something you can return if your not satisfied are they ?I can feel a lot of haggling coming on

[zedy1]

ive got 18's on mine with 224 40 18 so far no problems

[SGHOM]

is there much difference in wheel arch clearance between the saloon & the estate ?? IE, same car, but legnum heavier ?

[SGHOM]

Originally posted by interlec
is there much difference in wheel arch clearance between the saloon & the estate ?? IE, same car, but legnum heavier ?

only 10 more posts & I can join the century club !!!

[Spirit]

Heavier is a good point mate. A friend of my bro's fitted new alloys to his Rover and his 0-60 got a lot worse and his fuel consumption went up too - all due to the weight of the wheels. He spent about £800 and wished he hadn't now apparantly. He also wished he had considered this when he bought them.

The OZ wheels seem to be about the lightest around.

[zedy1]

fuel consumption seems to be normal i havent experiance any difference on this vr4 but my preivious galant speedo dod get affected for the weight sise of things my boot is always loaded to the max

[zedy1]

just trying to catch up

[SGHOM]

checked weight of a few sample wheels I've looked at, & they are no heavier. so that should'nt be a prob. just need to check finances before I proceed !!! this is sad, but nearly bought a BIG RED start button today . £45, but cant find anywhere obvious to fit it ??:confused:

[zedy1]

your right there theres not much room on the dashboard on the galant is there the only place i could think of is where the traction control swich is

[Spirit]

Originally posted by zedy11
your right there theres not much room on the dashboard on the galant is there the only place i could think of is where the traction control swich is

But then no-one gets to see how cool you are with your start button :INSERT INTO post VALUES (

[SGHOM]

nah !! no good there !! want my victims........... sorry passengers !! to see it.

[zedy1]

remove the compartment under the stereo and fit it there or place it on the back seat for your passengers to play with it

[SGHOM]

tempting..... but no !!! imagine my wife not only having to use the car now, but having the start button on the end of a peice of wire floating around !!! [ bet I reach 100 before you do ?? ]

[zedy1]

[SGHOM]

back to the point in question ?? am I to be the ginuie pig then ?? [ how do you spell ginny pig ] 19 " rims ?? [95]

[BraindG]

Guinea pig - and yes, looks like you might be

[SGHOM]

tennants supers kicked in !!! but go on then..... I'll get them !! might take me 9 hours to get to santa pod though !!! "screach, chrunch,.... screach, chrunch !!!

[zedy1]

are they the fox wheels then