Jim16v said:

Evening all, Im Jim and soon i will be taking delivery of a 1.2 pop in yellow

I have a few questions with regards to the Fiat 500. After doing a few searches, i could not get a definitive answer to these...

1. What size wheels fit the 500 best?

2. What size would suit the car best without altering the suspension, could i fit 17s on standard without rolling the arches or playing with spacers??

3. If a size looks better lowered, is there a good combination of lowered suspension to size?

4. Are there any changes that i should make on the car from the start?

Thats all for the time being.

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306maxi said:

16's are as big as you want to go without changing the suspension. There's no point in going any bigger than 16 anyway as the standard width of tyre for the 17" wheels is 205 and to be honest even the 195's are a ridiculous width for a puny little engine like the 1.2 and they do put quite a lot of drag on the 1.2. Unless you really need the rubber band look go for 16" wheels

Here is my car on the 16" multispokes, if it was lowered a little bit I'm sure it would look better but it's fine as it is

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Jim16v said:

Im getting steels with the car as im not keen on their standard rims.

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Jim16v said:

Cheers 306maxi, What suspension kit is that you have? Im getting steels with the car as im not keen on their standard rims.

Im letting my 306 xsi go to got my 500, do you have a maxi?

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306maxi said:

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo you can't kill an XSI for a 500!

My car isn't lowered at all, that's just standard

I quite like the option rims on the 500. The Sport ones are nice and I really do like the 16" multispokes I have.

Don't have a 306 Maxi but here's a picture of me taking a picture of one

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Jim16v said:

Evening all, Im Jim and soon i will be taking delivery of a 1.2 pop in yellow

I have a few questions with regards to the Fiat 500. After doing a few searches, i could not get a definitive answer to these...

1. What size wheels fit the 500 best?

2. What size would suit the car best without altering the suspension, could i fit 17s on standard without rolling the arches or playing with spacers??

3. If a size looks better lowered, is there a good combination of lowered suspension to size?

4. Are there any changes that i should make on the car from the start?

Thats all for the time being.

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pearce_jj said:

Bear in mind 3rd party alloys need to be declared to insurance. Probably better to get factory wheels TBH.

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Jim16v said:

At 25, declaring mods is not a problem, thanks for your concern...

flashyphotos, i like your wheels... I have another question, what is the offset and stud pattern dia. size of the 500 wheel?

I cant seem to find the correct one on ebay without using stupid 'wobbly bolts' :bang:

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