Hi guys.

Recently I had to put bigger - wider wheels at the back of my cinq 899 (in case you're curious why, native wheels made a car shake) and, it looked much better than original 145/70 (or whatever).

Also, i have seen those Smarts with narrow wheels at the front and wide at the back; they look way better.

So the question is: Can I safely change just the rear wheels with wider ones without lowering the suspension, matching the radius of the original wheel (what about elk-test)?

Cheers!

why would you not want the wider tread on the front?thats where you need the most grip.
what wheels are you fitting?standard 13" with what width? and width of tyre?

as custard has said, it depends on what wheels you have, what tyre width you are going for.

fyi, the smarts have that tyre setup for two reasons. 1, they are rwd, and 2, skinny front tyres makes them understeer so they can't turn quickly and fall over.

A certain person knows all about that

*arc looks at the scars on his arm *

Take it you rolled a smart car den arc?

maybe a little bit, it was a mate of mines car and he was driving it

https://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=4490&cat=500&ppuser=2107

WTF lol the lack of speed involved in tipping that is ridiculous!

yeah i know, low speed reverse, full lock, splat. drifting off topic here!

You'd never catch a Cinq doing that!

I'm sorry for the accident arc...

Back to the question, wheel width is 13/5.5" with the corresponding tyre.

Changing front wheels involve lowering the suspension which is very much unlikely to be affordable here.

nomatter said:

I'm sorry for the accident arc...

Back to the question, wheel width is 13/5.5" with the corresponding tyre.

Changing front wheels involve lowering the suspension which is very much unlikely to be affordable here.

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The very last thing you want to do is have wider wheels (or tyres) on the back. You'll make the poor thing understeer even more than it does already (and without an anti-roll bar, those 900 Cinqs really understeer). You want wider tyres (if you must have a tyre mismatch) on the front.

Lowering the car is a good idea (after having fitted an anti-roll bar off a Sporting or a Sei), but there's no earthly reason why you have to lower the suspension to fit wider wheels.