Styling wheel width advise please.

[dervdaz]

Hello Fellow fiat lovers.

Im looking for a new set of alloys, but i'm unsure of how wide i can go before they start to 'poke' and i have to fit camber shims, which i dont want to do.

I've been looking at Cades Eros 16 x 7j, et 35 which i assume should go on no probs,
i've also been looking at Calibre vintage's 16 x 7j, et 38,
and also lenso bsx's 16 x 7.5j, et 38.

Will they all fit ok and not stick out of the wheel arch?

Basicaly all i want is a little bit of dish/ polished lip with out having to put camber shims on, any help would be great.

Thanks, Daz.

 

[BenYoung]

I run 8J all round with 35 offset and they sit flush with the arches no poke.

dont know if that helps

 

[dervdaz]

That's what I wanted to hear, thanks Benyoung.
What wheels have you got? Have you got any pics
Aswell?

 

[BenYoung]

ive got 17" dotz mugello alloys. not to everyones taste but still nice in my eyes.

havnt hot any recent pics of my car cus im lazy but heres an old one:

they look like their poking a little and i thought they were until i got the car lowered they are literally perfectly in line with the cars arches.

 

[GymJunkie]

What tyres are you running on 17x8J wheels then? they look much better than my 7J ones

 

[BenYoung]

what tyres are you running on 17x8j wheels then? They look much better than my 7j ones

205/40/17

 

[dervdaz]

sorry for the late reply ben, love the wheels, suits the black personally, bet that looks nice in the sun light all shiney and sparkling

I've made a slight change to my wheel choice line up, what do you guys think?

First choice are the cades eros below, 16x7j et35


Lenso bsx in black, 16x7.5j et38


Then i found the borbet a style alloys, 16x8j et25(+10mm spacers = et35)


What do you guys think?

This is my GP, although i now have Abarth headlights and Abarth rear light and smoked side indicators.



I will update the pic when i can.

Thanks daz.

 

[BenYoung]

sorry for the late reply ben, love the wheels, suits the black personally, bet that looks nice in the sun light all shiney and sparkling

I've made a slight change to my wheel choice line up, what do you guys think?

First choice are the cades eros below, 16x7j et35
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Lenso bsx in black, 16x7.5j et38
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Then i found the borbet a style alloys, 16x8j et25(+10mm spacers = et35)
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What do you guys think?

This is my GP, although i now have Abarth headlights and Abarth rear light and smoked side indicators.

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I will update the pic when i can.

Thanks daz.

Love all the wheel choices there mate but the bad thing is there 16" meaning if you want to look good your guna need some chunky stretch and have the car really low on coilovers. In my opinion anyway :/

 

[dervdaz]

Thanks Ben, yep i know what you mean, the place where i'm getting them from also stretches tyres, so i'm gonna have a lil stretch me thinks, and coilovers are next on the list (after my insurance anyway), just got to do a load of over time at work to get the money for the coilovers, the joy of having a mortgage

What would your choice be on the wheels mate?

 

[BenYoung]

Thanks Ben, yep i know what you mean, the place where i'm getting them from also stretches tyres, so i'm gonna have a lil stretch me thinks, and coilovers are next on the list (after my insurance anyway), just got to do a load of over time at work to get the money for the coilovers, the joy of having a mortgage

What would your choice be on the wheels mate?

Ahhh good good
Personally out of the three I'd choose the lenso's or the cades. I don't like the borbets with the staggered lip if your guna get borbets

 

[BenYoung]

If your guna get the borbets I'd get some original ones

 

[lukemortlock7]

Ahhh good good
Personally out of the three I'd choose the lenso's or the cades. I don't like the borbets with the staggered lip if your guna get borbets

I agree with Ben, I like the cade's the most
also he's right, 16's look small unless the car is slammed etc

 

[dervdaz]

I agree with you both, i do like the lenso's but my mate at work has just got a set of calibre vintage's in silver on his mk2 caddy van, so i dont want to go and "copy" him, but then again i had cades eros on my mk2 punto sporting before i got my gp, i would of kept them but they were 15's.

lenso's or cades, lenso's or cades? :chin:

 

[BenYoung]

get some cades 'tryus' MAD dish! love them if i had the money i would get them today!

 

[dervdaz]

Yes, tyrus are very nice, but 17's though, if I had the
Money it would be cades Zeus, awesome looking wheels,
I think I'm leaning towards the lenso's.