Styling Wheels for my Uno

[PaulBrad]

Evening all,

I have got myself an Uno and I'm itching to make a start making it look better etc. One of the things that I wanted to do was put some wheels on (like most people that do there cars up do)

Would 16"'s fit straight off or would I need to make them fit?

 

[chrisunoman]

16s with very skinny tyres (195/40s) would fit with some arch work, Duncs going to fit some to his UT.

But what engine do you have in your Uno?

Dunc can get away with fitting 16s as he cant get the power down with 15s but putting 16s on a 1.0l is silly as it would kill the acceleration and top speed.

14s with 185/50s and a 60mm drop looks excellent.

15s with 195/45s fit too, but will require arch work if you plan to lower it (and lowering is definitely recommended!)

EDIT:
I saw these on ebay last week, they may not be your cup of tea but they will fit straight on with some 185/50 tyres and are going quite cheap atm.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIAT-FOX-RACI...578733936QQcategoryZ10382QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

With a Gmax 60mm lowering kit, your Uno would be looking

 

[PaulBrad]

Thanks for your reply m8.

What about if I was to have 14"s with a lowering kit, would I still need to carry out some arch work then?

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

^^^^ listen to this man. he knows. as chris says, i need 16s for my brakes and to get the power down but it would just kill a 1.0 or 1.1.

i'd go for 15s max mate, maybe even 14s with a heavy does of lowering

Dunc

 

[chrisunoman]

14s fit perfect with 60mm lowering, no arch mods needed at all.

Do you have a 1.0?

Theres only one suspension kit id recommend for a 60mm drop on the 1.0l, its the Gmax kit. They make one specifically for this model.

Every other kit that says it fits the 1.0l fits the turbo too, and this makes the front look too high due to the lighter engine in the 1.0l.

 

[chrisunoman]

^^^^ listen to this man. he knows.

Cheers Dunc

 

[PaulBrad]

Has anyone got any pics or a link to any pics of an Uno with 14's that has also been lowered by 60mm? (just wanted to know how it looks)


Thanks,
Paul

 

[Bushboy]

15s do fit with the -60 kit. I used to have the gmaz kit on my uno with 15s and 195/45s.

it rubbed very slightly on the outter lip but only with 4 people in. so no the wheels wont fit in the arches perfect BUT ull get away with it

little bit of arch rolling never hurt anyone anyway

 

[PaulBrad]

I havent got many friends anyway so thats not a problem (hehe)

On a serious note, a bit of arch moulding will be ok!

Thanks for the help everyone!

 

[Dunc Uno Turbo]

there u go, 60mm kit with 14"s fitted

Dunc

 

[chrisunoman]

Heres my old un, 14s with 60mm jamex kit (i think its more like 50mm at the front though)

 

[Bushboy]

-60 gmax on the back.. -35 on the front on 15s with 195/45

looks really high :O never realised how high it was!

ah well

 

[PaulBrad]

Thanks for posting up the pics!

I think Im going to go for 15's with 195/45s, deck it by 60mm with a G-Max kit and modify the arch to make the wheels fit

How does that sound to you lot?

 

[chrisunoman]

imo 15s are too big.

You will lose accelaration and top speed. I very much doubt whether you would reach 90 with 15s on.

 

[Bushboy]

depends what engine its got.

999cc... no chance.. ran 15s myself and barley managed 80

1.1 will run like a cinq on 15s.. well slower actually... doubt ital make 90 easy

1.4 go for it! i run a tipo with the same engine which is a bigger and heavier car and on 15s with 195/45s it pulls great and easily reaches 100.

1.4turbo .. what are u waiting for

As for looking to big... nah... they fill the arches perfect BUT they make the car look too high off the ground.. even when lowered 60mm. unos are rediculously high as standard anyway!

14s do look good tho.. and so do 13s actually anyone for smoors?

 

[chrisunoman]

mmmm smoors would look amazing!

Wait until Ghost sells his 13" minilites!

Im actually shocked that your Uno couldnt get above 80 with 15s!

 

[Bushboy]

was a 999cc with huge wheels heh. could get above 80 downhill but uphill it would just manage 70 on a motorway

 

[Bushboy]

as for alexs minilites.. my gf is insisting on first refusal

 

[jamie86]

imo 15s are too big.

You will lose accelaration and top speed. I very much doubt whether you would reach 90 with 15s on.

Mine seem to cope ok

That's lowered -60 on Adj shocks and springs with 15" with 195/45 tyres...

And they scrubbed inside the arhes whenever I hit a bump! but it handled well on flat roads.lol

 

[chrisunoman]

Very nice alloys! ... oz saturns i think.