WILL 17s FIT ON MY CAR..... ANY PICS
Styling WILL 17s FIT ON MY CAR
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Yeah but I wouldn't lower it too much afterwards.
and don't forget the bigger the wheels the less acceleration you'll have
and don't forget the bigger the wheels the less acceleration you'll have
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And the Stress it puts on the already weak gearbox
Best try a smaller size with a bigger drop tbh
15"'s and a good drop looks just as good
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15's with low profile tyres! 
No more than a 50 profile
No more than a 50 profile
Yes they will fit but look a wee bit silly, a good set of 16s look much better imo
Coilys would be the ultimate way to go... They sure do however a 205/35R17 keeps the gearing the same as standard
Coilys would be the ultimate way to go... They sure do however a 205/35R17 keeps the gearing the same as standard
That is very very low profile though
Also the width of the tyres slows is down a bit aswell so still not same as the 14 inch steelies
Also the width of the tyres slows is down a bit aswell so still not same as the 14 inch steelies
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Yes they will fit but look a wee bit silly, a good set of 16s look much better imo
I agree there's one down my way with 7 spoke 17s and it looks like a pram with saucers for brakes. Not good.
16s should be ok but avoid anything with big gaps between spokes as it shows off the tiny brakes a bit too well. 15s should be cheaper too and wont ride so harshly.
No need to worry about the gearing changing. Just get tyres with the correct profile so they dont change the rolling radius. The tyre suppliers should be able to help with sizing.
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I'm putting 15" on this week and getting adrop of 40mm. I'm not a fan of the giant wheels on small cars thing.
http://www.kouki.co.uk/utilities/visual-tire-size-calculator?wscr=1024x768
205/40/17 have only around 1cm bigger diameter than standard fiat alloys 185/55/15 and <2% bigger circumference so hardly going to brake the gearbox
205/40/17 have only around 1cm bigger diameter than standard fiat alloys 185/55/15 and <2% bigger circumference so hardly going to brake the gearbox
some of then 17s are a lot heavier than 15s
Wouldn't of thought that would do anything as surely the force needed to move a car with say 40kg of extra wheel weight = pretty much the same as a car with 40kg of weights in the car???
The only thing I could think of for why it could damage anything would be very wide tyres along with high acceleration as the wide tyres would keep traction at times where the standard width tyres would spin.
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I suspect the point was larger wheels turning more slowly. That would be unlikely to harm the gearbox but could easily mess up performance and increase fuel consumption. though as Paul12345 says it might only be 2% which no-one would notice.
The wide tyres giving more grip thing is a mistake. Wide tyres reduce the contact pressure per sq cm so grip actually goes down. Just fell them skip about on wet roads. This is why narrow tyres can run a harder long life compound - they press the tread down harder so can often give more grip. The snag - they dont look as nice and many narrow tyres are cheap, horrible & wouldnt grip with a bus riding on them..
The wide tyres giving more grip thing is a mistake. Wide tyres reduce the contact pressure per sq cm so grip actually goes down. Just fell them skip about on wet roads. This is why narrow tyres can run a harder long life compound - they press the tread down harder so can often give more grip. The snag - they dont look as nice and many narrow tyres are cheap, horrible & wouldnt grip with a bus riding on them..
To many factors involved for blanket statement eg there will always be a tradeoff between traction/weight/torque/conditions as you say on a wet surface a narrow tyre will cut through the water easier than normal.
But if you had a drag race in normal conditions one with 1" width tyres and one with standard width I think I know who'll be sat there spinning wheels or going slowly to avoid it.
What I meant was you'd expect fiat to design it so that standard wheels would give the best performance in normal day to day driving, and also design to the gearbox to withstand anything you do with standard wheels.
Now at some point a wider wheel will give better grip and if it gives better grip at a time where the gearbox is under the max pressure fiat designed it for...
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Its all down to having enough friction between tyre and road surface. Sticky tyres like slicks work better the wider they get as the rolling surface is gluing itself down. In other conditions a narrow wheel can give all the grip you need. An extreme example is a railway loco running really narrow metal wheels they dont slip unless seriously provoked.
Everything is a compromise and wide tyres do not necessarily give more grip or better handling. But as said they do look nice & with a soft compound and a good tread design the lost grip is recovered well enough.
Everything is a compromise and wide tyres do not necessarily give more grip or better handling. But as said they do look nice & with a soft compound and a good tread design the lost grip is recovered well enough.
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