Icy
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Registered: 31st Jan 01
Location: Edinburgh Drives: Mk3 Golf Gti
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yeh mistrals altho MIM do a copy of em aswell as allesio's
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Sooty
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Originally posted by Jambo
17"s dont make your car handle "crap" may not be as good as 15"s, but then 15"s look poo. 17"s fit on a corsa perfectly. wouldnt ever have smaller wheels again
17's on a corsa handle crap... please... Your altering the cars physical setup beyond recommendation by doing so. The power loss is a joke. leave 15's on it... low to the ground, center of gravity improved for handling.
I will never understand why people insist on big wheels on a corsa
[Edited on 13-07-2003 by Sooty]
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the_legend_of_yrag
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quote:
Originally posted by Sooty
17's on a corsa handle crap... please... Your altering the cars physical setup beyond recommendation by doing so. The power loss is a joke. leave 15's on it... low to the ground, center of gravity improved for handling.
I will never understand why people insist on big wheels on a corsa
[Edited on 13-07-2003 by Sooty]
Very true, although when ive near finished mine, ill have 16s on but for shows i think im gunna get some mahoosive 19s or 20s for it with a huge drop!!
I dont think i could hack driving around with 17+ wheels all the time!
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Icy
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i thought my 17s handle better than on 15s
steerin felt lighter imo
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M4tt
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Registered: 18th Apr 03
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i think the sterring gets lighter with 17s cause the camber is out, so less of the rubber is touching the ground? compared to 15s
[Edited on 13-07-2003 by M4tt]
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CORSA NUT
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Lowered 60mm on 16" Allesio's or softstars for me 
Nice car though mate bet it shifts 
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craigpcg
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ur car is slow as fuk big eck 
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Sooty
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quote:
Originally posted by Icy
i thought my 17s handle better than on 15s
steerin felt lighter imo
aye, no offense tho mate, but im talking like in terms of applying power in a corner on 17's is alot worse off than on some 15's...
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Jambo
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IMO 17"s arent BIG wheels. anything bigger, where arch rolling/cutting and all that bollox is out of the question. 17"s fit fine on a corsa, the rate of speed of turn is not as fast, but im more happy with 7" of rubber takin me round corners than 5/6"
I agree the bigger wheels are going to destroy handling because u only have to look how high they make the car off the floor. I had my car lowered on 14"s and the handling was shit. 17"s better by a million miles, more stable steering has more feedback, anything smaller was too light.
If youre a power nit and you want every hundredth of a second out of your car then fine, fit small wheels. But i prefer my cars with filled arches, not wheels big enough to use on a tractor mind, just ones that fill the arches and look proportioned.
And ill say again. 17"s dont make your car handle crap.
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Sooty
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
IMO 17"s arent BIG wheels. anything bigger, where arch rolling/cutting and all that bollox is out of the question. 17"s fit fine on a corsa, the rate of speed of turn is not as fast, but im more happy with 7" of rubber takin me round corners than 5/6"
I agree the bigger wheels are going to destroy handling because u only have to look how high they make the car off the floor. I had my car lowered on 14"s and the handling was shit. 17"s better by a million miles, more stable steering has more feedback, anything smaller was too light.
If youre a power nit and you want every hundredth of a second out of your car then fine, fit small wheels. But i prefer my cars with filled arches, not wheels big enough to use on a tractor mind, just ones that fill the arches and look proportioned.
And ill say again. 17"s dont make your car handle crap.
I can agree with some of that. However I have driven corsa's on 14's to 17's and the 15's 195 was by far the best... 16's not much diff... but small power loss... 17's were just a joke... cornering didnt feel completely safe as 15's ...
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Jambo
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Powerloss aye, but then that can be held to your advantage with bigger power and keeping rubber stuck to road.
Ive always felt 100% safe with my17"s, id have to say that tyre choice is impeccable too!
I had flakens and i thought my car handled shit, now ZZ3s and my god there amazing.
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antscorsa
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i got 16s with GSi kit, i wanted 17s but i think wheel size depends on kit and styling.
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mav
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like the look of it..very subtle.Looks ace in my opinion m8..
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
I had falkens and i thought my car handled shit, now ZZ3s and my god there amazing.
I think my Avon ZZ3s are terrible in the rain, i had A539s, they were loads better
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CorsaSport1.416v
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I agree with Sooty that 15" wheels are much better
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Jambo
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Really? I thought my falkens were a nitemare in the rain, avons seem bang on the money, but A539s??Arent they yoko's? i bet there good, expensive too
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Sooty
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I got Yoko AVS sport... I swear by them... want them on my next car. 15's all tha way !
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Leven Cruise
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport1.416v
I agree with Sooty that 15" wheels are much better
Minted car Eck.. look forward to seeing it fleeing aboot up Crail!
@ craigpcg.. ya cheeky bistird!
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big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by craigpcg
ur car is slow as fuk big eck
Its faster than your car at the moment anyways
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big eck
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Thanx for the good comments people much appreciated.
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craigpcg
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quote:
Originally posted by big eck
quote:
Originally posted by craigpcg
ur car is slow as fuk big eck
Its faster than your car at the moment anyways
u said it son @ the moment.
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luca2020
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i have a gsi
it came with 15s
i fitted 17s
felt hardley any slower, handleing was pretty much the same
power drain will be worse on 1.0, 1.2 and 1.4, but on my 1.6 gsi dident really notice it
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Icy
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quote:
Originally posted by Jambo
Really? I thought my falkens were a nitemare in the rain, avons seem bang on the money, but A539s??Arent they yoko's? i bet there good, expensive too
i got yoko a539s up front only £70 each
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Jambo
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My avons were £75!!!
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Icy
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£70 balanced n fitted
2 local places do em for that price
on that mytyres site theyre 90-100 quid
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