needforspeed
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Registered: 6th Feb 05
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HI,
I had a 16v sri (but wrote it off a few month back) newey, it had 15's and was lowered on gmax and handled VERRRRRRRRY well, and i'm gettin another sri soon (hopefully) and have some 17's to go onit waiting BUT i've herd it might not handle as good (i know nova's dnt handle good with 17's)
anyone know how the handling is?and if it is worse than with 15's or 16's how much worse????
cheers
(i know this'l probly get asked alot)
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jamesw
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Registered: 28th Jun 02
Location: Station Town, County Durham
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didnt notice a difference between my 15's and 17's , the ride is harsh but it was the same on my 15's anyway
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Ajones_17
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Registered: 20th Jun 02
Location: Sunny Wigan Drives: BLACK 03 VTS
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The best handling is usually from 16's and 60mm so i's reccomend that. Ive got 16's -60mm on coilovers and it handle mint but most people say that 17's are too big for a corsa to handle good.
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Adge
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Registered: 28th Aug 04
Location: Lancashire
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will handle shit!
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boyracer2002
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Registered: 10th Aug 02
Location: West Yorkshire
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Dont ever try 19's then  mine is all over the place swaps lanes on its own, cant ever let go of the wheel
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Nick A
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Registered: 28th Nov 04
Location: Hertfordshire
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got 17s on mine and no power steering, handled alot better then what i ad b4. i think i av come close to rolling it though, going round bends to quick!!!
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1600power
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Registered: 22nd Apr 04
Location: Shropshire Drives: 1.6 16v Sport
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i find that my 17's on koni shocks and springs down 40mm with a front strutbrace handles superbly! although i do run a 1.6 which is heavier than those that run 1.2's so their experiences may be different i suppose
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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17"s on mine and handles absoloutely amazingly.
No complaints here. the rolling radius of that againts a 16" wheel & tyre would be minimul so the only difference is in the unsprung weight, which means i think its less sharp.
But i have NO problems and think my car is a dream to drive even when pummeling 200bhp through the front wheels rounda corner it seems to cope fine 
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RKS
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Registered: 2nd Mar 04
Location: Gloucestershire UK
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Mine handles well on 17's but it used to handle soooo much better on the 15's
car is lowered 60mm too
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martferguson
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Registered: 15th Jan 05
Location: Southampton
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17's look great but i find it makes the road real bumpy.
i got 205/40/17 tyres on my GSi and they dont rub at all, makes the car look real good.
go for 17's, cost you more but look a lot better.
Mart.
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needforspeed
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Registered: 6th Feb 05
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I think i'll go for the 17's then and drop it about 40mil especially when i've got them for free and they're practically perfect,
cheers evry1 for ya help.
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Lee 16v
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Registered: 25th Jun 04
Location: Maidstone Drives: Corsa 2.0 16v
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i had 17s on my old corsa, lowered 60mm and it handled a dream for a corsa
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