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Klang1.6
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30th Mar 03 at 09:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yes i do know its a inch and a stupid question but----------i feel putting 17s on a corsa sport 1.6 is pointless cos i dont wanna lose the speed of it etc. however 16s are only a inch smaller so would u still think that speed is lost?

wanna make the jump from 15s --16s
Steve
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30th Mar 03 at 09:38   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
they do look quite a bit bigger but i had 17's on my corsa and im putting 15's on my pug
Andy Stocker
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30th Mar 03 at 09:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I had 15s 16s & 2 sets of 17s on Corsa
On Punto have had 2 sets of 17s & am now settled on 15s
Klang1.6
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ive also realised if u line 15s 195/45/15 up to the standard wheels on the 1.6 , the standard ones are biggger,, so i rekon u not goin to lose any performance
BabyBlade
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30th Mar 03 at 10:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
IMO if u want looks go for 17's, if u want performance go for 15's, (13's low profile if ur that obsessed ), depends what kind of person u r!!
YoYo_Punto
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30th Mar 03 at 10:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
go for 16" with 40 profile tyres, best of both worlds then, performance and looks
Kris TD
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30th Mar 03 at 11:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah but they are 90 quid each for tyres.
Marc
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30th Mar 03 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
one hole inch.
FrankP
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30th Mar 03 at 12:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the best way to do it is: if u have 15's with 55 series then wanna make the chenge to 16's. u get 40-45 series, thus keeping the overall circumfrence similar to the origional. so no real loss of power. if u go a lighter rim then u gain better handling and steering responce.......and now i'm feeling a bit woosey coz i took two pain killers for my sore neck. rock on
BabyBlade
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30th Mar 03 at 12:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Party on Frank

[Edited on 30-03-2003 by Sethion33]

 
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