Bought a set of 7 x 16" Compomotive MO's for the S1, any idea how difficult they wll be to fit? I've seen plenty with Esc Cos wheels which are obv wider so it can be done just curious if anyone else has done it....

Mine also has rear discs and is lowered 60mm all round which will obv make a difference.....

CheeRS

 

I think you'll have problems because of lowering it 60mm mate, it's abit low really for an RST

What offset are the wheels?

 

as above you got no chance with it being lowerd 60mm

 

My car is on 16"x7" MOs on an ET35 offset. It's on coilovers and the height from the floor to the centre of the arches is 58cm.

 

Not quite sure what offset is to be honest - think yous are prob right about ride height though, dare say i'll need skinny tyres as well

 

wow that is low!!!

 

If you get them on get some pics up! been wanting white compo's on mine, 16" too!

 

correct offset 16's will not catch no matter how low the car is. I use 195/45/16 on back, and 215/40/16 on front.

 

thats not that low mate You wont have any troubles with that
oh............IT STIIL LOOKS THE DOGS THOUGH MATE

 

Fit no probs on the XR but Std ride height so dont count.

Heres a pic anyway.

 

Is that a pic of your car!? Never seen it before mate!

How come you use wider tyre's on the front and not the back mate? It's the other way around usually isn't it?

 

Dan - it's front wheel drive

 

Ok I get that part! Why thinner tyre's on the back then mate?

 

they both look fookin awesome - cheers for all the help - think i'll swp the springs for 30mm one and maybe stiff shocks - the wheels will go on!

Pic of them:

 

 

Dan

Beacuse the front has all the torque going throught them - u need as much grip as possible there - thats where all the weight is. It makes the car feel more neutral too. Rear wheels just get pulled along - no real weight there.

 

Simply because there isn't as much clearance on the back end. Wider could cause arch catching issues.

 

That too - altough i thought there may be more clearance on an s1 with its man arches?

 

It makes it harder with S1 arches as the skirts are closer to the wheels.

 

Cheers Rick/Daz

 

Dan, Yep thats my car bud, wheels photoshopped obviously!

 

Got an old 205/45/16 chucked on, just to get an idea of where I was, its on and fits cool, obv a bit close but the car is lowered on 60mm springs so thats my first port of call, 195/45/16s and raise the ride height a bit but it looks fookin hard





On a less happy note, started taking bodykit off for paint to find there is very little underneath so looks like resto might take a bit longer

 

mines on 17's with a 40 mm drop, nut ithink a bit of work happened to do it but their fine.

but want a set of std S1 wheel as well for it and keep the RS7's for the sunshiney days.

They wont be out much then eh

 

I have my car lowered 50mm with 7.5x17 wheels on and I get clearance problems with people in the back