RSRoy

How does the car drive after having a set of these fitted?

The car is used as a weekend / good weather car and will not be drivin on track.

JTECH James

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fine, i abused the hell out of mine with no problems,

need to roll then front arches to clear though

charlie luciano

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Nothing bigger than 17's on saph mate


Luciano

JTECH James

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the rolling radius between a 215 40 17, and a 215 35 18 isnt as much as you would think

depending on application there is no real problem at all with running them,

Staffi

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Hated 18s on my saff, drove and felt horrid Roy, 17s are the biggest i,d EVER uses again.....

JTECH James

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wimps

Staffi

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Nowt to do with that James, just didn,t feel right mate, surely you must of thought it felt less drivable/handling etc??

Dicko&Vacant

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weve got 18s on ours, no scrubbage, doesnt drive horrible at all

Sarah

JTECH James

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not at all, i did over 75k miles on 18s no issues at all,

i had a set of 17s in stock, but never used them

i did have some funky front suspension which may have helped

RSRoy

I've also heared that from Mike Rainbird. But it seems that there are a lot peeps on here who have 18s on their saffs.

Anybody with pics of saffs with 17s MO's 6 spoke?

Staffi

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Maybe some of the loss of drive appeal on mine could of been due the the Zoo Beam, it wasn,t set-up correctly tbh i was NEVER happy with how the whole car felt @ High Speed, so maybe i,m blaming alittle TOO much on the 18s, but if i were to change it,d be 17s for me.....

Sticky.

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Agree with Pete....Totally ruined the car IMO, even worse when i went onto coilovers.

Stick to 17's ive gone back to 17's

RSRoy

You got some pics of yours on 17s Paul?

More comments are welcome from people who have 18s under their saffs.

gibbo frst

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ive had 18s on mine for about 5 years and didnt notice they were any worse than the 17s before.. never been round a track in it .. also swapped my koni ahmed suspension for gaz gold coilovers and on a softer setting is no worse at all either.. . front arches rolled .. id like a set of the old 17 comps tho for spares but they wont go over my front brakes..

RSRoy

It's weird that some people say it is truly rubbish and others say its fine.

So far I've seen one car with MO 17s but for some reason it looks weird.


Don't really know what to do now...

cossydoctor

My saffs are both an 18 mo's and i think they drive with no bother but need to roll front arches

charlie luciano

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Why? saphs came fitted with 15's from Ford


Luciano

gibbo frst

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my mates also gone from 17s to 18 mos and is more than happy with the ride...
ive got the 3door hubs on my 2wd saff and notice that its more twitchy on the steering..

RSRoy

MO's in 17 look kinda weird in general


If you fit them to a saff they scream like: i wanna be biggerrrrrrr

charlie luciano

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Have to disagree with you on this one, I have 7jx17 5 spoke mo's on my car and I think they look plenty big enough



Luciano

gibbo frst

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18s look good mate.... the new style comps in 17s look too small to me but the old style 5 spoke 17s look great..
heres mine on 18s

fatmike

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The saph is a big car and needs big wheels. 17s comp mos on mine just looked that bit to small for the car. The 6 spoke 18inch mo's I have on their now look the part!

charlie luciano

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C'mon then where's the pics?


Luciano

jammerrs

i think 5 spoke mos look good in 17s

but 6 spokes need to be in 18s, just dont look write smaller imo

RSRoy

I think you got it right jammerrs.



I was asking this on behalf of my brother. Think he will go for the 18s

KSA-Cossie

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i felt mine feels more planted to the road with 18's handles even better with the adjustable rear beam

jammerrs

good good

davie 3 door

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I am right in saying its a 3 door your putting them on?
If so my advice is dont.

I ran 17 mos 6 spokes for 3 years and changed them to 18s last year.

Car drives crap, taken away the comfort,and being honest doesnt look any better.
In the middle of trying to get my 17 s of my mate back.

As i say dont go any bigger than 17 imo!!!

fatmike

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Have to wait until the weekend, need some damn light

charlie luciano

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Lol nice 1


Luciano

RSRoy

No no Davie

The only other rims for the 3 door will be 3pc BBS or CXNs.


The 18 MOs will come on my brothers saff. See this restoration topic: https://passionford.com/forum/restor...gine-back.html

BON_300

I want to see more pics of sapphs on 18`s

rs_traynor

mine

Karl 3dr

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This is something i've wondered about myself, i really fancy changing to 18's but don't want to ruin the way it drives at the mo, i've heard mixed reports on 18" wheels and it's an expensive mistake to make if i don't like them

SS1

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17s comps mos

Sticky.

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Karl don't do it mate, it's purely for looks. When mine was on the same set up as yours (koni's/ahmed & 17's) it drove perfect. When i changed to coilovers & 18's i ruined the drive of that car. I t took me ages to get it right & put soft rally springs on the rear.

Your car is PERFECT Karl, don't spoil it mate. If' it's not broke, don't fix it.

garrett

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mine on 18inch racelines



very old tread though
i dont think roy is still thinking about putting 18inch under his 3door LOL

RSRoy

No, never did actually. My brother wanted 18" MO's under his Saff. Here's a pic:

BON_300

white saff with gold mo 18" does really look the part

Karl 3dr

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Cheers Paul, that's just it, it drives great at the mo but like you say, they do look awesome on 18's, think i'll stick with what i've got lol,

Cheers mate