Alps Pacino

Before i start i wouldnt mind input from those people who actually have 18's on a 3 door and not people who thnk they know.

So does it fuck the car up handling wise on a road car/

Do they catch like fuck?

Do you need the ride height of a toyota hilux to fit them?

Cheers in advance gents

Eagle

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bruce read had em on hs 3 door and rs500.
you need to seriously attack the body kit,
they do not make the ride shit,
his was around 1 inch lower if i remember.

Alps Pacino

Eagle

I pm'd martoon and he said bruces car handled and rode well. I didnt start this thread cause i doubt martin its just bruces car was a track tool and not a road car iirc ?

The arch's on mine have already been chopped up a bit but nothing mega

c9sse

you notice to lorry tram lines alot more this can pull you across the road but if you could put up with that no other difference.
you need to cut the arch and kit right back on the front then have your kit glued back on and fit 35 profile tyres.

Alps Pacino

c9sse

I dont realy want to butcher fuck out of the car tbh. The problem is i like the cxt's but they only come in an 18 which helps me no end

c9sse

this runs gaz coilover with 18x8 mo's

c9sse

believe it or not done properly it wont look that bad,the arch is covered over by the kit and the kit just needs to be trimed and smoothen on the inside lip.

smitsturbo

how sexy does that look tho

Alps Pacino

no offence but that just looks far to pimp for me, its on its fucking arse. I'd prefer to look at some differnt wheels if 17's are a better option over the 18's tbh. cause i fucking hate wheels that rub its proper chavtastic lol

bud-weis

i defo think you can acheive a nicer look with a 17" rim with a better offset on the back than what you normally see.

there is bound to be wheels out there that look similar to the comps too ( venoms? lol )

get summat with a nice dished rim maybe?

Alps Pacino

bud-weis

What i really want is a set of the 3 piece splitties that compomotive do but i would rather buy some cheaper wheels and buy a t4 and go for more power lol. I just cant fucking decide EVERY 3 door you see has compomotive mo's either in 5 spoke or 6 spoke form. I was considering hocks but i just dont know. I want something that ant the same as every other cunt thats why i thought cxt's

Eagle

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split rims are the way forward

agree wit the tram lining tho, but then thats the same for any 18 inch wheel i seriously found my saff improved handling wise on the road when i changed from 17's to 18's..

and i can say bruce used it just as abusive on the road
front wheel arch is a bastard to do, the lower you go the more you need to remove

jasonp

I had 18's opn ym old RS500 and it drove totally fine, to behonest it felt better than with the standard wheels. Mine was running on coilovers as i couldnt get the height right with springs.

neilm

I owned the car after Jason and did convert the fronts back to Konis and then ran Ahmed springs on it and there wasnt a problem.

There had been some minor mods to the body kit to get the wheels on without rubbing.

Fronts were 17" with a 40 profile tyre, rears were 18 with a 35 profile tyre and the spare was a 17" with a non directional 40 profile so it could go on any corner.






The only problem I had with the set up while I owned the car was the Hocks were made of marzipan and running the 18s with a 35 profile tyre meant they were prone to pothole damage and I had to have one repaired by Pristine Wheels over in Woburn Sands.

And at the time the 18" tyres were dear but they've come down loads since then.

Ryan

18 generally go on 3dr's without too much drama as many have such a pony offset that they sit in about 2 inches from the Arch.

18's go on fairly easily if the car isnt lowered like a pimp mobile, which IMO ruins the handling anyway.

Alps Pacino

Ryan

So you reco 18's with minimal arch work is no bother. What width though, offset and tyre size???????????????

Ryan

apls, if u look at the 500 above jason/neils, u will see the height that the rear sits at on 18's, personally its almost perfect height for me, maybe a little lower, say 10-15mm, but i bet minimal kit work was needed to achieve this.

To fit mine however with my offset and tyre size i needed loads of arch work.

I reckon your usual size and offset will be fine i.e 25/35 and 18x8, tyres probably 225/35/18

Alps Pacino

mine is on coilovers so could adjust to suit, however i dont fancy turnng my car into a range rover just so i can have some cxt's

rsnissan

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What are people bonding the kit back on with once cut?? stikoflex or something else?

Ryan

3m double sided foam tape same as original.

jacko

mine had escort cos ofset on them the arches where choped right back and the front bumper was moved forword a bit i personaly wouldnt chop the arches on a 3 door as it can help it to rust

Alps Pacino

jacko

And we all know that sierras need no help in rusting

cossie350

Ride and handling is fine, ive had to do the mods to the arches mentioned above. Couldnt go any lower than in the pic with out it catching on bumps as the offset makes the wheels stick out more than Marks 3dr above with the gold mo's.

jacko

oh and it tramlined like fuck but it might not have been set up right it had 8.5 x 18s

Alps Pacino

i've found 2 sets of 17's now a set of rl7's and a set of th's

The rl7's are 8x17 and et33

the th's are 8x17 and et28

I'm guessing these will be suitable for a 3 door

jacko

it sat realy nice at this hight on these wheels

cossie350

GUZZLER

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Sassy's 3 door had 18 inch comps, et35 with 225/35-18's, ride height was nice & it had no arch mods as far as i was aware, it used scuff on the rear tyres sometimes, only if being driven very hard or if the kids & a load shopping was in the back

i'll try & find a pic a bit later.

boXXer

im possibly looking for some 18's on my cos. Dunno what to do yet.

Porkie

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Arches all cut right back and welded up though so no chance of rubbing...

ride unaffected really.

boXXer

what do you have to weld then? i thought it was just the lip on the wing that got in the way?

Porkie

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boXXer

ahhhh.... no arch at all left then, lol