16's

[Qucifer666]

I have a forte, if i got 16" rims and have it lowered by 40mm, would i need to do any arch work or would i be alrite. If i wouldnt, any body got any ideas of wot i should do?

[saunders]

im sure u cn only get 15" on without doin archwk but ill wait to be told otherwise....

[TU-Tuning]

If you bought 16's with 40 profile tyres (not cheap) and went down forty you would have to remove the arch liners so you dont get rubbing on the full lock, but that should be the lot mate.

[Qucifer666]

balls to it, i will get 15's..
how low to go??

[bloz]

nah 16s on 40 pros im sure u dont need arch work my mate didn't on his 106 gti ne way ill let u know next week wen i get some ;-)

[TU-Tuning]

on 15's you can go 60 no scrubbage, again apart from full lock

[Qucifer666]

do u rekon to play it safe, i should get 15's and lower it by about 40-50??

[chopa]

15's and a 40mm drop looks good mate.

[Qucifer666]

thats prob wot i will do, may even go down 50

[Gav]

16's and down 40 will you will not have to do any arch work. there will be a tiny bit of rubbing but its nowt. here is what i get. front wheels only at the front of the wheel none at the back.

drivers side
1300

passanger side
1301

hope this helps. as you can see its nowt. i have had mine on for a year and there is no damge to the tires what so ever.

[Qucifer666]

ok cheerz for that, i will look into it.

[welshy2k]

16"s with 40 drop will work no problem with a VT kitted saxo flat arches their is alot of modification required.....i think alot of people here didnt read you have a flat arch saxo

[Qucifer666]

so cuz i have a forte, there wont b a problem doing that?

[Colin]

Go for 15s with a 45 pro tyre and go down 50mm.

[TU-Tuning]

Yea shite sorry mate ignore what i said, as VT arches are different to base models. You will have to ask someone who has done such work an a base model. My bad :P

[welshy2k]

16"s on flat arches is a problem....i cant see anything on the site on what sort of modification is required to fit these....so you will have to looka about

[DarylVTR]

nope 16's on a flat arch isnt a great idea it will rub like a bitch. id say 40mm on 15's is the max without arch work on a flat arched model.

[Qucifer666]

40mm on 15's it is then! cheerz for all the help guys.

[VTS_16v_Boy]

I've seen some nicely done non-VT Saxo's on 15"s, I think as long as the wheel looks rite on the car with a nice drop 15"s look really nice plus if you look around there are some really good deals about on 15"s.

I used to have a 2.0ltr 16v Cougar that come as standard on 16"s, people always thought they looked like 15"s plus the tyres were WELL expensive!

In some cases 16" tyres can be more than 17"s cos there is more people running 17"s than 16" and and modder will tell you . . . If its rare, its Expensive.

[VTS_16v_Boy]

I don't know what kind of body mod's you've done to you base model Saxo but take alook at this site

www.tuning.co.uk

I've used them before, but they've got a clearance section with a few Saxo bits it with big savings, there's a nice front spoiler for the base model with a really good price why not have a look.

[Qucifer666]

again, thanx for all the help everyone :)