17’s are they worth it?

[kylesax]

hello there. this is to all u guys with 17's on ur sax's. would u say it is worth all the arch mods/ fuel pipe mods/scraping/ loss in performance etc. cos I just cant decide wether to go 16 or 17. smileys/smiley5.gif

[jamesg88]

get 16's trust me 17's are too much hassle

[kylesax]

have you tried 17's jamesg88?

[jamesg88]

yes bad experience i should have gone for 16's

[kylesax]

y, what happened?

[jamesg88]

too close to fuel pipe

rubbed like hell with even 1 passenger in the back without lowering

loss of acceleration

with 16's you dont get hardly any of this.

[Dan]

ive got 17's to go on my vtr but cnt be bothered getting them fitted at the mo cos of the hassle with all the work needed!how much work wud u say had 2 be done to get them on with a 60mm drop the tyre size is 205/45/17!?? smileys/smiley17.gif

[jamesg88]

dunno how much work but quite abit would have to be done

[citrovts]

205/45/17 is way to big you need 205/40/17 that is better

[AdamW]

ive got 17s on mine on 205/40/17, they do look the business, it is also lowered 60mm!! it scrubs alot and u dnt get a very good full lock, but at the end of the day they do look the bee knees smileys/smiley2.gif performance has slightly dropped but they will look betta than any set of 16s

[Dan]

so did u do the work urself or did u get someone else to fit them?if so how much did it cost u and how much work?mines also got a 60mm drop!

[Smithy]

Depends how you drive the car really. 17s look good but fucks the handling up. If you mainly drive about looking at your reflection in shop windows then they're ok! smileys/smiley4.gif

[jamesg88]

definitly smithy best bet is to gor for 16's smileys/smiley4.gif

[rick_saxo_smith]

uv gta think wat u want them for, no good if ur gna be throwin ur car around abit and racin, but uv gta remember if its style u want, a saxo has seen 20's on it b4 now

[jamesg88]

my thoughts exactly smileys/smiley17.gif

[swijnsm]

you can also put 195/40/17 tires on it. when your car is lowered 40mm the only thing you should do is cut a little of the inside of the wheel arches.

have you decided what to do yet?

[kev_cardiff]

i got 17s with 40mm drop on the back and a 35 on the front i cut the back bumper brackets off and it only rubs on a full lock a little apart from that its all good
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[Harper]

Get 17`s mate i don`t think there to much hassle and they look ace.