New Rims on my VL

[snowybill]

Hi guys, I am just wondering what would be the biggest rim i could fit onto my VL ?
I'm looking at 18x8 and want to be sure they will fit. Is there any way i could check ?

Cheers, snowy.

 

[Goon]

it might with low profile tyers.. my bros has 17 and theres space but its got new springs, the car hasnt been lowered.

tyers might scrub with a car full of people...

 

[snowybill]

thats also what im thinking, if i flared the guards, would that help any ?

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

ive got 18x8 and king spring lows,
use to only scrap on occasion when cornering hard but now doesnt scraps with a adjustable panhard rod

 

[calais24/7]

iv got 17" vr clubbys on and have pedders sports ryder i think it is, its lowered a bit anyway and the front scrub when going over small bumps if the wheels are almost fuly turned one way or another and the rears hardly scrape but do sometimes

 

[jahan_86vl]

Iv got 17's with king spring super lows, monroe lowered shocks, adjkustable pan hard rod, and nolathane bushes,
it rides nice an only scrubs with a car load over bumps
Also an adjustable pan hard rod with nolathane bushes made a big difference with the scrubing issues I had.
Also my gaurds havnt been rolled yet either.

17's are a good size rim but u can fit 18's with out to many scubing issues with the right suspension setup
19's an 20's will take a bit more work to fit good with scrubing ect

Hope that helps

 

[snowybill]

cheers jahan, i've decided to go with 18's, im not 100% sure if my car has been lowered... it sits pretty low atm, and i have 18s atm, and they dont scrub much... but might with a car load... the 18's im running at the moment aren't low profile either, so when i get my new rims, im getting low profile with them, which may help as well.

Cheers for the help guys.

 

[VL Berlina 5speed]

its not the profile that matters so much its the width
235/40 should be fine in most cases but 245/35 have problems, more so on the front as they rub on the struts

 

[snowybill]

oh okay. mine are 235/45 on the rear, not sure on the front i didnt check them.
Could you tell me what the numbers refer to ? i know they're measurements, but of which parts i dunno lol.

 

[Nackerz]

i know this bloke who had 20's on his vl