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punchbuggyracer
February 8th 2008, 10:03
I'm trying to decide on 16's or 17" porsche wheels. I want to do some mountain thrashing and a lot of hard cornering in the streets. In Australia the roads are a little bit rough.

With good firm coil overs are the 17's to hard and going to continualy need balancing?

What size/profile tyres do you guys run?

Thanks......

hugovw1976
February 8th 2008, 11:06
16x7 205/50/16 Et 52.3
16x8 225/45/16 Et 52.3

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9950/vw3bp8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/5342/vw6un8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Steve C
February 8th 2008, 18:02
Hi

Im running 7x17s on my daily. I have 205 / 45 on the front and 215 / 45 on the rear. I live in Sydney where the roads can be dodgy and I often do country trips with no issues. My last bug I ran 17s with 215 / 40s & 235 / 40s from many years with no problems.

I personally like the look of 17s on a bug. I've seen bugs with larger wheels that just don't look right, they get the toy car look, you know Tonka or Hotwheels.

Where abouts in this wide brown land are you?

Steve

punchbuggyracer
February 10th 2008, 06:10
In Brisbane Steve.

Half my Porsche 944T brake stuff is in Sydney at the moment, the guy has had it for like nearly a year, I've phoned him every day for the last to weeks and he still hasnt sent it. I was going to get my struts off him, but its been so frustrating I might attempt to make my own.

I like the 17's, I differently wouldnt get 18's, not for a thrasher. Burnouts are just to expensive.

Steve I think you offered me your old 16's on aussie vw's a while back?

Hugo the stance on your car is nice, I might go slightly lower.

super vw
February 10th 2008, 12:31
The smaller you go, the lower your center of gravity... and the better it with handle.
I have 17" that i used last season for everyting (solo2, daily drives) but Im using 15" wheels this year for track events and the 17 for daily use.

punchbuggyracer
February 11th 2008, 04:03
My brand new discs turned up to day. Hubs to go.

Steve C
February 11th 2008, 09:34
The smaller you go, the lower your center of gravity... and the better it with handle.
I have 17" that i used last season for everyting (solo2, daily drives) but Im using 15" wheels this year for track events and the 17 for daily use.

Hi

The centre of gravity thing is true, but when you reduce your tyre radius, you have a smaller tyre footprint on the road.

Steve

punchbuggyracer
February 12th 2008, 06:28
Holy Cow! I just got an email back from a Porsche wreckers and they want a gorilla ($1000) for a set of scratched as wheels, no centre caps and no tyres. They can get stuffed.

Steve C
February 12th 2008, 08:44
Hi

Have you tried EBay? I just bought a set 17 inch Turbo twists for $800. Or try http://www.wheeldynamics.net/Wheels.html with way the AU to US$ is at the moment parts from the US are getting cheaper. I just ordered a few bits from KEP.

Steve

My EBay wheels http://www.clubvw.org.au/images/17x7.5.2.jpg

ricola
February 12th 2008, 09:18
The centre of gravity thing is false. Rolling radius is what will lower it, not wheel diameter. In fact I think increasing wheel diameter while maintaining rolling radius will actually lower the centre of gravity in most saloon cars.
It's a good idea to keep a stock rolling radius, if for no other reason than to keep your speedo reading correct...

super vw
February 12th 2008, 16:45
With a smaller wheel you can fit smaller tires= smaller rolling radius.
That's what I was trying to say.