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aight people, i've brought my polo and i tinkin bout lowering but i wondered if any of u's could tell me, how low you would go on 14x8 195/45.nice one

welcome!

i'd reckon you could get away with 80mm on those tyres

I'm at 60mm on 15's with 195x45 and there's still room.... and you have another 1/2 inch just because of the tyres....

ukeuropolo wrote:aight people, i've brought my polo and i tinkin bout lowering but i wondered if any of u's could tell me, how low you would go on 14x8 195/45.nice one

8 inch rims!!! I'd say tyres will look like V on the rims Depends on the ET with that size rims.......

I've got a link somewhere that tells you the minimum tyre size for rim width - I was sure 195 was the minimum for a 7 inch rim let alone an 8 inch rim (but me memory ain't as good as it used to be!!!!!)

Have you got the ET dimensions handy?

This is a handy link if you are into wheel swaps

http://toy4two.home.mindspring.com/offset.html

i take it he's going for the stretched look!

Alex - tell em what you have on your wheels!!!!

I'm running 165's on a 7 inch wide wheel.

I've seen 175 on a 9 inch, and 215 on a 10 inch as well. Now that is insane.

the streched look is cool

Speedlaw wrote:I'm running 165's on a 7 inch wide wheel.

I've seen 175 on a 9 inch, and 215 on a 10 inch as well. Now that is insane.

Can't be bl**dy safe either - tyre walls must be near 45 deg from vertical!!!

Falme suit on (Nomex)

Sorry but tyre manufacturers specify min & max rim widths for a reason - mainly safety - if you go outside their recomendations you are dodgy ground

Flame suit off

Besides you don't get any kerbing protection for the alloy rims so you gotta be real carefull of the rims get mullered

JM2pW and I don't want to get into a row - if thats what floats your boat so be it - I can appreciate it......

Stretched tyres make my private parts tingle.

Speedlaw wrote:

Stretched tyres make my private parts tingle.

They have got to be special rims - for that purpose (double bead?) else whats to stop the tyre deflating?

Speedlaw wrote:I'm running 165's on a 7 inch wide wheel.

I've seen 175 on a 9 inch, and 215 on a 10 inch as well. Now that is insane.

According to my little bible on wheels and tyres (still can't find the website I was looking for!!!!) 165 (assuming /65 13's here) shouldn't be mounted on a rim wider than 6.0

175's on a 9 inch is mad 2 inches wider than recomended

215's on a 10 inch is 2.5 inches wider than recommended

Revises estimate of angle of tyre wall to 60 deg from vertical!!!! and chances of rim damage whist parking to odds on!!!!

Mind you advantage is - get the offset right and even lowered less chance of rubbing!

That's exactly it - you can lower your car more and still not rub. It also looks really good (to me at least), because it makes the wheel lookwider than it really is.

I agree that on a normal car it's unwise, as you'll curb the wheel in no time, but I've never curbed wheels in my life.

Speedlaw wrote:That's exactly it - you can lower your car more and still not rub. It also looks really good (to me at least), because it makes the wheel lookwider than it really is.

I can understand that bit - makes pefect sense but those wheels you posted must have special rims to locate the tyre bead away from the rim?

Speedlaw wrote:I agree that on a normal car it's unwise, as you'll curb the wheel in no time, but I've never curbed wheels in my life.

Neither have I - untill some idiot in a white van caused me to take evasive action one day and then I did two wheels very badly and was gutted.........

bstardchild wrote: I can understand that bit - makes pefect sense but those wheels you posted must have special rims to locate the tyre bead away from the rim?

I don't really know the story with that wheel, it could be just the shape of the wheel allowing the tyre to sit so far away from the lip, but who knows?

Speedlaw wrote:I don't really know the story with that wheel, it could be just the shape of the wheel allowing the tyre to sit so far away from the lip, but who knows?

If you look at the inside of the dish the lip _/ has a double step so I am assuming that the 2nd step provides the seating for the tyre bead.....so the outer rim edge is predominantly cosmetic!!!!

i reckon 80mm too. with 15x6.5-7 80 is no bother.

and as for rim protection....very little from the tyre.