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18's or 19's

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:55 pm
by s12silvia
Anyone got 18s or bigger on a civic?
Seen a nice set of JDM volks in 18x7.5 et 42.

And will it give better traction and better handling being wider then standard alloys?

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:05 pm
by daz-civic
18's and 19's both been done but dont bother if your after handling and performance stick to small wheels

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:15 pm
by s12silvia
Any pics?

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:29 pm
by eclipsed4ever
**BLING** :shock:

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:38 pm
by Dan
15s.

Slam it.

Job Done.

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:44 pm
by perth
i had 18s on my eg back in the day :lol:

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 7:49 pm
by Dan
perth wrote:i had 18s on my eg back in the day :lol:
I had 16s back in the day on my 16v

TBH 17s on a lowered EG looks 8)

For handling 15s, for looks and handling 16s!!!!!!!

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 11:20 pm
by s12silvia
Any pics perthy

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:10 am
by perth

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:03 am
by s12silvia
They look nice, very similiar to r34 gtr wheels. think il get the 18s with some low profiles.
Should help tighten up steering and give great handling.

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:41 am
by daz-civic
with 18's you probably wont be going fast enough to worry about needing good handling

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:35 am
by TG1
wont be that much worse on 18's i had 17's on my old 16v, but i wouldn't put 18's on as it will rub, you'll lose steering lock and feel, 3 point turns will become 18 point turns. that said it shouldnt spin as much on 18's

But you'll never get the car looking low to the floor, tyres will be expensive for decent tyres. and the saxo boys will love it :oops:

It is your car however...

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:45 am
by Optimus
My mate has just put a set of 18" Nissan 350Z alloys on his 200SX, and man they look huge, they'd look like monster truck wheels on a Civic! :lol:

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:48 pm
by browndk04
Never had anything bigger than 15" on my civic and i never will. For handling and looks they are top in my opinion on this shape car.

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:11 pm
by daz-civic
ive got 17's on my civic coupe and altho they look awesome (but it is a bigger car) they really do reduce performnace or atleast when it was na it did
i really regret going for 17's and id swap back if my brakes werent so bloody big i could fit 16's but i dont see the point in 16's myself the tyres cost loads and i think you should go 17's for looks or 15 for handling and 16's aint really a compromise imo