steelies

25th February 2009, 15:04

thinking of whacking some steelies on the sax.

anyone got any pics of there cars with steelies on justso i can have a look what they look like.

thanks given

25th February 2009, 15:26

i have a vts on steelies atm but it aint lowered. Would that help?

25th February 2009, 16:03

LOL i thought about steelies on my VTS.. Ronal turbo's would be the ultimate tho!!

25th February 2009, 16:38

yeh anythin would help mate.
ronals are a bit too euro 4 me though

25th February 2009, 18:19

there's another thread on here about steels and there's a picture in that with a sax on white ones...

25th February 2009, 22:06

my mate has ronal turbos on his corsa c and he got it lowerd 40mm, not sure if it looks good but he going for the euro look

25th February 2009, 22:28

good luck on steelies, a mate took the vtr's off his 1.4 and swapped back to his steelies, kept ending up sideways going round roundabouts, due to lack of grip, because of the smaller contact area, then wrote the car off a week later when he had to swerve to avoid an oncoming car and lost control, ending up in a ditch, again related to lack of surface area of the tyre on the road.

james

26th February 2009, 09:48

really?

might have to get them banded then

26th February 2009, 11:55

yeh go for banded ones, they would look good and stick you to the road much better, get them sprayed up nicely, and they'll look great

james

26th February 2009, 12:24

it pretty cheap to get them banded innit, just the rubber to pay for

26th February 2009, 12:32

not sure bout prices of banding but yeh its the rubber that will be expensive

james

26th February 2009, 12:37

if your getting steelies get a set of s2 rallye steelies, they look alot better and are same size as vtr wheels, dont get s1 as they arent as widei think they are 6 inch and s2's are 6.5inch and you have to have slimmer tyres on the s2's i think, correct me if im wrong, but with the s2's you will get away with 195's just be careful which depth you go for as it will start messing with the speedo lol i think you lowest you can go is 195/50, but if you get 185s you have to have 185/55

i have these wheels on my car if you look in my user pic, its not the best but i havnt got any others on here yet, i could get some up though if you wanna see?

26th February 2009, 12:38

how much width do we rekon i would need to add to get a decent amount of grip without going stupid lol?

26th February 2009, 12:44

think im just gonna knock it on the head and have my alloys refurbed instead, seems like alot of hassle.

26th February 2009, 12:48

banding cost in the region of £357 for extra 2 inch dish £10 to smooth the bead painting is extra then rubber so all in in all not that cheap plus you gotta buy the steels in the first place.
www.wide-wheels.co.uk

26th February 2009, 13:23

it would cost that to get a set of brand new s2 steelies and good set of tyres lol

26th February 2009, 13:25

yup, defo taking the refurb route lol

26th February 2009, 13:26

any1 wanna buy some steelies???

Perfect for anyone wanting to band them

lol