Do i pay £415 for 15" or £515 for 16"

20th November 2006, 13:09

Its alot of money for the sake of 1" difference

16" Lenso RS5 http://www.topgear.co.uk/acatalog/4x...5_16_tyres.php
for £515

or do I go for the 15's and save myself a £100 and buy these

15" Lenso RS5 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/15-LENSO-RS5-B...em330048696467
for £415

the 16" I will have to travel 30 miles there and back.
the 15" will be delivered to my door.

What do you guys think? is it going to be worth £100 more and a 30 miles of traveling for the sake of an inch? does it really make that much of a difference?

20th November 2006, 13:14

15s: (Dannyjay's)

16s: (Uppitysi's)

Hope that helps. :Y:

PS - Just noticed you can buy them in black now! I had my proffesionaly done at a body shop! Gutted!

20th November 2006, 13:17

thanks mate, yea bit of a gutter for yah. Is your car lowered? if so how much?

20th November 2006, 13:17

Mines down 40mm matey.

20th November 2006, 13:20

16"'s look at lot better imo

20th November 2006, 13:20

I dont think there is enough in it to pay an extra £100, I think i might go for the 15's and get it lowered 50mm all round

The guy with 16's has it lowered 50mm all round i believe and he said he had a few minor problems of rubbing on the arches, this may ilimate it.

20th November 2006, 13:21

i'd go for the 15's personally mate! 16's may requir some arch work, depending on what tyres they have and how low your going!

20th November 2006, 13:21

Not just the wheels its the tyres too, 16" tyres are quite expensive compared to 15's depending on profile.

20th November 2006, 13:23

i would go for 16's, you will pay more but they will look miles better than 15's IMO

20th November 2006, 13:26

15's look shweet of the two photo's. Also, as time goes by, as mentioned earlier, you will spend less on tyrews for it increasing the price difference between the two

20th November 2006, 13:27

16's come with these tyres 195/45/16
15's come with these tyres 195/50/15

what does the middle number mean??

20th November 2006, 13:28

Tyre width

20th November 2006, 13:28

thats the tyre profile, what you want is either 195/45/15 or 195/40/16

20th November 2006, 13:28

Tyre Width i think

20th November 2006, 13:31

width/profile(sidewall)/wheels size

20th November 2006, 13:35

yeah the width is 195. Your gonna need 45 profile tyres on 15's if you lower it really mate. And you can go 60mm down on 16's with 40 profile tyres. That would look easily the best

20th November 2006, 13:41

15's without a doubt.

20th November 2006, 13:43

Everyone knows im going to say 15s BUT those wheels look way to small
in 15s imo.
16s get my vote but if it were me I would just look for other wheels so
I can have 15" rims!

20th November 2006, 13:54

im gonna ask them how much the 15's are with the 45 profile tyre as apose to the 50 profile tyre, there is too many people posting there own tastes i didnt think it would be so difficult lol, i suppose its what i like. I think id rather save the £100 and put it toward getting it lowered or another mod. Thanks for the help guys.

20th November 2006, 15:34

definately go for 15" much better and no work is needed on your arches

20th November 2006, 16:25

i was gona go for 15's but with the chrome lip they look smaller than they actually are, i wanted the arches filled nicely and 16's did the trick, if you got 16's with a 40 profile tyre (will be abit more expensive) but you shouldnt have any issues with rubbing.

Also checkout Formula1's at brands hatch, thats where i got mine from, and they are a great help!

You do realise that if you get the lensos you will need a 20mm hubcentric spacer and a 3mm shim? as they come with an offset of 38?

That is about another 25 - 30 quid per wheel?

20th November 2006, 16:30

Get the 15's! get the 45 instead of the 50 as you will have less side wall! Then slam the bitch to the floor!!!