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15" wheels on MarkIII
Has anyone tried 15" wheels on a mark 3? Will they clear the stock brakes?
I have an '89 non-T daily driver. It needs some new wheels as the factory saws aren't holding air very well. I can get ahold of some 2nd gen rx-7 wheels (basic 5 spoke deal) for a good price. Any thoughts? Kev |
im sure they will fit but why 15..the rims are gunna look whimpy on da car
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I roll 14's on my Nova. 11.50's @ 125 n/a. Adding the hose next. I like smaller wheels and bigger tires. Old school, I guess.
Kev |
it might be a issue with the brakes, are brakes are pretty big:)
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hmm is this for a dd? wonder what that will do to mpg
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Some 15's will clear the brakes.... some won't. You'll need to test fit them to know for sure.
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Why not put new tires on the stock rims and buy new valve steams? Thats probly were there leaking from, But the rx7 wheels will look nice.
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that will be amazing if you can 15" rims that can clear the calipers
please read up, before telling them to install something that cant fit i tried 16" with a 38mm offset and they wouldnt fit my car so i can only imagine how a 15" rims will fit, maybe the rear, but definitely not the front calipers |
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No shit... at any rate I didn't say they'd all fit. A friend of mine and a member on SM are running 15's, I'm pretty sure they're both running the stock brakes too.
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and im saying this from experience, not from a friend |
I'm not talking about someone I've just seen around, I've driven it. I'll see about getting you some pics. By the way... if you're still running the stock brakes and you couldn't get 16's to fit they were either very oddly shaped or something's very wrong with your brakes. The stockers, both 5-spoke and sawblades, are 16's. One's a 37 offset the other 38. Do a search on SM, there's a thread about running 15's (with some pics, IIRC). ;)
Here you go Supra2NR.... http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47847 http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47841 15's can fit all the way around it depends on the offset and the specific shape and design of the rim. |
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now much of a wheel man, cuz i know the stocker are 16's thats why i thought the 16's that i got would fit they didnt |
small rims is way to american looking for me :P
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Small rims are good from a dig... typically. I'm about to move up to 17" though.
Supra2NR, it was either the design of the rim or the offset that kept those 16's from fitting. Where did they hit? The face of the caliper? |
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but all this time i was saying you cant fit 15" rims cuz i was talking about the front brakes that wouldnt clear off course, the rear you can fit 15's with no problem i already did that when i borrowed slicks from a friend of mine |
I know what you're saying. I'm saying and a few other people in those threads are saying that YES you can fit SOME 15" rims all the way around.
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That's what I was looking for, but iddnt see any pics at all
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I was saying that from the beginning. ;)
I'll get pics the next time my friend comes down. He's got two MKIII's and the one with the 15's is rarely driven... but for you, I get pics. The front barely clear, but they do clear and the car drives fine... although I don't think it corners very well. We don't meet up too often, but we're supposed to meet up sometime this week so I can use his laptop to finish tuning my MAFT Pro. Hopefully we'll be able to meet up tomorrow or Monday, I'm sick of running rich. |
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going out of your way jus to get me pictures lol but i gotta see them |
my old 15's which used to clear my ga70 brakes wont clear my jza70 brakes i have on there now
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