halo m8 wheelbase say that 13inch alloys will fit your car but the decisions down to you buddy just a random alloy http://www.wheelbasealloys.com/13_Inch_Autec_Nordic_Alloy_Wheels__4028

 

Why 13's , they'll look like the castors off your grans setee

 

:lol:

And I thought 14" were the minimum for 262mm brakes?

 

Wasn't there a thread a month or so ago with this exact title? everyone said how sh!te it would look!

 

Because the wheels I want are 13's. smaller wheels means I can go lower when the exhaust is raised and when the engine is eventually lifted

 

:facepalm: .

 

try and get a hold of an old 13inch alloy from a scrapyard and try and fit it on the spot im sure thy could help you out without buying

 

If you're going low enough to require the engine being raised... what do you do about speed bumps?

I guess you must live somewhere with perfectly flat roads .

 

Or barely use the car?

 

what kind of alloys u going for m8 i like the euro look alloys 13x7.5 or 8.0

 

i gotta see how it would look on 13s

 

**** ?

 

I'm guessing - first car, and 17?

 

Oh the woes of silly silly people on this forum. If its not hairpins, straights or mk2 zs straights then its wrong. is that oem? is that practical? Does your mother approve of this? Ooh lowering springs, have you told insurance?

I'll get some pictures of the underside of my car when I get the chance. There's dents in the chassis rails from speedbumps, the exhaust centre section has been smashed flat, the chassis is scraped from front to back, the floorpan is scratched, the subframe is scratched, the rear lower suspension arm mounts have been smashed flat. If anyone wants a v6 45 splitter, there's one somewhere along the m27 just a few miles south of hedge end... I'm going to have to pack planks of wood to get into the park for POL - the organiser has informed me of speedbumps at the entrance. Every post I seem to put up gets raided by the fun police.

:dunno:

Form>function. It's fun. YOLO?


Dearest rover-25x, yes it's indeed for the 45. Looking at alternatives to the 15" wire wheels I was looking at, as they're £660... also looking at some bullet steel wheels or some 8/9j staggered banded steels

 

Dearest rover-25x, yes it's indeed for the 45. Looking at alternatives to the 15" wire wheels I was looking at, as they're £660... also looking at some bullet steel wheels or some 8/9j staggered banded steels

Bit steep like, but on the 13's front, Vauxhall Astra Mk3/4 rims fit ROVER so that means Corsa B rims will and they come in 13", might be worth a scrappy visit.

 

Do we have an answer?

Do 13" wheels fit then?
You go Fathead - each to their own. My reasons are different, I have a small pile of competition tyres on 13" wheels and wish to find out if I'm going to have to sell them all. Ground clearance won't be an issue in my case.

 

Do 13" wheels fit then?
You go Fathead - each to their own. My reasons are different, I have a small pile of competition tyres on 13" wheels and wish to find out if I'm going to have to sell them all. Ground clearance won't be an issue in my case.

Dunno, nobody's replied with a concrete answer yet. Which has sort of defeated the point of the thread...

 

I would just get some 14's?

 

You said you wanted to fit 13" wheels primarily to lower the car even more after raising the lowest lying components. (I have no issues with what you want to do).

However the way I see it, if you fit 13" rims, you are going to need big fat tyres in order to make the overall diameter the same and not effect the speedo readings. Therefore the overall diameter of the wheel will surely be no different? And the car will be just as high off the ground, and just as likely to rub on the arches, just on an extra 4 inches of rubber!?

Or are you quite happy about your speedo being very inaccurate? I guess fitting smaller wheels will make it under-read, so not too dangerous. Although I have no idea if its illegal to have an inaccurate speedo?

 

You don't even need to have a speedo to be legal.

I don't think anyone on here will have the definative answer to the opening post as to whether they'll fit.

Best bet is to try one in a scrapyard.

I know 240mm discs will fit under 13 inch wheels as that is what one of my car came with originally. No idea on the 262's on the rover setup though. (282's need 15 inch minimum though - and only a few of those fit).

 

You don't even need to have a speedo to be legal.


I know 240mm discs will fit under 13 inch wheels as that is what one of my car came with originally. No idea on the 262's on the rover setup though. (282's need 15 inch minimum though - and only a few of those fit).

Maths alert!
If 240mm discs (and associated caliper) fit under 325mm wheels then there is a 85mm clearance for the caliper. Therefore if the caliper is the same then 262mm disc with a 85mm clearance will clear a 347mm wheel, which is just shy of 14".

The crucial question here then is 'does the caliper NEED all of that 85mm clearance or can it manage with 13mm less?'

I suppose the best chance of a fit is with a 13" steelie. The one I have here actually has an i.d of 285mm (11.25") where I expect the caliper to fall.

Can anyone measure from the outside of a 262mm disc to the outside of it's caliper? this would give us a dimension for the necessary clearance we need in any given wheel.

This leads to another thought. Can you actually grind the outside of a brake caliper to make it fit?

 

What has your mother said about this :dddc:

 

"son, that will look like ****"?

 

He is entitled to a slightly strange looking car, if it makes him happy and keeps him occupied that is what a hobby is for

Have you got a project thread that will allow me to keep up to date on pictures? I am fascinated to see what it is gong to look like once you have finished playing with it

 

if it makes him happy and keeps him occupied that is what a hobby is for

As long as his mother doesn't catch him in the act like mine nearly did once, knelt next to my bed

 

if your gonna go for 13 or 14inch alloys 7.5 and 8.5 wide with stretched tyres would be a good look i like these alloys if you can get them in 4x100 fitment
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUPERLITE...936902894?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Trims_Car_Rims_ET&hash=item416924f0ee

 

And if the well of the caliper is only a couple of mm thick????

 

then you find one that isn't crap, or use some common sense and only grind where theres meat on the calipers...

 

What's the worse that can happen?

 

...you get fatigue cracks after pressing the brakes "x" amount of times, which then means when you REALLY slam your foot on the brakes, it fully cracks, brake fluid goes everywhere, and you crash....


Dead nuns and kittens everywhere

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFZrzg62Zj0

 

You're going to do what you're going to do regardless of whatever good advice people put up to the contrary. i see dans (worthwhile) posts falling on deaf ears.

good luck with your death trap.

 

good luck with your death trap.

Luck is for the unprepared

 

If you don't want our advice/opinion... why the hell did you even ask?



Go away, and take your lack of mechanical knowledge with you... and your chavvy little car too

 

If you don't want our advice/opinion... why the hell did you even ask?

Urgh, this happens on every single thread I look at. All the wannabe heroes trying to save the day whenever anything vaguely original or in the slightest bit questionable is suggested or shown. I remember all the hate the dude running his ZR on cut springs got. And that recent thread about the VVC metro on standard brakes...

I asked whether 13" wheels will fit over the calipers. I didn't ask for a lecture on the safety of my car nor did I force you to take any interest in what I'm doing. Nor did I ask your opinion of my car, you obviously fail to see the point of it.