Glanza V - Wheels Question

[GeordieSaid]

Hi all,

I was thinking of changing my current wheels and would like to have any ideas what wheels / colour can I get for my V. Below is my Glanza with the current 17inch wheels.



I was going for the below 16inch wheels.



Any other ideas?

 

[sanchez]

Yeah deffo go for 16s or 15s mate, much better ride with that size.
What wheel you want is down to you though mate, as its your car

 

[joshassassin]

i think there are too many spokes imo
what about grids if you get the drift spec ones you can get 16X8 i think

 

[GeordieSaid]

i think there are too many spokes imo
what about grids if you get the drift spec ones you can get 16X8 i think

I was also looking at some grids. The drift spec are also great, thanks for the post .

 

[nicky_glanza]

rota gt3 or sparco ns02/03's with a chrom lip and a mid blue centre! would look ticketyboo oh an make sure there 14/15 inch

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thats a pic of my sparcos when they were painted, but against your silver/light blue glanza a really deep mid blue would be awsum! or red

 

[Shorty]

15" = WIN!! i used to run 16" and they are good and fill the arch nice but 15's make a good bit of difference to handaling bud, and lieght wieght 15's will help with the acceleration a bit too

 

[GeordieSaid]

Hi All,

Thanks for the ideas above, today I am going to check some rims and will keep you updated .

 

[JasonGlanza]

go 15s mate, best combination for a starlet or maximum 16s (although i prefer 15s).

 

[dark_knight]

@ JasonGlanza; What tire profile would you suggest for 16s..? 205/45..? 195/50..?
Thinking of upping to 16s from 14s. Had wanted to do 17s but too much negativity around that rim size on a Starbo so I got discouraged so looking at 16s..

 

[Vincent-ep91]

i would suggest 195/50 tyre. a friend of mine had 15 inch byddy club p1`s with 195/45 federal tyres.
and on our bad roads they got a very hard life.
the expression he had for them was "wibbley-wobbley-wonders" (after the icee-cream) haha
195/50=less chance of your wheels getting buckled
15 inch=great looks

 

[dark_knight]

195/50/R16 won't fill up the arches too much and start giving me rubbing trouble..?
This tire upgrade is set for a Glanza V I recently sourced. I have an N/A rolling on 205/50/R15 and it's great, both looks and handling but I wanted to experiment with the 16s or 17s..
What do you think..?

 

[Vincent-ep91]

iv had 17inch wheels with a 205 tyre width on a previous starlet. they rubbed and scraped like mad and scraped on the inner arch when i locked the wheels.
iv also had 14 inch wheels for ages and had no problem but they look far too skinny from behind and dont fill out the arches.
i would reccomend 15 inch with 195/50 tyre. its the best happy mediun between size, looks, fitment ect..

 

[dark_knight]

Nice. OK then. I can also just get 195/50/R15 for the new Starbo..
Thanks mate.