question about 15's wheels

[jacesfestiva]

i love those wheels on there, looks awesome, what brand are they?

[rolla4me]

well i can tell you from experiance, the 185/60/14s WILL rub the spring perch in the rear during cornering (6" rim w/ 35mm offset) unless you use the aspire rear struts.

if you have 14x6 rims w/ 38mm offset and 185/60/14 tires, then the tires will rub all the time using festy struts. no rubbing with the aspire struts.

ok... can i use the FMS festiva springs to the Aspire Strut?

YES, and if you go that route, i suggest you also find rims with 38-40mm offset so the tire will tuck under the rear fender during suspention jounce without anving to roll the lip excessivly.

kool! the rims that i bougth is +40 offsets.. then i'll go w/ aspire shocks w/ FMS festiva springs.. thanks!

[DuritzCrows17]

Well, i bought me a use sets of 14's today. They are Sprint Hart CP.. Now, I need to do the Aspire conversion..

I'v got a set of wheels on my turbo festiva that are very similar to these. I got them on ebay, they are called Drag DR-16's and they are 15x7. They fit perfectly on my festiva with KYB GR-2 Aspire struts front and back, FMS Aspire lowering springs with 3 coils cut off each side in the rear, a manual Aspire break upgrade front and back with Toyo Proxes T1R tires 195/45/15. I have absolutley no rubbing or clearence issues what so ever however I do spin threw 4th geat so a bigger tire is desired.

[Pocket_Rocket]

^--What offset are you running on those?

[rolla4me]

^--What offset are you running on those?

+40

[DuritzCrows17]

^--What offset are you running on those?

+40

That sounds right.

[Pocket_Rocket]

So that means I could use a 15X7 wheel in a 35mm offset (that would put the wheel further from the shock towers if I am not mistaken) without rubbing the spring perch; but I guess I may have clearance issues with the fenders, correct? I am asking a lot of questions about wheels lately because I finally found a wheel that I want really badly, and the only size they got that's closest to fitting a Festiva is 15X7 in a 35mm offset. If the only clearance issue could be rubbing the fenders, I'd more than happily cut them out and put fender flares to run these wheels:

I would take the gunmetal with polished lip version... :love4:

[rolla4me]

hmmmmmmmm looks like Rota RB

[Pocket_Rocket]

Dead right. One of the best looking wheels IMO...