Pics of Festivas with 185/60/R14s

[chrisofna]

if you are talking about my rims they are the triangles. ill try to get a pic.

Yeah, the rims. I currently own an MR2 (1987). It'd be kinda cool to see those rims on a Festiva.

[goodbabbu]

i think its obvious the car will sit higher!
personally, i felt the handled a lot better.. only problem i saw was breaking... damn small brakes...

[joebreck117]

Wow, didn't realize there were so many people running them. How do you guys cope with the Speedo being wrong? Also, I've heard that even though the car sits up higher, the car handles better with this set-up. Any words about it handling-wise?

i just checked an online program and compared to 165/70r12's, a car running 185/60r14's will be going 70 when the speedometer reads 64.9mph

[htchbck]

yeah but find a car with a big digi readout at night and pace them... the festiva speedo seems to read dead on with the 185/60/14s, and a bit higher than it should with the factory tires. And I know GPS units aren't the most accurate guage of speed, but all of them seem to agree with my speedo better when I run the 14s. The protege speedos have the same gearing as the festiva, and they came with 185/60/14s from the factory IIRC so maybe the factory tires just make the speedo read fast, instead of the larger tires making it read slow?

[FestYboy]

htchbck, i've been trying to convince them of the same thing, and no one wants to listen, so i gave up... tried to tell them 3 years ago.

[htchbck]

yeah, I remember that thread I think me and you were the only one that said that were right But yeah, if you just pace a car (like a new civic or something) that has the 3" tall digital dash readout for the speedo, you will see

[rto488]

by using this size tires and rims did you have to do any lifting or anything with the springs thanks

[chrisofna]

From what I've heard all you have to do is make sure the offset is right in order to fit them.

[rto488]

what wheel adapters are you using

[FestYboy]

no adapters, i run a 14x6 w/ a +35 offset and i JUST touch the GR-2 festy rear spring perch durring HEAVY cornering. i did roll the fenders a touch and when the rear is in full jounce (compleatly compressed), the tires kiss the rear bumper support pinch weld.

[rto488]

Oh no !!!!!! Another tire question, sorry, by putting bigger tire on a festiva does this mean that you have to change the braking system to a large onem, just asking thanks for the input

[ejp2fast]

Oh no !!!!!! Another tire question, sorry, by putting bigger tire on a festiva does this mean that you have to change the braking system to a large onem, just asking thanks for the input

by brake system you mean larger calipers... probably not...

[chrisofna]

As long as your not putting 22s on it you should be fine.

[sasquatch]

sorry for the late pics but late is better than never... lol

[chrisofna]

Nice! and thats a crap ton of fog lights!