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    I'm looking to buy some aftermarket Rims but I don't know where to look or prices please help!

  • #2
    fms has some. other than that look for any thing with a 4x114.3 bolt pattern. 15" wheels are pretty much the max sized wheel you can put on the car. Dont get a tire over 195/45/15 either. offset should be 38mm but you can get away with 40mm but you might need spacers.

    thats pretty much it.
    Ian Carr
    88' flat black festy, has an e-brake that works!
    99' S70 T5M- faster DD
    86' 951- almost ready for track season

    My old b6t- wish i still had it
    http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2241793

    Every car I have owned has had a turbo in it, until I bought this latest festiva.. I plan to fix that though.

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    • #3
      If you go 16" will I need to change any thing? Thanks

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      • #4
        The wheel well isn't that big to fit 16 in very easily. I think some one did but they said it was a lot of work.
        It's a good thing you don't read the stickies, you might of learned something.Poverty produces creativity

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        • #5
          i run a 195/50r15 tire on a 15x6.5 wheel

          i know for a fact unless you use aspire struts and trim its even tough to get these on... rears are not a big deal, but the fronts are tough, presonally IMHO i think anything over a 15" wheel looks too big for the car... the 15's look like 17's compared to a normal sized car...
          1992 Festiva... BP-T, Escort G5MR, no crossmember, aspire brakes, Megasquirt, Toyota COP's, coilovers and 6 puck SPEC clutch!

          T3/T4 Turbo Power! G5MR and BP since '04!

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          • #6
            i got 15's on mine with 195/50/15 tires and have quarter inch spacers to make them fit they are extremely tight fit on the rear but they fit, 16's may take some modifying to put on

            1988 323 Station Wagon - KLG4 swapped
            1988 323 GT - B6T Powered
            2008 Ford Escape - Rollover Survivor

            1990 Festiva - First Ever Completed KLZE swap (SOLD)

            If no one from the future stops you from doing it, how bad of a decision can it really be?

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            • #7
              16's you will need to roll the fender lip really good and also you will need to run coil overs so you can cut off the spring perch essentially. even then turning radius and hitting the fender liner is going to happen.

              go with 15's and get the 195/45/15s and be happy.

              p.s. go with a 38 mm off set because with 40mm you are more likely to hit the trailing arm (sway arm?) in the rear with a 195/50/15
              Ian Carr
              88' flat black festy, has an e-brake that works!
              99' S70 T5M- faster DD
              86' 951- almost ready for track season

              My old b6t- wish i still had it
              http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2241793

              Every car I have owned has had a turbo in it, until I bought this latest festiva.. I plan to fix that though.

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              • #8
                Guys,

                Do you think there will be a problem if I go with 15s with the 195/45/15 and an aspire brake swap? The wheel is a 15x6.5 and I want to make sure I'm not killing my car on turns.

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                • #9
                  what about 14s? do most of them fit on pretty easily?
                  89 L, hopefully returning from the dead soon with a little more power... :twisted:
                  http://www.fordfestiva.com/forums/sh...77-my-89-build
                  92 integra, daily driver, broke a clutch disc, sold
                  New dd, 02 Nissan sentra, 1.8 5 spd

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                  • #10
                    You mean guys that going with 15's 195/45/15s will be just plug and play?? Or plug and pray

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                    • #11
                      Stay with 15 or smaller. Im running a 16x7 in the ront of a rwd conversion and It needs a lot of modifing.
                      money pit

                      No spitters were I work, you swallow it all. The Company feels if you already have it in your mouth why waste it.

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                      • #12
                        [quote="muscle_car1"]what about 14s? do most of them fit on pretty easily?
                        Like 195/45 r14's?



                        Toyo Proxesn they work real good in the snow. :drunken: By that I mean its fun to spin tires.
                        It's a good thing you don't read the stickies, you might of learned something.Poverty produces creativity

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                        • #13
                          ^^They have to suck in the snow!^^
                          Brian
                          http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2274977



                          93 GL modyfied!!!
                          :fish:

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                          • #14
                            Hence the
                            Toyo Proxes they work real good in the snow. :drunken: By that I mean its fun to spin tires.
                            It's a good thing you don't read the stickies, you might of learned something.Poverty produces creativity

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