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| Author: | ArtistKS [ Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ride quality and performance on 14s/15s vs 17s |
I currently have 205/45/17 and am lowered on 40mm springs. The ride is honestly to harsh for me and the roads around here are crap too. I am thinking of going back to stock and embracing the retro 90s look I would need to source oem wheels as my car didn't have them when I got it. I've seen 5 spoke 14s off mx5/323f and quite like them, also seen 15s off an mx5 which I wouldn't mind. Sidewall of those would be 65/60 around that I think. What would the ride be like if I were to get a set of those and go back to my stock springs? Aswell as handling but not too fussed about performance on this car anymore
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| Author: | jinglebells [ Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ride quality and performance on 14s/15s vs 17s |
Hi The stock size for a pre-Ford BA 1500 5door is 175/70 x 13. The option was 185/60 x 14 , which was also standard on the 1800. Your current wheels are already 7% away from that! Some of the special editions had 185/65 x 14. |
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| Author: | Borys S [ Sat Feb 06, 2021 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ride quality and performance on 14s/15s vs 17s |
[quote="ArtistKS"]I currently have 205/45/17 and am lowered on 40mm springs. The ride is honestly to harsh for me and the roads around here are crap too. I am thinking of going back to stock and embracing the retro 90s look I would need to source oem wheels as my car didn't have them when I got it. I've seen 5 spoke 14s off mx5/323f and quite like them, also seen 15s off an mx5 which I wouldn't mind. Sidewall of those would be 65/60 around that I think. What would the ride be like if I were to get a set of those and go back to my stock springs? Aswell as handling but not too fussed about performance on this car anymore [/quote]Hi. I have a 1.8 BA that I have fitted with 15" Eunos MX5 alloys. They are 5 spoke with a tyre size of 195/50/R15 and the car rides quite well. I didn't notice a difference between them and the 14" steelies it started out with. Hope this somewhat helped. |
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