Wheels for the VR6...help please

[dom123]

ouch black on black...doesn't sound very nice i was thinking like a frosted silver or silver and like u said a simple 5 or six spoke pattern...16s or 17s???yeah if u could photoshop a few that would be great

this is an image of it,if it doesnt work the car is on carsales,1994 vr6 in ettalong

[golf3]

Hold up!

If it's a VR6, then the stock BBS's are 15". Regardless of this, when you get new wheels, say 17", the overall diameter of the wheels with tyres does not change because the tyres would be smaller. The rolling diameter does not change, because if it did, then your speedo would be out of whack, and the car therefore illegal.

Interestingly enough, I found that I scraped less with the car lowered, because the front wouldn't sag as much when going up driveways at say 15km/h...

Even so, I have a lower Euro style front lip, and who cares if it scrapes, they're $80 and durable as hell!!!

To rid yourself of the problem, bigger wheels will do nothing. Either fix the driveway (get the council to put some asphalt in the gutter bit- should be free), put in stock suspension, or sell the car....

Good luck in your voyage!

[Mrk_Mickey]

Don't they change that on your speedo?...somehow?...

surely all the guys driving hilux's and souped up rexxies with like 500" rims would need their speedo's to work around all those cops

[golf3]

The car's speedo sensor is straight off the diff...

To alter that, someone would need to measure the resistance of the sensor, and then install a inline resistor, and somehow manage to calibrate it all... Probably with a rolling road dyno...

I don't think so!

Good luck running 17" wheels with 225/60R17 tyres...

Thankyou, come again!

[runamuk]

yeah fair enough ,but its that bad that i wont be able to get it up my driveway and the lower skirt on the front bumper already has a fair chunk missing cause it scraped. people say theres no such thing as too low thats bull.

Wheels won't make a difference, the rolling diameter is roughly the same.

Even on stock bouncies, a VR6 is a lower car than a GL golf, and the sump is much lower, as well as the lip going lower if its got a VR lip.

You're really going to have to learn how to deal with the car being low, any sports car will be.

[DubSteve]

Sean the diamater would change when I had the Porsche wheels, they were 16s and overall with a 40 profile they were a tad smaller, with the 17s they will be a bigger diamater than the 15s.

But for a vr6 with lowness and this is also on Coilovers:

[dom123]

thanks heaps guys you've really helped take it easy on me ay its my first car lol!ill let u all no how it goes n ill get some pictures up! oh and steve or any of your for that matter do you know where i can pick up one of thos lower front skirts on the front bumper will need a new one???

[Golf Houso]

Sean the diamater would change when I had the Porsche wheels, they were 16s and overall with a 40 profile they were a tad smaller, with the 17s they will be a bigger diamater than the 15s.

But for a vr6 with lowness and this is also on Coilovers:

Haha your just looking for any excuse to post pictures of your car aren't you?

Theres a forum member names Tim, who should be getting a shipment soon, he's selling them for 75 a set. PM him

[runamuk]

thanks heaps guys you've really helped take it easy on me ay its my first car lol!ill let u all no how it goes n ill get some pictures up! oh and steve or any of your for that matter do you know where i can pick up one of thos lower front skirts on the front bumper will need a new one???

Hey, if you're looking to sell your VR lip, I may been keen on buying it... depending on how scratched it is. My VR has a GL or CL lip which you could buy, it's in fairly good nick too