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 17" Wheels?
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HaboMaster
Newbie

Joined: 04 May 2004
Posts: 9

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 4:35 am

Does 17 inch wheels fit a p1 chammy without fixing the wheel-archs? If not, what do you have to do to make them fit? I have only 15" today and that seem to small, 17 would fill up much better Smile
Chris H
Forum Moderator

Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Mon May 31, 2004 4:45 am

they fit no bother, so do 18's.

I ran the 1.4 about with 17's on the rear lowered about 50mm and it was fine.
HaboMaster
Newbie

Joined: 04 May 2004
Posts: 9

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:41 am

how do I strengthen the rear suspension? I think it's a bit sloppy. The fornt is easy it's just to exchange the springs and dampers, but in the rear there are those torsionbars, do I need to replace them or is it possible to just strengthen them without altering with the ride-height?

One more thing.. what dimension did u have on the 17" tyres? is it possible to go with 205x40 or canu go wider/thicker(?)?
JB
Mr Quoter-vator

Joined: 16 Feb 2004
Posts: 7405

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 11:52 am

205/40 is the norm
Reno1916v
Level 2 User

Joined: 18 Feb 2004
Posts: 51

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2004 1:45 pm

So do 19s Smile
Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:51 am

205 40's is what I ran. Got fed up of the 17's, look great, handles better, the alloys bend on potholes etc.

So i run the 15's.

The rear can't be strengthened, get new shockers as yours are probably knackered.
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