help with rims

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ddt
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Re: help with rims

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75glnt wrote:Anyone able to do a siggy turbo wheel?? Might be cool :)
Or a set of rb's. black, 16/17x7-0 :)
Ahhh, I'm a pain in the arse :P
Check out GB_BB4C's "GB hardtop" with turbo rims here:
http://www.sigma-galant.com/viewtopic.p ... 9ba#p71468

Not sure what "rb's" are? Are they like a minilite type wheel?
Personally, I think you have to be careful with barrels larger than 15in on a GA/GB. It's a small car- overly large wheels can easily upset the proportions, especially if ride height is close to stock.
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Re: help with rims

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Yea I've seen the colt :) that thing is porn! :P

Ride height at the moment is 35mm lower. I'm going another 30mm later on. Rb's are similar to superlites. Just glorified. Rota RB is the wheel in particular.

I have 17x7 +25 Fox V4's at the moment with stock struts. And they're flush up front. Gh struts will bring em in 40mm. So a 7" -0 will be sweet. Was thinking 16x7 and 16x8 -0 (or +4 with the Rota's. as that's the closest to 0 with them).

Run a 205/40r16, and it should all be close to legal :)
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Re: help with rims

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Just make sure you have the struts fitted and measured up BEFORE buying wheels. I personally can not see how the Sigma strut narrows front track, just because people have been saying it on here for a while does not necessarily make it so.
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Re: help with rims

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Maybe the hub assembly etc is narrower?? I'll find out once they're on. I'll put my mags back on and see if its changed.
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Re: help with rims

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A112H wrote:Just make sure you have the struts fitted and measured up BEFORE buying wheels. I personally can not see how the Sigma strut narrows front track, just because people have been saying it on here for a while does not necessarily make it so.
Well, my 2 Green Galants have standard struts, my Brown one has GH Struts, and 77galantv6 has GJ onwards struts on his.
Maybe I should get the front rims off them all and do a measurement from hub face to hub face, but I can guarantee, putting Sigma struts on a Galant, narrows the front track.

The 13x6 +5 rims from my Galant wagon don't even get near the lip on the guard on 77galantv6's car, they sit in so far they look stupid.

Edit: BTW, I do agree with bolting up and measuring after the struts are in place, just to make sure you get your measurements right.
No point buying rims that wont fit.

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