largest rim size on EL??

finnyman · 20-11-2006, 07:33 PM

i went to a place last week enquiring about 19"s and they said the largest they could fit on an EL is 18's, they said they tried 19"s and they wouldnt fit unless u made sum type of mod, is this true?? or do u think that 19"s would just have fatter tyres like 245/255 or sumthing. i was thinkin that u could get 19"s with 235 wide maybe?

niko · 20-11-2006, 07:40 PM

i've seen 20" rims fitted to an EB with some mods and 19" without mods

ROOSTA · 20-11-2006, 07:40 PM

On my ED i am running 245/35 R 19..

No scrubbing or anything.. Wat was the mod they said u had to do?

Cheers,
Nik

UltraLowEd · 20-11-2006, 07:41 PM

I work at bob jane and 19" wheels will fit, depending how low your car is you might need to roll the guards, we fitted 20s on a el as well.

RG · 20-11-2006, 07:44 PM

19's will fit but they won't be legal.

snypereb · 20-11-2006, 07:48 PM

Im running my 19's soon with just a camber kit!!

EFFalcon · 20-11-2006, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR8220

19's will fit but they won't be legal.

who said?

RG · 20-11-2006, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by EFFalcon

who said?

Vicroads and insurance companies.

[Tonko] · 20-11-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR8220

Vicroads and insurance companies.

i thought you couldnt change the rolling diameter by more than 2 inches.
we put a 15" tyre next to a 20 and the 20 was a little smaller

RG · 20-11-2006, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TonkoXR8

i thought you couldnt change the rolling diameter by more than 2 inches.
we put a 15" tyre next to a 20 and the 20 was a little smaller

That's what I said to them and they didn't care.

finnyman · 20-11-2006, 07:56 PM

im in NSW and they said that without custom fittin them they wont fit they will scrub, my car rides low but if u guys are runnin 19's then thats enough said, maybe just get the guards rolled but that cracks the paint as well

EFFalcon · 20-11-2006, 07:57 PM

who didnt care?
vic roads or insurance company? i couldn't actually find any regulations reguarding rim size, only overall diametre.
insurance is a different story, but obviously differs by insurance company

ROOSTA · 20-11-2006, 07:57 PM

According to vic road, Vic RWC and insurance i am all legal.. And my car had 14"s on it..

Cheers,
Nik

RG · 20-11-2006, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by EFFalcon

who didnt care?
vic roads or insurance company? i couldn't actually find any regulations reguarding rim size, only overall diametre.
insurance is a different story, but obviously differs by insurance company

Both, I gave them all the dimensions (when I had the EL this was) and neither Vicroads or RACV would have a bar of it.

UNEZED · 20-11-2006, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR8220

Vicroads and insurance companies.

I herd vic roads scrapped that rule

Christiaan · 20-11-2006, 08:08 PM

You are allowed 1" wider than the largest rim available on that model.

I don't know whether or not there's a rule for larger diameter, but with larger diameter, usually comes larger width.

EL GT had 17 x 8.5, so the largest wheel you could go would be X x 9.5".

RG · 20-11-2006, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ed roars

I herd vic roads scrapped that rule

Vicroads make things easier for people to mod their cars...never

EBFalcs · 20-11-2006, 08:14 PM

EL XR8 and XR6 had 17 inch rims, so that model car had 17's as an option therefore 19's should be legal.

RG · 20-11-2006, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EBFalcs

EL XR8 and XR6 had 17 inch rims, so that model car had 17's as an option therefore 19's should be legal.

EL XR8 had 16's, the GT had 17's and the rule is just under 2" just to annoy people.

Rmyers · 20-11-2006, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR8220

Vicroads make things easier for people to mod their cars...never

I woulda kicked up a big fuss and asked to speak to someone who knew what they were on about. As john said, there's nothing in the regulations regarding RIM diameter, only overall tyre diameter. Ask them to show you exactly were it says that you can't have 19's. I know Turbo Tony wen't to vic roads regarding the offset placement of his number plate, the woman at the counter said he hadto move it and he asked to speak to someone else. The guy said it was all good and didn't infringe on any of the regulations...

RG · 20-11-2006, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Rmyers

I woulda kicked up a big fuss and asked to speak to someone who knew what they were on about. As john said, there's nothing in the regulations regarding RIM diameter, only overall tyre diameter. Ask them to show you exactly were it says that you can't have 19's...

BASTARDS...oh well.

335JET · 20-11-2006, 08:30 PM

from what i understand the rule is + or - 15mm of the rolling diameter of the tyre.
so if you go 19's than your profile will have too be fairly small, like 35 or so.

EBFalcs · 20-11-2006, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR8220

EL XR8 had 16's, the GT had 17's and the rule is just under 2" just to annoy people.

i thought the EF/EL XR rims were 17's, the curved 5 spoke ones

EFFalcon · 20-11-2006, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by EBFalcs

i thought the EF/EL XR rims were 17's, the curved 5 spoke ones

16", copies were available in 16" and 17"

niko · 20-11-2006, 08:49 PM

or buy a gt and you can go 19" and no one will complain! :P 17's from factory wern't they?

XR6_661 · 20-11-2006, 08:53 PM

Wider is better :-)

FRDXR6 · 20-11-2006, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by niko

or buy a gt and you can go 19" and no one will complain! :P 17's from factory wern't they?

Yep. Some cops with no idea still seem to go by this 2" larger myth, but even if they insist on defecting you take it up with their senior or Vicroads and you'll get off....a mate had a cop pull him in over in a non-turbo silvia and he spent 20 minutes looking for the turbo insisting that all those cars were turbo! Some cops just have no idea of the rules they are meant to be enforcing

RG · 20-11-2006, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FRDXR6

Yep. Some cops with no idea still seem to go by this 2" larger myth, but even if they insist on defecting you take it up with their senior or Vicroads and you'll get off....a mate had a cop pull him in over in a non-turbo silvia and he spent 20 minutes looking for the turbo insisting that all those cars were turbo! Some cops just have no idea of the rules they are meant to be enforcing

And cops are supposed to know everything about every car are they?

EFFalcon · 20-11-2006, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RedXR8220

And cops are supposed to know everything about every car are they?

if they're trying to enforce a rule, then they should know everything required to enforce that rule.
defecting a non-turbo car while looking for a turbo seems like something he should learn, otherwise don't make the comment about them all being turbo

MrEL · 20-11-2006, 10:06 PM

The load rating on 19" tyres will be what kills you and what they will defect you on. The actual rim size in diameter is a grey area but the load and sped ratings are in black and white which they will get you on.
They do make tyres in a 19" that do have the correct ratings but they is not cheap!