Kay0992 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Hi everyone!Im new to this so please be patient!!!!Im currently driving a 2002 1.4 Lupo, Im planning on lowering it and putting some 16" wheels on it.I have a couple of questions which I hope you can help with!Will I be able to put stretched tyres on it if I lower it? And what size tyres will I need for my 16" rims? ThanksKay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete91 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Do you know the specs of the wheels? We'll need to know offset and width and also how much you want to actually lower it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TArosa Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 lowering (substancially) + 16" wheels = sccccccrrrrrrrrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Do you know the specs of the wheels? We'll need to know offset and width and also how much you want to actually lower it.This. Stretched tyres should only really be used if they're actually necessary i.e. - to fix arch clearance or poke issues - not just cos they look cool. Less grip/more lows is an acceptable trade off but less grip/looks scene is just fail imho.Joti's running 16x7J ET40 with straight sidewalls, it's a GTI though & they have bigger arches, and it's not that low. They're on 195/40/16 Toyos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaar Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 15" is probably the biggest I'd go on anything other than a gti.As said though you need to know the width of the wheel before we can reccomend tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulalbion Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Scrubsville! Get 15's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay0992 Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Just checked and width - 7J and offset -35. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koop Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Joti's got 5mm spacers on the front which makes them ET35 so the fronts will be the same as the pic above, the rears will sit another 5mm out. Bare in mind the extra arch width on GTIs though, reckon you'll need stretch to get the tread under non-GTI arches. Arch rolling would also be clever to avoid your arches eating the tyres, and depending how low you want to go might be necessary for the front wheels to clear the arches when turning. I'm not going to tell you not to do it, 15s are easier though tbf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyParanoid Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 mine are 7j et20 and I had to have stretched tyres and arch rolling and it still scrapes over some big bumps in the road that catch me unaware, et35 should be fine with non-stretched tyres, but arch rolling may be a good precaution anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ministig Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 All you people saying 15" max have you ever put a 16" wheel on a lupo?They look great, fill the arches well, no scrubbing with the right tyre choice - rolling radius of a 195/45/15 and 195/40/16 is the same.Mitch's lupo had 16's on - looked greatMy bro has 16" on his lupo tdi - fit very similarly to mine when it was on 15's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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