Wheels

Hi guys.I have an opportunity to buy really cheap 19" wheels.I am wondering are they going to fit on the car?What tires i need to make it fit?
Right now I have 225-35-18.And they are perfect.Just wondering how it will look with 19" wheels.Anyone have any experience?

I think it will look 'over-wheeled' on 19's imo.
Tyres are an issue as ideally you would need a 215 30 19 but this size doesn't exist.
The nearest I can find is 215 35 19 which is just under an inch bigger than stock tyres.

Well,i understand what you mean.But i am big fan of big wheels.I hoped that someone has some experience with 19 inch.And those wheels are new and really cheap 220 euros.

I could not resist,so i bought the wheels.
We will see how they fit.

We will need pictures.

Hopefully soon.

I hope you have some extremely flat roads in Serbia or healthy teeth or both

Haha what can i say,i am fanatic.
But i moved to Sweden so roads are much better here.

They look like this.
Now I need tyres.

Very nice , post some photos once fitted

No problem

Might be worth comparing rolling radius on those compared with the standard tyres. Any increase will affect your ride height and speedo reading.

Also the offset/ET. Changes to that will affect scrub radius. That can lead to interesting steering characteristics such as sensitivity to bumps and tramlining.

Just checked diameters...

205/50R16 = 611mm
215/30R19 = 612mm
225/35R18 = 615mm

They look nice. It is worth doing a trial fit of the wheels and checking the fronts on full lock both directions and ideally at different suspension drops before you buy tyres - that way you will know if the wheels are OK at least and should get an ideal of any problems that may crop up with tyres fitted.

I really hope they will fit without problems.ET 33,so hopefully its ok.Also i have D2 coilovers so ride height can be easily adjusted.

Certainly a nice looking set of wheels.
Hope it all goes well with finding appropriate tyres etc.

Thanks,we will for sute fix something.😊

Have you got them fitted yet?

Not yet,i need tyres.
But i will post some pictures as soon as i fit them.

Tyres on.



Hopefully tomorrow they are going to the car.
I will post some information about difference between 18" and 19" and how they fit.

BTW its 215/35/19 tire from Kumho.

Wheels on.

nice whats the ride like now with the 19" wheels ?

Like!

The ride is more then ok for such a big wheels.I have small scratching in the back,but its really easy to fix.

It looks sexy. Wow.

Very nice...they certainly "fill" the arches!

Nice! The rear brakes look tiny now though!

Yes,front brakes are 330mm and they look ok.But the rear brakes looks like from Punto.

I'm still looking past the car at the garage. So clean, and big...

Is it just me?

That is one lovely Coupe though....

Few more pictures with 19" wheels.

Very nice

nice

They are really nice and i must say, that the wheels look in proportion with the car!
I always felt the standard 16" were just a bit too small (aesthetically)

Do you get any rubbing on full lock?
Are they catching on the rear? i assume that's what you meant by "scratching"

I fixed all catching with a little bit of work.
Now i do not have any problems.Still my car is lowered a lot with adjustable D2 coilovers.

I thought 19's would look too big for the coupe, but they do look very nice!

I am really happy with them.

Chris Bangle agrees with you - it's something he was quoted as saying in a recent magazine article. I think the 16s look OK on original coupes with black sills, but with the LE/plus kit I think the car needs bigger wheels.

Those 19s do look the business!

Incidentally, I was parked next to a new Jag F-Pace recently that had massive 22 inch wheels. My coupe looked like a toy car by comparison. It reminded me just how small the coupe is by modern standards.

Looks excellent. How does it feel to drive and handle?

The wheels look great as does the garage with a pit.

Ride comfort is not a problem to me because i had 225-35-18 before .They are almost same.Its more then ok.
Handling suffered a little bit,because the car is almost 1 cm higher then before.But this is definitely not a race setup.So when you want to go really "wild" its better to have smaller wheels.17" is i think perfect for that purpose.Tires are lot cheaper and you are closer to the ground.

Looks perfect Bojke, 19"s are just right for the car, it now looks in proportion instead of looking like a skateboard with little wheels. I've always been a fan of +2 on standard but you've pushed it out to +3 and done it nicely.

Well done.

Thanks.

Since i am a fan of big wheels i had to give it a try.

I think the OE 16" wheels are fine as long as the car is lowered. If not they just look lost in the abyss of a wheel arch.....

Whilst we're on the subject - does anyone know of any car previous to the LE that came with factory 'darkened' Alloys?