Fitting 19's to a BC-5 Legacy

[Guest]

Hey People,

Have any of you fitted 19's to one of these model legacy's before (Sedan).

Have been looking at a few sets on trade me like this: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=213352099 but not too sure on how well they're going to fit it? I would still want it to be sitting quite low on them..

Just wanting your opinions on how well they'll fit and what the right offset to buy would be etc.

[BC5RA]

+48 offset would be best or higher.

At a stretch +45.

Ride quality will be shit.

[pl0x]

lol im guessing 19's are the new 18's?

[Guest]

Is that offset the same with 18's? and how wide can I go? anyone clued up with this kind of thing?

and pl0x...sorry for trying to be different.

[funkytown]

 tedebare said:

Is that offset the same with 18's? and how wide can I go? anyone clued up with this kind of thing?

and pl0x...sorry for trying to be different.

I used to have 18*8 in my BG5, they were a reasonably tight fit. 19*7 would be better if you could find em (altough more likely to find 19*8 or wider), and you will have to roll the gaurds regardless i think.

Also depends what suspension you are running.

offset is pretty much a phantom - just go and try rims you like, picking things to start with in the 40-50 offset range

[pl0x]

ive got 18 by 7.5, rolled guards and they still rub on inner rear guards, i need more camber or smaller tyres tho got 235/40 r18 on there which is huge

lol i was picking at you just never seen it done before

i rember when it was like mint-17 WOW-18's lol

[BC5RA]

What Twin-turbo's fit doesn't help.

BC5's will fit a 8" rim, but can't fit 225 without some guard rolling and negative camber.

Alternatively you could not lower the car.

[ReubenH]

I'm with CUDDAS on this one, 19's fail, especially on a BC. 17's will do the trick JUST fine.

[Guest]

whats wrong with chrome rims. i think they look great

[GC8E2DD]

I don't like chromes on modern Japanese cars either. Unlike old American muscle cars (on which I think they can look good), modern Japanese cars don't tend to have any chrome on them. I reckon wheels look best when they match the car in some way. Chrome all your bumpers, then put chrome wheels on =P

Besides, chrome wheels are heavy. From a performance perspective, you are increasing unsprung weight which reduces the effectiveness of your suspension. One of the reasons you would put aftermarket wheels on your car is to reduce unsprung weight. Unless it is a show car, and then I guess you don't really care how it handles.

[ReubenH]

I actually retract my former statement. 32's For Teh Shizzle:

[Guest]

I think my 350z looked really good with chromes