time to get some wheels

[vectra_]

would these fit my 2003 vectra cdxi ???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/18-VAUXHALL-AS...ht_2060wt_1137

and what do you think of the pricee ?

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[ChrisMaz]

Yes

Price. Cheaper than what I paid for Shoddy Snowies.

In all honesty, what you should be asking, after the price of the rims. Is how much is it going to cost to get them to you. Also just noticed, The wheels don't come with rubber so take that into account also.


EDIT: On a C. I'd recommend more than a 1" upgrade from standard. I've got 19" rims and they still look small in the arches.

[vectra_]

ive just sent a msg and asked about the postage...
so you mean i should go for 19s ? but does these rims come in 19 ? and i thought it would be too heavy if i get 19s

[ChrisMaz]

VXR Replicas are deffo available in 19". I'm not saying Buy 19", go for whatever your budget allows. All i'm saying is veccy C arches are big, and 19" rims don't even fill them.

Too heavy how so? Shipping wise? If you go through, I think its parcelmoney.co.uk they do some very good wheels. Unfortunately I didn't hear about this site until I'd received my rims so I paid top dollar for freight via TNT (Which are absolute worthless D Bags from personal experience)

[vectra_]

I mean it might make the car too heavy..

[ChrisMaz]

Bigger wheels, will generally make the car heavier, as there's generally more solid material used in the wheels.... If you want lighter wheels, with a bigger width, you'll be paying TOP PREMIUM dollar. Unless you go for cheap dodgy replicas. Which essentially will be the same weight.

The ZC GTS is a big car, and Driving on 19's personally has had no effect of making the car slower or handling worse than it already does on the stock springs and stock rims. The 19" rims give a harsher ride, yes. But overall if you want a better handling CDXi then performance springs and shocks coupled with bigger rims and better tyres are the way to go.

All I can say. It handles a whole lot better than a commodore (HSV included), falcon, Mazda 6 AND 3, Aurion and marginally worse than a B5 A4.

The vectra is made as a safe, family cruiser. If you wish to thrash it as much as I do, you'll need new springs and new shocks, and trust me, it still won't handle like you want it too :P, yet FWD, its obviously going to under steer. But FWD isn't a bad thing. You know how its going to "kick" / "slide" / "Continue in a straight line" once it loses grip, and yet, it holds grip almost twice as much as a comparable RWD. My boat of a vectra destroys commodores of the same age and performance around a track purely because it can keep accept reasonable acceleration 3/4 of the way through a corner.

[vectra_]

the guy said, arrenge your own delivery how do i do that _? im confused... http://www.parcelmonkey.co.uk/ these guys look cheap but dont know how to arrenge it.

[gmonkey]

Might be a question worth asking the seller and courier

[PS88]

I was going to buy 19 VXR's from UK but there was too much Hassle with shipping, ended up buying these instead.
New rims.jpg

[Ice]

they 19"...they will look good !