Will putting 17's on my 1.2 kill the acceleration?

[ibiza64]

Hi there,

seen a lovely set of ibiza cupra/leon fr 17" alloys for sale and wondered if i get them will it kill off the acceleration of the car? (no comments about it having none in the first place!) also what other downsides are there? i presume they fit ok? 5 stud etc etc. possible arch rubbing at the front? running 20mm spacers on the rear currently. any advice will be appreciated. thanks you very much

Gareth

 

[Slimy]

If you use low profile tyres to keep the circumference the same (which you should to keep the speedo accurate) then they won't make any difference to the acceleration.

 

[ibiza64]

ah ok brilliant - so what size tyre would i be looking at? 225/45/17 is whats on the 17" not sure about mine currently - originally the car came with the 14" steelies as standard. then i brought some sx 15".

thnks for the reply slimy

 

[Slimy]

Plug the numbers into this;

http://www.etyres.co.uk/tyre-size-calculator.htm

As an example, if your current tyres are 195 65 15 then it's all good.

 

[abbotsmike]

The size won't, the extra weight will make a difference, couldn't tell you whether or not it will be noticeable though.