Bigger Wheels For A Ke70

[Mybowlcut]

Hey guys.

 

Yeah, so I ditched the idea of a 4AGE conversion since it turns out I have no money. Instead I'm going to do small things to my KE70 whenever I get the cash. I'm thinking about getting bigger wheels.. I don't know if I'm even using the right terminology! Haha. Something like this. I'm looking for something a tiny bit thinner in width.. skinnier? ... Would I need to change anything on the car if I did get bigger wheels? I think they look cool, but I haven't seen any on a ke70 that hasn't been lowered... or atleast I think I haven't. If anyone knows of pictures of a ke70 with chunky wheels that hasn't been lowered, could you link me to it? Also, how much would a set of wheels around this size cost?

 

Cheers. :P

Edited February 21, 2008 by Mybowlcut

[Mybowlcut]

Ok... maybe I should re-phrase? What wheels would you recommend for a KE70 if I wanted to go a bit bigger?

[Rollaboy2608]

you may as well forget about it if you arent going to go wider, as this provides many benefits, including increased grip and improved steering response.

If you're on a budget, and it sounds like you are, a set of 14x7 or 15x7 wheels will look better, and give you some slight performance enhancements as well in terms of road handling. In fact, 6 inches would probably be an improvement, as I would assume that a KE70 has pretty skinny wheels to begin with??

Edited February 26, 2008 by Rollaboy2608

[Boost+k]

its a pretty broad question and I'm sure most people stop ready as soon as they get to the skinny bit, to make your car handle better you want more track (wheels that stick out further) and normally wider. Unless by skinny you mean streached tyres... i.e wide rims with dish and skinny tyres with massive sidewall angle???????

edit: i re-read and you mean skinnyer than the pic you showed?

 

you should prob be looking for a 14x7 with a +10 offset to suit a ke70 or 15x7 with +10 to +20

i wouldnt go bigger than 15's but if i were leaving it standard height i'd just go with some tidy/cheap 14x6.5's with a 0 offset or something.

[Mybowlcut]

its a pretty broad question and I'm sure most people stop ready as soon as they get to the skinny bit, to make your car handle better you want more track (wheels that stick out further) and normally wider. Unless by skinny you mean streached tyres... i.e wide rims with dish and skinny tyres with massive sidewall angle???????

edit: i re-read and you mean skinnyer than the pic you showed?

 

you should prob be looking for a 14x7 with a +10 offset to suit a ke70 or 15x7 with +10 to +20

i wouldnt go bigger than 15's but if i were leaving it standard height i'd just go with some tidy/cheap 14x6.5's with a 0 offset or something.

Yeah I meant skinnier than the pic; so I'd like something wider, chunkier, whatever you call it than what I have now. I don't know the right words for it so what I'm asking for probably doesn't make sense... but basically I want wider wheels like the one in the photo. :yes:

[LittleRedSpirit]

Hey bud. Increase width not rolling diameter. That will give you more traction. Plus, if you increase the diameter of the wheel, you change your final drive ratio. Therefore your car will become slower, but have lower rpm at 100 and a higher top speed. Not necessarily good things in a car with zero torque from the factory. The guys above have the right idea. 14s and 15s are plentiful, you will find most 80s rwd jap cars have the correct stud pattern. Its 4 x 4.5 inches or as we say, 4 x 114.3 if you were wondering.

 

As far as what will fit, thats really determined by a number of factors such as offset of the rim, diameter of the wheel, rolling diameter and how much stretch the tyre has. Its a bit of trial and error. The offsets mentioned above will fit easy. Probably the biggest width you will make fit easy is an 8j, but 7j are plenty and will fit in a wider range of offsets. 6s are fine too, at the end of the day most people seem to stretch the tyre over them so they run the same size tyre on anywhere from an 9j to a 5.5j, just the looks change in that case, not so much traction as its still the same tyre. If the point is to get more traction its hard to get bigger than a 205 on the car in a decent offset.

[Mybowlcut]

Hey bud. Increase width not rolling diameter. That will give you more traction. Plus, if you increase the diameter of the wheel, you change your final drive ratio. Therefore your car will become slower, but have lower rpm at 100 and a higher top speed. Not necessarily good things in a car with zero torque from the factory. The guys above have the right idea. 14s and 15s are plentiful, you will find most 80s rwd jap cars have the correct stud pattern. Its 4 x 4.5 inches or as we say, 4 x 114.3 if you were wondering.

Hey. :cool:

 

I just looked up on stud patterns and understand them now... but what do you mean by correct? Correct as in I won't have to get another rim to put on a bigger tyre? Haha I'm guessing and still probably using the wrong words. :yes:

 

As far as what will fit, thats really determined by a number of factors such as offset of the rim, diameter of the wheel, rolling diameter and how much stretch the tyre has. Its a bit of trial and error. The offsets mentioned above will fit easy. Probably the biggest width you will make fit easy is an 8j, but 7j are plenty and will fit in a wider range of offsets. 6s are fine too, at the end of the day most people seem to stretch the tyre over them so they run the same size tyre on anywhere from an 9j to a 5.5j, just the looks change in that case, not so much traction as its still the same tyre. If the point is to get more traction its hard to get bigger than a 205 on the car in a decent offset.

I couldn't find any info on 8js, 7js, etc. If I went into a tyre shop, what should I ask for if I wanted a tyre a bit wider than the standard ke70? I don't want anything major just a bit wider, and plan later to get mags (if that has affects any of this).

 

Cheers. :P