18" Rims

Justin · Post by **Justin** » October 31st, 2001, 8:52 am

Hi guys and girls! Has anyone been successful with putting 18" rims on a GS? If so, what mod's to the car did you have to make....like did you have to cut out the inside a little or did you have to use a kit to slant the tires so it wouldn't touch the fender when you turned. Thanks in advance

texmx3 · Post by **texmx3** » October 31st, 2001, 12:29 pm

my 18 went on perfectly no problems at all but i have not lowered it yet. but some rubbing on the right side

Justin · Post by **Justin** » October 31st, 2001, 1:15 pm

What do you mean by rubbing on the right side? Do you mean touching the fender or inside of the wheel well?

texmx3 · Post by **texmx3** » October 31st, 2001, 4:58 pm

touching inside plastic piece of fender wheel i cut mine off the body of my car

David Witherow · Post by **David Witherow** » October 31st, 2001, 6:19 pm

i put 18" on my car for about a day ( i borrowed them from work and i didnt have any problems at all and i have the 1.3" drop from suspension techniques

93mxrgs · Post by **93mxrgs** » October 31st, 2001, 7:53 pm

18's are ugly, and slow. just my opinion

boostedmx · Post by **boostedmx** » October 31st, 2001, 8:24 pm

I put 18's on my car and it is lowered 3.5 inches. not one rub or scrape yet. If you get the right offset you wont have to worry. 18's look great and didnt make that much of a difference speed-wise, but I cant burn out like i used to---traction is good.

p00onU · Post by **p00onU** » October 31st, 2001, 9:34 pm

On a small car like the MX-3, I think 18's are just toooo big, If you want a nice clean (appropriate) look go with the 17's

precidian · Post by **precidian** » November 2nd, 2001, 2:09 am

I used to think 18s were way to big for the MX-3 but after I bought mine, I totally changed my mind.I have about a 1.5" drop with a set of Apex springs and have not had any rubbing at all.The specs in case you are wondering : 18x8 with a 38mm offset.here are a few pics of the car with 18s.

at importfest.....

they definately look better than the 15s

cheers,

precidian · Post by **precidian** » November 2nd, 2001, 2:14 am

the pic didn't work for import fest.. os here is the link....<A HREF="http://www.premiercompacts.com/cgi-bin/ ... age179.jpg" TARGET=_blank>Importfest, SkyDome</A>cheers,

boostedmx · Post by **boostedmx** » November 4th, 2001, 3:48 pm

That looks "appropriate" to me. sweet rims man. btw -where did you get the front lip spoiler? who makes it?[ November 04, 2001: Message edited by: boostedmx ]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » November 4th, 2001, 4:40 pm

I think that the front lip of his car comes standard witha mx3 GS v6 model... could be wrong.

precidian · Post by **precidian** » November 5th, 2001, 12:03 am

the schin spoiler is the stock one that came with the GS model.here is a pic of the chin spoiler that is currently on my car... it is the one available from TopMix.

cheers,

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