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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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

I used to think 18s were way to big for the MX-3 but after I bought mine, I totally changed my mind.<P>I have about a 1.5" drop with a set of Apex springs and have not had any rubbing at all.<P>The specs in case you are wondering : 18x8 with a 38mm offset.<P>here are a few pics of the car with 18s.<BR> <BR>at importfest.....<BR> <BR>they definately look better than the 15s<BR> <P>cheers,

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

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

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

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