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scooby555
Friday 14th October 2005, 13:33
i have 17" alloys on now but been looking at some 18" but will the car handle like pants with the 18" on just find the standerd rims to spokey very hard to keap clean..

TangoDeltaSierra3
Friday 14th October 2005, 13:41
Go for 20s, you know yer wanna!

scooby555
Friday 14th October 2005, 14:07
lol like the look of 18" but will i lose some handling also looking in to Eibach springs are they ok with 18" alloys on ?

Liddo
Friday 14th October 2005, 14:41
Im getting some 18,s off Ebay! 565 delivered, but no tyres! This place looks good for Wheels and Tyres though!

http://swtyres.co.uk/wheels/volvo_prestige/m15


:)

grumpybob
Friday 14th October 2005, 15:32
Have a look here also as we get an extra discount for the forum.

http://www.rochfordtyres.co.uk/product.asp?P_ID=645&strPageHistory=search&strKeywords=5x108%20et35,5x108%20et38,5x108%20et40 ,5x108%20et42,5x108%20et45&numPageStartPosition=3&strSearchCriteria=any&PT_ID=all

Bob

siamblue
Friday 14th October 2005, 15:49
I know it is a different model but i started off with 16s then progressed to 17s and now have 18s on my S70, I find the 18s handle a lot better but the ride is harsher as i have 35 profile tyres on them now, it felt better with 40 profiles on but it used to rub like mad so i had to make the sacrifice i do like the look of the 35 profile though :)

aeroresh
Friday 14th October 2005, 19:23
I know Im biased and they're horendously expensive but HEICO rims look ace and they're dead easy to clean!



http://www.heicosportiv.de/public/images/hs6.jpg

Also Radius R6s are a good choice

http://www.radius-autotech.com/newgallery/r6/V70_R6_18big.jpg

Wobbly Dave
Friday 14th October 2005, 23:59
Went past a C70 parked up on 18" or 19" inch OZ 5 spoke rims and thought they looked pretty cool...http://www.bigwheels.net/wheels/oz/canyon.jpg

scooby555
Saturday 15th October 2005, 10:02
nice alloys them but not cheap. went and looked at some 17" r wheels £550 with tyres but looked to small.