14" steel on Ibiza Sport 100HP?

[sl1ck]

Hi!

I did a search but I'm not definitely sure about this.
I have a 2004 Ibiza Sport, 5 doors, 1.4 petrol with 100hp (74kw), ESP, all disc brakes.
I bought it with 205/45 R16 alloys as standard.
I now have to buy some winter tires and I would go for the cheap 14" ones but I'm not sure they would fit and I need some clarification.

Will there be enough space between the inside of the steel rim and the front brake caliper?

Thank you!

 

[Ibiza 130 tdi]

Welcome to the site! You've got the same size wheels as me....atm. I know you can get budget tyres for around 45 notes. It'd be cheaper than buying rims and tyres! Wouldn't last as long as the better quality tyres obviously...

 

[Ad Lav]

You can buy 16'' steel wheels - the spare should be this size...

 

[sl1ck]

Actualy the thing is that I have an offer for a set of barely used rims+tyres which are 185/60 R14 so I would like to get them if they fit. However they are a bit far away from where I live (Hungary btw ) so I can't realy try them on to check

 

[sl1ck]

Welcome to the site! .

Thank you, nice to be here!

 

[Ad Lav]

Not sure if they'll fit my friend... I know 16'' wheels go over 312mm brakes, guessing the minimum will be 15''?

I wouldn't risk it but if they are cheap...

 

[sl1ck]

As far as I know the brake discs are 256mm but still not sure

 

[Skisbp]

Actualy the thing is that I have an offer for a set of barely used rims+tyres which are 185/60 R14 so I would like to get them if they fit. However they are a bit far away from where I live (Hungary btw ) so I can't realy try them on to check

Hi sl1ck,
Welcome to the site. You seem to have my car. Yet our importer here cheaped out & gave us 15"s 16"s were reserved for the 1.9TDI 130hp Sport. My 15"s are 195/55/VR15...
You can use one of these[http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html] or [http://www.alloywheels.com/TyreCalc.asp] tire calculators to see all alternative size combonations. As well you may find this site {http://www.tyretest.com/index.html} usefull to get opions on tires before buying them.

 

[sl1ck]

FYI:
I made the deal, they fit nicely.

Thank you for the replies

 

[Skisbp]

Keep in mind that with the new combo you'll be about 2.3% off on the spedo rating so 60mph read will really be 58.6...

 

[sl1ck]

Thanks for the info!

 

[Ibiza02]

my 1.2 ibiza with drums runs 14inch steel wheels as standard but i think that the SX which has disc brakes at the rear has 15 inch wheels so i would stick to 15s...

 

[Tom B]

I'm sure the 1.2s run the same brakes as the 1.4 16v (FSIII caliper), I had the same model once upon a time.

Edit - yep, just checked www.vagcat.com and in 2002/3 there were only 2 disc sizes - 256mm and 288mm (PD130 Sport only). 14" 1.2 steel wheels will go on if your caliper has FSIII stamped on it.

 

[Skisbp]

Thought it's been mentioned already that the 1.2 strippies run on "DRUM" only brakes that said I'm nealy positive they still fit...

 

[Tom B]

They still run 256mm brakes on the front, which are bigger than the rear discs.

 

[Guinness]

the 1.2 SX doesnt have rear disks does it?

 

[Rosco906]

my 1.9 tdi has the 256disc's and ran on 14's steels before as thats whats on the spare

 

[Ibiza02]

i have some 14 inch steel wheels with basically brand new continetal tyres on if your interested...