18 or 19 inch wheels on my LC (RS6 replicas)

[Pabs]

Hey peeps

I've decided on my new wheels - Audi RS6 alloys. Love em

But I'm stuck - do i do 18" or 19"??? From the tyre calculator online the 18" will be 3mm bigger in diameter to my current wheels (40 as opposed to 45 profile).
19" would be 6mm bigger (35 profile)

With my lowered car I'd assume that I won't have an issue, although car may need to be raised a tad?

What do u recon guys? 18" RS6's with GSD3's are about £680, or 19's would be second hand I recon (seen some about) for about £720 ish...

Lemme know ur thoughts!

 

[lukecupra2001]

stick to 18s bud.ive seen a few cars with 19inch audi a8 replicas and they look to big.18s just sit nice and dont look out of place.wer did u find the 18s for that price with the f1s on??

 

[Pabs]

Hmmm, well 18's are sensible i suppose.

 

[Brummy]

deffo 18's...... any bigger.. you'll need a fedora hat and a purple suit ! Very pimp-daddy...

 

[lukecupra2001]

yer 19s are to big me thinks unless u got a 4x4.will you be putting the pictures of your fmic on your site when its fitted?

 

[Pabs]

lol ok - don't tell rick that then (he's got 20's hehe)

 

[Pabs]

all pics of all mods will be on my site, don't u worry bout that

 

[lukecupra2001]

good man.will you be getting it on the rollers again to see if makes much difference

 

[Pabs]

of course.... at some point deffo. Just so much to do in the mean time (60k service due in 1k miles - cambelt, water pump, insurance due by end of may, FMIC fitting, wheels...)

And I'm broke. lol

 

[lukecupra2001]

that makes 2 of us. im intersted in a front mount meself thats all and just wanna no if spending all that mula would be worth it!espeacially now the summers here im struggling big time now the its getting warmer.the car dont like it at all

 

[Simsy]

Deffo go 18's. Rs6's are a good choice too. Can't wait to see em on your car.
I'm looking to upgrade my 17's for 18's now but looking for a bargin, cash is tight here too!

 

[CupraSteve]

18's, 19's may kill your acceleration and mess up handling

 

[Pabs]

18's will NOT mess up acceleration or handling - the Cupra R has them as standard so don't see it affecting it in any noticable way at all.
19's I could understand, but bearing in mind the diameter is only 6mm bigger than 17, i still struggle to see how this would mess things up.

Anyway, I think its 18's for me

 

[m0rk]

more weight further out, so the energy required to get them moving / slow them down is more

 

[Pabs]

but can't be that noticable surely??? What are we talking here, microseconds?

 

[Copra]

i havent noticed any difference, and ive gone from the std 16" cupra wheels to 18" rs6 replicas. so your step from 17" to 18" wont be as bad as that even.

 

[bigjode]

35 profile is soooo low aswell, had them on my Focus and my teeth rattled over every pothole!

 

[traumapat]

when i changed to 18 x 7.5 the ride changed loads... better handling but a bit less comfort. cant say i noticed any loss of power but the original wheels felt nippier if that makes sense. ( it would wheelspin quicker )


18s suit the leon best imo

 

[CupraSteve]

pabs i was saying the 19's will kill your acceleration not the 18's.

 

[bigjode]

pabs i was saying the 19's will kill your acceleration not the 18's.

Yeah, no point spending money to make it faster, then spending more on wheels that will make it slower. If it doesn't get too much slower, you will want to drive slower to show off them wheels!