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Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:35 am
by 06salsa
Hi,the day after buying my Vibe I had the Factory rims and hub caps replaced with some aftermarket Konig rims. Looks good but I would like to get rid of some of the space above the tires. Has anyone dropped their Vibe and left the 16's on? How does it look?Thanks
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (06salsa)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:54 am
by Mrizzle05
a few people have... and they look good. check out the genvibe garage!dellarosaj or merzbow have it dropped with 16'swelcome to the site and enjoy the fun and vast amounts of info on your car
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (06salsa)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:18 am
by scherry2
I did and do.
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (scherry2)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:27 am
by Mavrik
Mine is dropped on stock 16" rims which I run in the winter with 17" rims for summer. My car actually sits lower it seems with the 16" on there.
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (Mavrik)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:30 am
by TRDman
Quote, originally posted by Mavrik » My car actually sits lower it seems with the 16" on there.Wouldn't that make sense? The diameter of the 16 inch wheel is smaller than that of the 17, so would it not make sense for the car to sit lower on wheels that were smaller?
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (TRDman)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:27 am
by scherry2
Quote, originally posted by TRDman »Wouldn't that make sense? The diameter of the 16 inch wheel is smaller than that of the 17, so would it not make sense for the car to sit lower on wheels that were smaller? no, because the sidewall of the 16" tire is greater than the 17" tire
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (06salsa)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:45 am
by ArcsVibe
Welcome to the site! I have my car lowered and I kept the 16s on.
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (TRDman)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:48 am
by Mavrik
Quote, originally posted by TRDman »Wouldn't that make sense? The diameter of the 16 inch wheel is smaller than that of the 17, so would it not make sense for the car to sit lower on wheels that were smaller? my 17" tires are approx the same diameter of my 16" tires. P205/55R16 = P215/45R17 However the perfect match would have been P225/45R17 but that would have cost more $$$
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (Mavrik)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 10:59 am
by BlueCrush
Here is mine when it was dropped and on 16's"BEFOREAFTEROr you can do the half drop - front only!
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (BlueCrush)
Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 11:08 am
by ColonelPanic
Or you can do the half drop - front only! LOL! It should be some ol' beat up RWD muscle car looking like that.
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (ColonelPanic)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:00 am
by ZubenElGenubi
Here's mine before/after the drop using Tein H-Tech's and Enkei 16's:
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (ZubenElGenubi)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:04 am
by Mrizzle05
OKay.... so i have the hotchkis springs... wondering how all the posted ones have an even drop or close to. mine the rear fender is just above the tire. and the front fender is about an 1" or 3/4" above the tire?Is it the springs or did i do something wrong?
Re: Dropping my Vibe and leaving the 16's (06salsa)
Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:11 am
by NascarXprt
i too have dropped my vibe and have the stock 16's on.