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Originally Posted by Carib Classics
I've just purchased some 15" wire wheels, are they what you used in your build? One of my major concerns is that the wheel arches are filled. I hate to see kits with undersize wheels, it spoils them for me.
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I have 4.5x14" MGB wheels fitted to mine - they're cheap, easily available and look the part.
The critical thing looks-wise imho is the tyre sidewall height. In this picture my (silver) car is on 70 series tyres and the other two are on 80's (175/70/14 vs 175/80/14).
Once I saw that picture I upgraded to the higher profile tyres and raised the suspension about an inch and a half to allow clearance as I felt the other two cars just had more fifties 'presence'.
That gave me a stance and look that I'm much happier with -
You'll be fine with 15" wheels so long as you get the tyres and suspension settings right. I use this simple calculator to determine whether tyres will fit and how they'll affect the gearing -
http://www.kouki.co.uk/utilities/vis...ize-calculator
Others may disagree but if I were to fit 15's to my car I'd be going for 155/80/15's which would fit, have similar gearing to the tyres already fitted and give the car an authentic 50's look -
http://www.camskill.co.uk/m53b832s47..._155_15_155R15
Good luck with it.
