Discuss Wheels & Tires for the Fit and Jazz
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Is there a reason why you want bigger wheels? IMHO, bigger wheels may look nice but the FIT/Jazz is no SUV. Bigger wheels equals to more weight, not the best situation for performance.
Sometimes I don't get owners(all car owners in general), they want performance but at the same time they also want the bling factor(17" or 18" wheels). You can't have both with the bigger wheel setup. If you want performance, go with a very lightweight 15" wheels. But if performance is not what you are looking for, then go with what pleases you. To each it's own.........
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JET-OUT A Hopeful Future US F.I.T. Owner
Hey Sr20jet! I got it last week. I will post some pics soon. It's raining here everyday. I can't wash the car just yet to get a decent picture.
Dojo, thanks for your valuable inputs.
I have not fully tested it as of now. From the looks of it, the tires visually clear the screw bracket. Btw, I put 5mm spacers on the front wheels. With the +45 offset, the rims were hitting the breaks. But it was perfect at the back. Dojo was right, the Jazz has 2 different offsets.
18" Rims will definitely fit the FIT . There are even unconfirmed reports of 19". I saw one from http://myjffc.proboards30.com. You might want to check it out. I don't know if the owner encountered any problems though. With the correct offset, width, tire size, driving style and maybe a little modification on the rear screw bracker or fenders, there should be no problems.
Guys;
I don't think they should be a problem fitting a 18" rims to Jazz. A lot of Indonesians have their ride fit with 18" and in Malaysia, so far, i only saw a few only dare to do it. Why, because of the road condition ... a lot of manhole!
For me, i didn't go for performance... looks matter... so I fit 17" DAD replica 205/40 (http://fitfreak.net/gallery/displayi...album=23&pos=0) .Quite heavy... but i seldom drove it for long distance... so no problem.
Well, like sr20jet said...depends what u want with ur car... performance/looks.
There isn't much of a tire size selection in 18's that will FIT properly for the FIT/Jazz. You can go either 205/40-18 or 215/35-18, but either size will present rubbing issues since they are both larger diameter overall from stock(either equipped with 14" or 15"). You are looking at 1/2" larger with 215's and 1" larger with 205's. Since you are all set on 18's, then you will have to deal with the rubbing issues, no way around that.
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JET-OUT A Hopeful Future US F.I.T. Owner
I'm planning to trim off some of wheel to make my rear offset go up to +45 or maybe even +48 from the +43 it is at now. I hope it clears the bumpers now.
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