Mondie Firm Member Donating Members 2,924 Member For: 22y 1m 28d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 04/11/02 02:47 AM Share Posted 04/11/02 02:47 AM Cost us an extra$1500, oh well its only money hey?Because we went for premium brakes we had to cough up another $300 for the spare alloy also. It will all be worth it though.Cant wait!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DZ. Guests Posted 04/11/02 10:17 PM Share Posted 04/11/02 10:17 PM Cost us an extra$1500, oh well its only money hey? You know, it's not the initial cost of upgrading to the 18s that have stopped me from considering them - it's the replacement cost of the tyres! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo Member 249 Member For: 22y 28d Location: Sydney Posted 03/12/02 01:34 PM Share Posted 03/12/02 01:34 PM On the GT 300kw thingy .. I had a Ford dealer tell me the same thing. The GT is probably more like 300 but they under rate it to 290kw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondie Firm Member Donating Members 2,924 Member For: 22y 1m 28d Location: Adelaide Hills Posted 03/12/02 09:06 PM Share Posted 03/12/02 09:06 PM Firstly welcome, you will find this a great forum for info, and just having fun l cant really give you a figure for 17's except to say thay are significantly cheaper than 18's. Now that more manufacturers are using this size the price should come down. Unfortunatly Expensive Daewoo use 235/40 and Ford 245/40, the 235's are more common, but of course you could go for the slightly smaller width anyway.l went through the exercise with 18's last week as we just sold our car, 245/40/18'sThe Dunlops originally fitted to the car were $550eaMany great tyres available in $430-$460 range, Pirelli, Yokohama etcWent for Kumho 712's at $299ea. These are a good compromise tyre which the buyer was happy with.17's are maybe 30-40% cheaper on average tan their 18" equivalent, l think Mr Plow, who is a regular here, works at a tyre place, he may be able to jump in on this thread with a better idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJF077 The Noble Leader Administrator 4,786 Member For: 22y 2m 17d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Australia Posted 03/12/02 09:48 PM Author Share Posted 03/12/02 09:48 PM I presume the 17" rims are around $2000 or a bit more can find out though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvanxr Member 502 Member For: 22y 1m 18d Location: Country NSW Posted 03/12/02 10:12 PM Share Posted 03/12/02 10:12 PM According to Ford web site 17"x8" alloys are $1390 factory fitted option. Also it says that 'must specify sports irs' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 04/12/02 09:04 AM Share Posted 04/12/02 09:04 AM Yeah that's for the XT and other models and are 17" x 8" 225/50's. The XR has upgraded (XR exclusive) IRS and comes standard with 17" x 8' 235/45 tyres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richdave SLOJAM, Gone but not forgotten Lifetime Members 1,841 Member For: 22y 2m 19d Gender: Male Location: Outer east - Melbourne Posted 04/12/02 11:40 AM Share Posted 04/12/02 11:40 AM I did a ring around and 17" 235/45 to suit the XR6 start at about $175/tyre and go up from there. The skys the limit depending on the performance you want.BTW welcome!asked for a 03 build I didnt get a choice :( When did you order? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 29/03/08 05:19 AM Share Posted 29/03/08 05:19 AM 03 Get a run out 08 BF mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 17y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 29/03/08 05:45 AM Share Posted 29/03/08 05:45 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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