twr7cx Member 37 Member For: 18y 9m 19d Location: Hobart, Tasmania Posted 14/05/17 11:34 PM Share Posted 14/05/17 11:34 PM I'm curious, is there any reason why most of the aftermarket wheels for BA onwards Falcons use 8.5" wide front wheels rather than the 8" wide which Ford/FPV use? Is it a visual improvement thing or is there a performance benefit to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 11y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 15/05/17 12:23 AM Share Posted 15/05/17 12:23 AM Bit of both. 10" wide fronts 4TW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 28d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 15/05/17 12:35 AM Share Posted 15/05/17 12:35 AM Because if you are only packing 8" every .5" inch counts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 15/05/17 04:58 AM Share Posted 15/05/17 04:58 AM This forum user got an extra 2 inches overall with this one weird trick. Racing opponents hate it! (went 8.5 all around) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camo86T Silver Donating Members 1,810 Member For: 10y 11m 8d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 15/05/17 06:27 AM Share Posted 15/05/17 06:27 AM @discostig any side effects mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twr7cx Member 37 Member For: 18y 9m 19d Location: Hobart, Tasmania Posted 15/05/17 08:49 AM Author Share Posted 15/05/17 08:49 AM 8 hours ago, OZYWALKER said: Bit of both. Able to elaborate on what the performance gain is? Does the .5" enable a wider tyre to be used or is the same size tyre just being stretched on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 11y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 15/05/17 10:06 AM Share Posted 15/05/17 10:06 AM Wider wheels = wider tyres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skidxr6t skids Donating Members 2,754 Member For: 12y 23d Gender: Not Telling Posted 15/05/17 10:28 AM Share Posted 15/05/17 10:28 AM I fit big black ribbed rubber on my 10.5".... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 27d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 15/05/17 12:44 PM Share Posted 15/05/17 12:44 PM 6 hours ago, camo86T said: @discostig any side effects mate? Increased my sickness by 137 points Also can run wider tyres, once I can afford a set of decent 255 rears (245 on right now). Really need 9" or larger (so can run 265 legally) but mine were ultra light weight, strong and cheap so I couldn't say no. Also went from 18" to 17" and have a nicer ride now to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Stripes. All stock bar the k&n panel filter Silver Donating Members 8,061 Member For: 12y 10m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 15/05/17 09:42 PM Share Posted 15/05/17 09:42 PM Why are you riding in the boot, Steve? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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