13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby ebola » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:29 pm

Has anyone ever or know of anyone who has ever put 13inch rims on their NA 1.6???
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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby philz » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:36 pm

possible yes- and looks gangster as well.

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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby RG.net » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:16 am

it needs to be just about as low as those two pictures though, otherwise it looks stupid.
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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby tassone56 » Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:42 am

lol 13"s? why? :o

unless ur talking mad low with deeeeeep dish and xtreme width on them mothas :mrgreen:

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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby CheyneX5 » Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:43 am

Yeah, nothing but mad dish, i just can't see an mx5 rolling on 13" steelies. :lol:
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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby philz » Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:45 am

13's are gangster, obviously if you are going to run no dish and weak offset, then no.

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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby Adam_NAclubman » Sat Feb 07, 2009 2:44 pm

I almost bought some sweeeet 13's the other week. Far better look than 19's

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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby philz » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:09 pm

Can those 13's fit over 1.8 brakes?

I thought they couldn't so I didn't buy em.

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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby Fatty » Sat Feb 07, 2009 4:55 pm

philz wrote:Can those 13's fit over 1.8 brakes?

I thought they couldn't so I didn't buy em.



nope, pretty sure they only fit over 1.6 brakes.

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13inch Rims on a NA 1.6 - Is it possible???

Postby 16bit » Sat Feb 07, 2009 5:52 pm

poo bum wee i would like to get some for the track for some reason.
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