View Full Version : clio 'turbine' wheels on a nova
Have they been fitted on a nova before? If so were they ok, did they rub when dropped 60mm etc? They are 6.5J wide and have a offset of 35. thanks
matt_vaughan
05-09-08, 07:24 PM
Should think they would rub with that width and offset.
I was wondering other day how expensive it would be to have wheels machined to adjust offset.
Whats the PCD on them though.
BTW, personally i thinkt it would look ****e lol and they'd stick out the archs very far ;)
Pistol Pete
05-09-08, 08:04 PM
Renaults are 4x100 PCD. I had Renault 19/Clio 16v alloys on my first Nova. Looked ok. Fronts scrubbed on the outside of the tyre on the front wing. The turbine wheels would probably look good, polished up may look abit like Compomotive wheels (cant remember the name! Breeny had them on his nova!)
novacabrio
05-09-08, 08:24 PM
I know of a Saloon with them
Whats the PCD on them though.
BTW, personally i thinkt it would look ****e lol and they'd stick out the archs very far ;)
LMFAO
how can a 6.5j wheel with et35 stick out to far?? lol
just fit some 175 tyres.
Turbines will looks sweet if you can get them on :)
I think they would look good, with a slightly strectched tyre on them do you think i would just get away with folding the lips back? They remind me of ronal turbos :). Just done a search and they have a centre bore of 60mm, what are novas?
On a R5 incase you dont know which wheels i mean -
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a224/Brigsy2/DSC00333.jpg
Pistol Pete
06-09-08, 10:42 AM
IIRC the centre bore on a Nova is smaller. It was the bolts that centred the wheels!
I had mine lowered 60mm on shocks and springs and had rear arches folded, and they rubbed. "Dressed" the front wings and they still caught, making a mess of the outside of my tyres! I had 195/45/15s fitted.
These ones?
http://media.motortopia.com/files/6013/vehicle/46322de3e3004/5TURBO2.jpg
They'd look cack imo!
LMFAO
how can a 6.5j wheel with et35 stick out to far?? lol
just fit some 175 tyres.
Yes it will ;) I had 6.5j ET38's on mine and they stuck out the archs about 12mm on the front :thumb:
These (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-RENAULT-CLIO-16V-PH1-ALLOY-WHEELS-RARE-fit-5-TURBO_W0QQitemZ300254770584QQcmdZViewItem?hash=ite m300254770584&_trkparms=72%3A984%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C2 40%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14) ones Mazz :thumb:
saloonwoody
06-09-08, 11:32 AM
iv had them on a 3 door lowered 60m with arches rolled and 195/45s and a saloon but the arches didnt need rollin :)
They're not to too bad, but the offset would be all wrong...ET35 is a no-no..
Yes it will ;) I had 6.5j ET38's on mine and they stuck out the archs about 12mm on the front :thumb:
just fit some streched tyres;) probadly the wont rub to bad.
7j with an offset of 25, with a 175 tyre doesnt rub with stock front arches:)
but i'm dutch.. so i have a weird wheel taste compared to most of you UK guy's:p
Saw them on a lupo today at trax he had 165/50s on his rims and the stretch looked ace -
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0324.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0322.jpg
They are indeed a nice wheel. I say go for it, without the centre caps though.
craig green
08-09-08, 11:11 AM
Machine a few mm off the rear face of the wheels to bring them in a bit.
Consider tyre choice wisely, depending on the sidewall profile you shoulkd get them on without much hassle. A lad near here had them on a Nova years back, but they did look too wide/wrong offset IMO.
bought some now, Ill try them on tomorrow and let you know how i get on!
Well i trail fitted them today, they wouldnt even fit on the back, the fronts were fine though. They only thing that bothered me was the centre bore was about 4mm larger than the cesaros.
The larger centre bore -
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0329.jpg
How they fitted on the back (i never let the jack down fully)-
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0334.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0331.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0330.jpg
The front -
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0337.jpg
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/bolabola/Photo-0348.jpg
Maybe with some 175's and the arch lips folded they will fit, what should i do about the centre bore though?
Pistol Pete
09-09-08, 04:02 PM
I had my rear arches rolled, had to dress the fronts aswell. 195/45/15 tyres should be fine, thats what i had fitted. With regards to the centre bores, you could get a local engineering company to make up some spigot rings.
Oh and they look better with centre caps on, IMO!
They're Clio 16v/Ren 1916v phase 1 wheels BTW, NOT R5 turbo!
Turbines :D Lush wheel, They look wrong on your car tho.
Roll the arch lips so they Wont catch sas much... Drop to a 165 tyre and they shouldnt scrub, With the kit etc i think you need a wheel to fill out the arches a bit more like a 16" 7.5j jobbie
but i'm dutch.. so i have a weird wheel taste compared to most of you UK guy's:p
I was going to say that myself :p crazy euro styling lol
Yes it will ;) I had 6.5j ET38's on mine and they stuck out the archs about 12mm on the front :thumb:
Hmm, my old Oz wheels were et38 and I thought they were 6.5" wide, but they didn't stick out that much I don't think...
Maybe with some 175's and the arch lips folded they will fit, what should i do about the centre bore though?
I do kinda quite like the look of them on your car, although I suppose I'd need better pics to see the whole car with them on. As for the centre bore, I'd definitely recommend getting some spigot rings - I don't use any on my brakes (about 1-2mm out), but the wheels take the weight of the car and I don't think I'd want to rely on 16 short bolts!
I'm sure I saw an online retailler once that had just about every size possible listed as a stock item, can't remember where it was though. D'oh!
~~joycey~~
16-09-08, 04:26 PM
I think these wheels look great, as do the clio 16v steelies :)
Pistol Pete
16-09-08, 04:29 PM
AFAIK Clios and 19 16vs all came with alloys.
Turbines :D Lush wheel, They look wrong on your car tho.
Roll the arch lips so they Wont catch sas much... Drop to a 165 tyre and they shouldnt scrub, With the kit etc i think you need a wheel to fill out the arches a bit more like a 16" 7.5j jobbie
The cars changing a little bit, the wheels will suit it more then. Its having a standard smoothed rear bumper, smaller exhaust and coilies :D
they look awsome! get them in black or silver, thyell look sweet :thumb:
capless ftw! :D
A mates brother has a white 2dr Y reg loon with red interior and gsi engine with clio turbines on come to think of it. I need pics! That thing is never out but it rocks :D
they look awsome! get them in black or silver, thyell look sweet :thumb:
capless ftw! :D
They look absolutely toss on that kitted car!
Smooth lined euro look :thumb:
Bodykitted nonsense :cry:
craig green
18-09-08, 11:13 AM
You really need spigot rings before you go anywhere.
I would get the inner face skimmed on the rears, raise the offset basically so the arch lips dont need to be ruined.
I prefer the phase 1 R19, 16v wheels personally.
They'll look good on the right car, you'll be able to get them on with a bit of effort as already proved by a few people.
Altho it may handle a bit pants with that offset...
craig green
18-09-08, 02:53 PM
Years ago there was a Yellow GTE replica shown in MAX Power wearing those very wheels, it looked OK.
loggyboy
18-09-08, 03:28 PM
I cant beleive everyone is so blasée about machining alloys. Its not quite as simple as that, especially on OE wheels, they will have been designed to have that offset and any machining will simply weaken them. Those 4 lil wheels take the whole weight of the car thru 16 bolts and a few square cms of contact patch... not something id mess about with too much!
You would also have to consider the issue of the spokes ending up closer to the calipers and risk making them catch.
One of the main reasons why so few aftermarket wheels came in 49mm offset is that the manufacturers only produced a limited amount of moulds which were then machined down to different offsets, and due to (at the time) vauxhall being the only manufacturer with offsets so high they often only catered up to 45mm so they didnt have to produce more than 2 or 3 moulds.
You really need spigot rings before you go anywhere.
I would get the inner face skimmed on the rears, raise the offset basically so the arch lips dont need to be ruined.
I prefer the phase 1 R19, 16v wheels personally.
First person to post up two renault 19's is a gayer. . . . . .
Pistol Pete
18-09-08, 06:43 PM
No i think they are Clio wheels.
Phase 1 19 16v alloys..
http://www.carfolio.com/images/dbimages/zgas/models/id/496/1988_R19S.jpg
Phase 2's had the 5 spokes the same as clios. :thumb:
http://memimage.cardomain.com/member_images/8/web/2312000-2312999/2312538_17.jpg
Pistol Pete
18-09-08, 10:03 PM
lol
craig green
19-09-08, 02:23 PM
I cant beleive everyone is so blasée about machining alloys. Its not quite as simple as that, especially on OE wheels.
Far from blasee. I am well aware that you would need to pay attention to how much thickness is left between the front of the wheel nut shank & the rear face, likewise keeping an eye on how close the caliper is going to run to the back of the spokes. However, with a wheel that rubs on a wheel arch lip, getting 3mm off could be the difference between passing with ease or scrubbing.
I couldnt be A'$$ed with writing that yesterday & tbh I never intend to run anything other than wheels with a 49mm negative offset on any of my Novas.
:thumb:
craig green
19-09-08, 02:24 PM
First person to post up two renault 19's is a gayer. . . . . .
WTF! Does that mean? :roll:
Pistol Pete
19-09-08, 02:48 PM
He edited his original post!! lol, it said they ARE phase 1 wheels or something. I then posted up the difference and he edited his post, to try and make me look slly, lol. Editing posts for that reason, FAIL lol:thumb:
Anywhooo... i dont think you'd need to machine the hubs. Like i said mine just caught the front wings and it only scrubed on the rear arches when i had people in the back, which wasnt very often! Also the bodyshop that did my arches, didnt do the best of jobs. Waaay too much sealer or whatever they put in, so when they folded the lip it was quite thick. :)
:) me, edit post? Never!
Oh, ok, yes I did. . . .
Pistol Pete
19-09-08, 05:29 PM
lol
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