17's 18's 19's or 20's...

[Matthewsn79]

I split the difference and ordered 19s

Did you leave the suspension standard??

 

[cgtmiles]

Getting the spot line springs fitted so -30mm as a temporary solution until I can get something better

after reading multiple threads on the forum I found one wise comment that said 19 was a good compromise between looks and practicality

 

[MartT5.1]

Any advice on what would be the best size wheels to put on a T5.1? Its been lowered but not sure by how much? It has blue coil springs on the front (40 or 50mm lowered?)and at present has 22 inch wheels on which are too big and came with the van.
The ride with the 22" is crap and it's about 5mph over when you hit 50mph!!
Any advice would be appreciated. Also a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

 

[moomin-j]

Any advice would be appreciated. Also a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

Does this help?

 

[RichDavies82]

Any advice would be appreciated. Also a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

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Ah, you’ve made an epic mistake there. You’ve drawn a T6 on the ramp but he clearly said a T5.1!

 

[RichDavies82]

Any advice on what would be the best size wheels to put on a T5.1? Its been lowered but not sure by how much? It has blue coil springs on the front (40 or 50mm lowered?)and at present has 22 inch wheels on which are too big and came with the van.
The ride with the 22" is crap and it's about 5mph over when you hit 50mph!!
Any advice would be appreciated. Also a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

Sounds like you may have H&R springs on. 20” wheels should fit with 275/40/20 tyres. That being said, 18” wheels may be the way forward if you want extra comfort. It’s a personal choice.

 

[Tourershine]

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Plus who wears a cap sideways anymore.

So not down with the kids @moomin-j


PS, i'd go in the middle at 19"

 

[Donk]

I plumped for 19” this time. Hopefully a happy balance.

BTW the signpost looks a little bit iffy towards the base as well

 

[Tourershine]

BTW the signpost looks a little bit iffy towards the base as well

Fantastic, I never spotted that. Does that say something about you?

 

[Donk]

Fantastic, I never spotted that. Does that say something about you?

Erm .... I was hoping I wasn’t going to potentially be the first one to spot it

 

[moomin-j]

Erm .... I was hoping I wasn’t going to potentially be the first one to spot it

Sign of a mispent youth, drawing rude things on the back of buses??

I only tried to draw a bit of grass around a sign. Apologies for my poor drawing skills.

I also tried to think of elf & safety, as the Tyre Shop employee is wearing toe caps.

 

[Donk]

I wondered why he had balloons tied to his feet.

 

[Donk]

..... a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

There’s quite a few online retailers that sell a good choice of wheel and tyre packages. I’m sure people have different opinions of them but some ideas to start you off are wheelbase, rimstyle, lkperformance, tamar wheels, bmautosport etc etc oh and check on willtheyfit fit sizing calcs.

 

[cgtmiles]

I went for 19s from rimstyle, a good compromise between 18s and 20s. Somewhere between the two Best of both worlds

 

[Peatey]

Any advice would be appreciated. Also a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

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I thought the shop sign was advertising sex for £5 at the tyre shop

P.S 19's all the way

 

[MartT5.1]

Any advice would be appreciated. Also a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

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Brilliant pmsl at your well laid out descriptive drawing

 

[MartT5.1]

Thanks all for the advice, just love this forum, starts out talking about wheels and ends in sex shops, not quite sure how we got to that and more worryingly the cost of the toys found in it

 

[BognorMotors]

We sell all wheels and tyres packages, with direct delivery. All correctly weight rated with the correct size tyre for your load rating. Happy to quote.
18’s will be more comfortable.
20’s fill the arches better

 

[T6Paul]

19's offer a good compromise but not so popular, wheels and tyres can be a pain generally if you're in a T32?

Much of it is personal choice, good luck in your search!

 

[Tourershine]

Any advice on what would be the best size wheels to put on a T5.1? Its been lowered but not sure by how much? It has blue coil springs on the front (40 or 50mm lowered?)and at present has 22 inch wheels on which are too big and came with the van.
The ride with the 22" is crap and it's about 5mph over when you hit 50mph!!
Any advice would be appreciated. Also a sign post to the best place to purchase? In North essex.
Many thanks

Do you have a picture of your T5? I don't think i've seen a Transporter on 22's and intrigued to see just how strange they look.