I understand that on a vl you can go to about 17" rims...safly and legally, is there any way to go to 18"s or even 19"s with out it being dangerous???

..didnt that RB30DETT powered VL(forget whos it was now - was featured in Zoom a while ago) have something like 20inch rims? I'm pretty sure you could go to 18's or 19's without too much hassle - you can end up with the same overall diameter using say 17's with 45 profile tyres or 18's with 40 profile tyres.

only if you want a car that looks and rides like a jet hopper.

LOOK AND RIDE LIKE A JET HOPPER? Little confused at that one.Is it because u cant afford 18's or your envious? i have a calais lowered 1 inch lower than FE2 18x8 wheels adjustable panhard new shocks and bushes and it looks mad handles unreal

mate.. i was simply stating that with wheels so big you would have to raise the suspension. i have 17 x 8 underneath my calais TURBO and it scrubs.. so i cant see how im being envious. so keep your ****in comments to yourself. wanker.

the mcfadden race engines / vtek vl from zoom had 19s. u can make 18s fit easy, ****loads of ppl have done it. who cares if it scrubs a little.

...haha everyone so quick to jump down each others throats on the net! As I was told when I was buying the 17" wheels for my EH - the diamater of the wheel/tyres depends on both - not just your rims. I can have the same rolling diameter with a set of 16", 17" or 18" rims if I use suitable tyre profiles. The guy said I could have gone 18" rims and end up with basically the same rolling diameter if I used 35 profile tyres instead of say 45 we actually sat down and worked out the calculations and we got the diameters down to a few mm difference on 15", 17" and 18" rims just by using different profile tyres.. Same goes with width - If you have 8" wide wheels and 245 tyres and the rub you could probably fit 235's to same wheel to reduce the width. :?:

VLT87 put up this link a little while ago if you need help working out tyre sizes and speedo calibrations, you can also use this to work out how different profiles works on different rims http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html