Wheel Options For 205

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

im going to lower my 205 on Saturday along with stripping the old underseal off and renewing what i can. this is the start of what i hope to big a long term project, im stuck on what wheels to use though. im going to lower it around 50 60mm any more just seems excessive. im going for the raylle look as i dont want to piss about with putting arches on. so steel wheels all the way. just dont know what to look for to avoid rubbing. will try and get some pictures up this weekend aswell weather permitting. any help would be good help.

ps im starting with a base model 1.1

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Have a look in my garage at my 205 XS and 205 Junior D. The Junior D rubbed with 15" at the back and I had to lip the arches up on the front but the XS was dropped on its backside with no rubbing on 14". It drove like sh!te though! The easiest way is 1.6 14" GTI wheels and 185/60/14 tyres, or 306 14" steels should fit.

 

Read around about refurbishing the rear beam as you ought to do this whilst you have the rear beam in pieces, or at least grease it all up etc.

 

Also I would perhaps tackle the back first as the front may be easy by comparison.

 

Finally, I would personally not spend too much time stripping underseal off as if it hasn't split then it is probably pretty good underneath. Probably check the front inner wing seam though. The rust tends to come in other places apart from the wheel arches on a 205. It isn't a Clio / Nova / Astra / Fiesta / Escort..... !

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Thanks for the help its raining here today so no lowering going on. Maybe tommorow. I did try and find some 205 pepper pots off the 1.6 but theres none near me. The rear beams perfect i actually work as a mechanic for peugeot which is helpfull on the tool side of things. Ill have a look at the inner wing seam though. After ive done mine ive got to lower my gfs 205 aswell but shes got a 1.8 d with speedlines on. There gonna rub like hell might have roll the archs on that one. How low is the xs you have? And do you have any pictures?

 

Cheers for the help

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Have a look in my garage at my 205 XS and 205 Junior D.

 

How low is the xs you have? And do you have any pictures?

 

 

IIRC it was a GTI 60mm lowering kit, so about half a mile on an XS!

 

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?app=garage&do=view&id=165&tab=images

 

Yellow ones was 35mm

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Looks good. Cant wait to get stuck in tomorrow and lower mine fingers crossed on the weather. Hangover or not i shall be doing it. My own little christmas gift if you will

[allye 530 3 Cars]

I don't think rolling the arches is going to achieve much on a base model shell I'm afraid. 15x6 is simply too big, the entire time I had 14x6 wheels on my cars they all scrubbed with rebuilt beams and stiff shocks! You will have to stick to 5.5j without modifying anything if you want it to bottom out without scrubbing on the outside lip.

 

I wouldn't suggest going lower than 30mm also as it will have a negative effect, well on everything.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

how about 106 rallye steel wheels? can still get them new and they look great on base models in my opinion

would go well towards the rallye look too

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Also rolling the back arches is not really an option as it is double skinned and would also look a bit poor. Tyre make often has quite an effect as some have squarer side walls than others. You may need to put some washers in the rear bumper too to get you a couple of extra mm of rearwards suspension travel.

[welshpug 1,666]

Rallye wheels should work if you use the s1 5.5" version, s2 are 6".

 

The wheels henry used were 5.5" wide.

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

aye yes sorry I meant s1 rallye

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Will have a look at work what i can get the s1 wheels for then as i get discount cause i work for em. 5.5 is the max i wanna go though if

Anything else is gonna rub.

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

successfully lowerd the rear end today. bloody torsion bar got stuck but i got it out in the end with brute force and ignorance. went down a bit lower than expected but i quite like it. just need to find a set of wheels now and some front springs. thanks for all the help

[Henry Yorke 269 3 Cars]

Lowered the rear without changing the front springs? I bet it looks like a dog with worms!

 

Pics please!!

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Thats basically what it looks like will take some photos tommorow and Post the up. Finished when it was dark so was unable to take pics.

[MiniGibbo 142]

I have rallye s1's and they're awesome little wheels imo

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

ive heard somewhere that the saxo spares are basically the same as the s1's is this true?

[welshpug 1,666]

They are black painted s2 wheels, made by michelin.

[minimaniacwhyard 17]

Ah the s2 s were 6" not 5.5" wide i think which makes me a little concerned they might rub