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Originally Posted by imprezive
MT. If the wheels are lighter than stock, wouldn't 18" still be an improvement? Cause 18s do look nice!
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Thats down to your personal taste. I've seen 16", 17", 18" and 19" wheels on an 86 that ive liked the look of. Its generally accepted that a light 17"x8" or 17"x9" is the best performance compromise.
Since everyone is weighing in their opinions i'll do the same based on my own experiences:
Leave the car stock or near stock for 6 to 12 months. Figure out what you like and what you loath about it given where and how you typically drive it. I bought my car new so only did minor, easily reversable things to the car whilst it was under factory warranty. All I did was front camber bolts, grimspeed intake, aftermarket snorkel and an OFT tune. Oh and better tyres when I wore through the stock ones.
Shortly after I was out of warranty I did a rod bearing, so I figured why not do headers and overpipe while I was throwing in a replacement motor. I also did a light flywheel and lightly heavier duty clutch. From there it was a slippery slope of coilovers, midpipes, heavy duty bushes etc.
The header, overpipe, midpipe and flywheel all combined to make a much more usable and responsive feeling car.
If you like UELs have a look at the JDL one. It does leave some of the torque dip (it is reduced tho) but it rips on either side of the dip.