What FT-86 wheel size do you want to see on production version?

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by S2KtoFT86

I will if they put 19's on a hopeful TRD version like Hyundai did to the Track Genesis.

agreed

[246bees]

17's will be just fine. 18's at the most. I'm also wondering about the suspension on this car, I really hope the drop and wheel gap are cool straight from the factory.

[HCN]

I voted for 17" just because you didn't give me an option to choose twentyfours

[OldSkoolToys]

Originally Posted by HCN

I voted for 17" just because you didn't give me an option to choose twentyfours

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[#87]

Originally Posted by micmic

My guess is that they'll go for 17's... I'd prefer 16's as they weigh less and are much cheaper to autocross and track.

Here's the more important question... What is the width of the wheel???Everything in the wheel well is designed around that. The wheel width will limit the size of the tire that you can fit in there.

I'd like to see standard car with 245/45/17 tires on a 17x8 inch rim and an optional track wheel setup with 275/40/17 tires on a 17x9 inch rim. Those tire sizes would be within 3/8s of an inch of the overall tire size on the concept's 19 inch rims.

We'll probably end up with a rubber band tire setup like 225s on a 17x7 or 18x7 inch rim. Let's hope they do this right. That and keep it light (<2600 lbs).

You really think they will offer a 275 tire on this car? I think we'll be lucky to get 235 let alone what you want.

[4agze]

Originally Posted by #87

You really think they will offer a 275 tire on this car? I think we'll be lucky to get 235 let alone what you want.

ill be happy w/ 225 lol

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by micmic

I'd like to see standard car with 245/45/17 tires on a 17x8 inch rim and an optional track wheel setup with 275/40/17 tires on a 17x9 inch rim. Those tire sizes would be within 3/8s of an inch of the overall tire size on the concept's 19 inch rims.

We'll probably end up with a rubber band tire setup like 225s on a 17x7 or 18x7 inch rim. Let's hope they do this right. That and keep it light (<2600 lbs).

I'm sorry, I must not reading it correctly... 275/40/17 tires on less than 200hp car?

Anyways, moving along...

Originally Posted by xravexboix

Simply for bigger rotors. It's not feasible since they will not used light forged wheels (the damn ISF ones are about $1200/wheel, lol)... but yea, I'm thinking in muscle more so than what will suffice in a light weight car.

putting heavier rotors? 11"~12" rotor isn't good enough for <200hp & +-2600lbs car?

[Blokatos]

I voted 15", would be ideal for me, I like much rubber in profile.
16" would be fine.
17" would be marginal for predictable handling.
18" would be .
19" would be and probably would make me to not buy this car.

I believe 205/50 R16 all around is perfect for this car.

If you look at some current cars you can make reasonable comparisons.
BMW 130i is a quite heavy RWD with 205/50 R17 tyres all round. It can barely spin to drift its tyres in 2nd gear and it has a 3 litre inline six engine with 265 hp and 30+ kgm torque. Quite snappy on its reactions and not so much predictable.

Well, by now you will be wondering who am I to judge things. I am just a petrolhead as many of you are and also had been an automotive journalist for 10 years in car magazines (EVO, Top Gear and others) and I have driven about 700 different cars rangning from Ferraris and Lambo's to Fiat 500's and Toyota Starlet's. Trust me, for driving fun you don't want big wheels in a responsive RWD lightweight sportscar...

[OldSkoolToys]

Wait, since when did 225 become a "rubber-band" style tire?

225 have plenty of meat on them, esp. from a car that will probably be making ~180hp from an N/A engine, weighing in at ~2600lbs and being tiny as fuck.

Must be getting old myself but 225's would look FAR from being a "rubber-band" on a car like this.

Hell I use 185's on my AE86 and even those don't look like rubber-bands. Of course, thanks a bit to my aftermarket wheels.

[S2KtoFT86]

AP1 S2000's run 225s stock on 16s. I don't think it would look like a rubber band either.

[DrunkenMime]

I guarantee the stock set up will be 17" alloy MINIMUM and 18" on the sport model with 19's as an option. 15's and 16's are archaic wheel sizes and will look horrible with the larger wheel wells this car has.

i'll bet money on this

[Blokatos]

Originally Posted by DrunkenMime

I guarantee the stock set up will be 17" alloy MINIMUM and 18" on the sport model with 19's as an option. 15's and 16's are archaic wheel sizes and will look horrible with the larger wheel wells this car has.

i'll bet money on this

Is this the FT-86 forum? Are we talking about a sports car here?

Or maybe a by-product of West End Customs?
Some neon lights would be perfect! Oh, and full chrome rims please. And a 30 inch sub-woofer too!!!

[Matador]

Originally Posted by Blokatos

Is this the FT-86 forum? Are we talking about a sports car here?

Or maybe a by-product of West End Customs?
Some neon lights would be perfect! Oh, and full chrome rims please. And a 30 inch sub-woofer too!!!

He is spot on though.

[DrunkenMime]

Originally Posted by Blokatos

Is this the FT-86 forum? Are we talking about a sports car here?

Or maybe a by-product of West End Customs?
Some neon lights would be perfect! Oh, and full chrome rims please. And a 30 inch sub-woofer too!!!

I didn't say I wanted 19's on the car. I was stating what i believe Toyota will do. You have to be blind to not see how larger wheels are on every type of new car, including sports cars. Would you say the LF-A is a sports car? I would.

What size wheels are on that car? 20" stock.

If you really want tiny wheels, stick with an hachiroku. New cars, especially halo cars and sports cars now-a-days have larger, lightweight wheels. I seriously doubt there'll be steelies on the FT-86 either.