I'm planning on lowering my 'loon. but as I'm young, and poor, i wont be able to afford alloys for a while. so do you think low profile tyres on steelies will be ok? i dont want them stupidly low profile. just something so it doesnt feel like the tyre is going to fold over and off the wheel.

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if you are running 13" steels get 175/50/13s they about £50 each tho, but if alloys did come up cheap u can use them on any 13" wheel upto 8" wide.

low pros look better than ballons

Also, keep your eye out for cheap alloys on eBay- try looking outside the normal vee- dub wheels. Try googling retro rides pcd to find a well useful pcd list thingy for different cars, so you can find other cars with 4x100 pcd, so you know what to look for. Vee- dub ones are always well expensive :(

I got a set of beemer wheels (14") for £16 though

cool, thanks for that guys, will have a search for the pcd list, although i dont mind cruising on steelies

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Steelies with standard rubber will be fine for a sensible drop anyway

yeah i know, but i dont want it to feel like the tyres are gonna fold over. thinking of lowering 70 all round, or 80 but its my daily and i dont know if it will be a pain in the arse at 80mm drop

but i dont want it to feel like the tyres are gonna fold over.

Fair point