Sorry if this has been asked. Did a quick search and nothing came up. It's for her car so ride comfort is a priority, thus only going with 16". Looking to pick these up and wanted to check and see if its there's any known clearance problem. Not really looking to lower the car as to keep it parking block friendly. Has anyone ever run these on GenIII? Spec is 16x6.5 +39 offset weighting in at 19lbs according to the interweb. Currently wearing 205/55 16.
I thought the Celica ran on 205/50-16s. The rims/tires will fit just fine, your ride will be 0.1 in lowered Ride quality comes mainly from tires. What kind of tires are on them now? Go check out sites like tirerack. Check out the tires according to ride quality, braking, fuel economy, etc. then pick the one that's right for you There are many threads on here discussing the pros and cons of many tires also. Tire size calculator 1010TIRES.COM - Wheel Offset Calculator
WilMent - That's the size I was told. Pic lack detail so I'll have to wait 'til Tuesday to see the size and what make & model the tires are. Chances are that its not LRR so I'll just have to up the inflation pressure to compensate. Always see wheels from tC, Prius V, CT 200h, and so on but not GTS 16". Only found one Gen III in Blizzard with GTS 16 wheels and its not from this forum. Due to it not being popular, it made me question the fitment. Thanks for putting that notion to rest. toyotechwv - You got it.
Definitely, how much remains to be seen. Depends a lot on whether the OP's driving is mostly city with a lot of stop and go (worse), or mostly freeway (not as bad). Mainly hurts every time you have to get the wheel going due to increased resistance/inertia due to more mass further away from the center of the wheels.
After its all clean up and inflated to 40 psi, the GTS wheel with tires (90%) weight in at 40 lbs while stock wheel with hub caps and 40k miles old stock Yokohama weight in at 34 lbs. Bathroom scale was the only thing available to me, not the most accurate....but mainly looking for the difference so it serve its purpose. The tires on there is Definity HX700 in 205/50 16, one size too short in aspect ratio. It's a cheap non-LRR tires but it have 90% life left. Might just run it and get proper tires once that wear out...depend on how it perform in the next week or so. Without further adieu, on with the pics. One more for good measure Please excuse the quality, it was quick & dirty. Not too shabby for factory 16", skinny spokes give it a light & sporty look. Also compliment the Blue Ribbon nicely imho. What does everyone think?
Naturally, MPG lost is to be expected. Thus going with 16" to minimize the hit and try to retain most of ride comfort. She sees about 50-50 highway and surface street. Don't really see rush hour traffic, mostly steady cruising in the right lane. Currently getting about 53 MPG calculated. Will be monitoring the next tank or so and share any findings.
I always liked the look of these rims on the GTS. On the Prius, not so much. Maybe it's because the wheel size is too small? Looks awkward to me. But that's just me.
I think they look great. So as long as they don't impact efficiency to an extent you cannot accept, I'd call it a win.
Looks great, I like them even though I was never a Celica fan. Your car is so shinny, it outshines the wheels
Looks very good!! I'd be curious to see how the wheels would perform with a good set of LRR tires. Besides that, the car looks very clean..
They look great. They'll look even better with the proper sidewall, or with a drop to clean up the increased fender gap.
Thanks for the kind word everyone. Would've gone with 17" but since it's her car, I had to find a good compromise. A drop, probably Performance Plus spring, will come after tint and sway bar. Kinda like not having to worry about scraping up driveway and parking block scratching front bumper.
Check your speedometer and odometer accuracy. The speedo should be about 2+mph too fast and the odometer will read too high too. It is hard to calculate any mpg changes without this knowledge. With shorter tire your mpg will be artificially higher than it should be. I bet it handles a lot better.
