I am picking up my first gen tommorow its a GSL-SE 1984. Im looking to get new tires and wheels, do they have the 14 inch rims or the 15 inch rims, and whats the offset for them. Ive done a search and there are way to many, and i havent found the answers i need so can anybody help me... id appreciate it.

 

If stock it has 14 inch. No clue what the offset is.

 

IIRC it is 40mm. I'm not 100% sure though. And yeah, they're 14s!

 

cool... so they are 14's then... anybody know the offset, im looking to go to 15 inch wheels, but i need to know a offset before i look into the wheels

 

its a 40mm offset 4x114.3 bolt pattern stock tire size 205/60/14 upgrade tire size is 205/55/15

 

okay... so what i wanted to know is... with that 205/55/15/ what size 15 inch tire would be the best to get.... i wanted to go 15x7 but thats gnna be too much, any recomendations?

 

that should be about right

 

Has anyone had any trouble... with the fact of puttin aftermarket wheels on the Stock 1st gen GSL-SE that wasnt a 4 bolt? Like i was looking at either Enkei or Work wheels, and most of them are 5 bolt.... Im stuck

 

Look up tires for a Mazda Protege 99-01. I know the Kuhmo ecsta ASX tires work extremely well for my Protege with the stock 15 inch steelies. Tire rack lists them as "super high performance all season". Should be a pretty good tire for wet or dry. They work pretty good on snow also.

As far as wheel selection, you can get some wheels. Not very many are available in 15 inch though anymore. Usually it is 16 (maybe) or 17 and up nowadays.

Here is a link of some that are available from superbuytire.com -

http://www.superbuytire.com/vehicle/...5/?diameter=15

 

I was looking into some wheels from either Enkei, SSR, or Volks. Most of those companies only make wheels in either 16" or 17" and ive looked. My following question is for all of the FB people that have gone with 16's and 17's....

If i wanted to lower the car, would i be safe with a 16" or 17" inch wheel without having any serious tire rubbing, and any issues with clearance... i guess it also depends on the tire, my car is still stock for now... i just need new tires, and i wanted to get wheels. HELP!!

 

In my opinion, 16 is about the max size for wheels. Though, there are some nice looking 7s with 17s on them. I know someone has a white one with the side molding still on and 17s. Looks real good.

 

im runnin 17's with a 205/40 tire.....smaller tire than most ppl want to go with and i am runnin 1 1/4 inch lowered rear and 1 inch lowered front.....not had any problems so far.....only thing is im runnin spacers on the front because my offset is wrong and they hit the springs.....i also have the little lips on the inside of my fenders flattend but as far as i know that wouldnt have made a difference unless i was doing a full turn to the point that the wheels couldnt go any further...although im about to roll the **** outta my fenders so i can sit it down some more and get into the majorly negative camber...lol....i will get pics as soon as i can

 

http://www.phillipstyres.com/League_alloys_page.htm theres a company that makes em for your car.......number two is what i have