15" wheels on MarkIII
 

Has anyone tried 15" wheels on a mark 3? Will they clear the stock brakes?

I have an '89 non-T daily driver. It needs some new wheels as the factory saws aren't holding air very well. I can get ahold of some 2nd gen rx-7 wheels (basic 5 spoke deal) for a good price.

Any thoughts?

Kev

im sure they will fit but why 15..the rims are gunna look whimpy on da car

I roll 14's on my Nova. 11.50's @ 125 n/a. Adding the hose next. I like smaller wheels and bigger tires. Old school, I guess.

Kev

it might be a issue with the brakes, are brakes are pretty big:)

hmm is this for a dd? wonder what that will do to mpg

Some 15's will clear the brakes.... some won't. You'll need to test fit them to know for sure.

Why not put new tires on the stock rims and buy new valve steams? Thats probly were there leaking from, But the rx7 wheels will look nice.

that will be amazing if you can 15" rims that can clear the calipers

please read up, before telling them to install something that cant fit

i tried 16" with a 38mm offset and they wouldnt fit my car

so i can only imagine how a 15" rims will fit,
maybe the rear, but definitely not the front calipers

What kind of wheels did you try to put on it? The stock sawblades are 16x7s with a +35 mm offset.

No shit... at any rate I didn't say they'd all fit. A friend of mine and a member on SM are running 15's, I'm pretty sure they're both running the stock brakes too.