Alloys for a 306

[bluespanner]

What do you think would look better on a dark blue 306?
15" Cyclones:


or 16" Nimrods?


Any opinions welcome.

Cheers
Roland

[Pileopants]

Personally I think you can't go wrong with Cyclones... but if you want to look a bit different the Nimrods look good too.

BTW Nimrods from a 406 fit straight on as I understand it but 206 Nimrods are a different offset and need spacers on a 306.

Depends on whether you like the way the 15's or 16's feel on the car too I suppose. Good luck!

Edited by Pileopants on Wednesday 13th December 19:26

[combemarshal]

I'd go for the nimrods, with lower profile tyres, I had a problem with my old 15" wheels, goodyear stopped making F1's in my size!

[hoddo]

If it helps I run a 306 HDI DTurbo with cyclones and I think it is without question the best combination for this vehicle.

Give me a shout if you would like some more pictures as I only seem to have this one on my computer

[JG`]

Cyclones definately

[Mr Whippy]

Nimrods are the wrong offset, so you loose some track width, and because the track comes in versus the steering axis intersection with the floor, your steering goes lighter and has less feel (unless you put 10mm spacers on of course)...

My brother runs the 307 5 spoke 16's (nicer than the Nimrods which he also tried), but in both cases I've felt the steering is certainly missing that fine grainy feel and weight due to less aligning moment getting through to the rack from the tyres!





Only small pictures, but the 5 spokes imho are visually nicer and actually complement the 306's lines. I'm really tempted, but tyres are £55 for Eagle F1's vs about £30, though the ride is just as nice. Main down side for me is needing spacers at the back to remove rubbing, or run no arch liners (bad for noise intrusion and possibly corrosion), and the aforementioned lighter steering.

Cyclones are just a good compromise, BUT they are a complete bugger to balance having solid centres.

Dave