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I've done a search, through 40 odd pages, and i can't quite find what i'm looking for, but i may be mistaken so plz don't think i'm lazy.

I have a friend who is offering me his 1 month old 19"rims for $1100 but my question is reguarding road laws.

As far as i know you can increase the size by 25mm? is that correct?

This also means if you get lower profile tyres you can get bigger rims??

I would just like to know if i can get that thinner of a tyre to make them legal to use on the road.

Last thing i need is another reason for them to canary me again.

Any feedback is appricated :P

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ok the actual law in victoria you cannot increase the overall rolling diameter of the tyre greater than 15mm. and 25mm wider. Now saying this, most people have illegal rims and tyres on their cars, its not something that is really enforced much but can be used to void insurance if they want to get picky on things.

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It is 25mm past the largest stock rim for your model.

ie an executive commodore can have 19's because the SS has 18s.

so with an r33, the largest wheel you could legally have would be 18's (?)

But as mentioned, not too many care

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Raikkonen

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lol still confused...

stock for gtst's are 16, well mine are anyway.

so that means, if its 2 sizes i can go 18, but if its 25mm thats only 1 inch. i'm gonna look at the vicroads website and see if i can find anything there

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Yeah if +2" then r33s u can go 19" r34s u can go 20"s...If thats the case. But owning an R33, id say having bigger rims is he least of your problems. If they dont pick on that they will find something else to d!ck u with!

$1100 for 19"s if u like them, what are u waiting for? :P

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lol still confused...

stock for gtst's are 16, well mine are anyway.

so that means, if its 2 sizes i can go 18, but if its 25mm thats only 1 inch. i'm gonna look at the vicroads website and see if i can find anything there

i think u're getting confused with the terms used....

and another thing to remember is what is legally allowed, may not necessarily be the same as what ur insurer will allow (which really sux sometimes!)

according to vicroads (i've spoken directly to them in the past):

- the rim WIDTH can be increased 25mm or 1 inch.

- the rim DIAMETER can be increased 2 inches from what is noted on the little sticker on ur car which indicates what wheel and tyre size the vehicle was issued with.

as most will tell u tho, sometimes the vicroads regulations are a little ambiguous and depends on who is reading it and interprets the regs. if u're really worried, i would suggest talking to ur insurer first - as their limitations are ususally stricter than vicroads anyway!

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Adding to what SWC945 said, with insurance issues. U also have to be careful with insurance companies, they take your money no matter what!

Im with Just Cars, and i know that theres a few things that VIc Roads and EPA wont allow on the car, yet Just Cars still insures me and knows about them (EG: Power FC).

So what happens to me if something happens? I probably wont get payed out, but to me thats not fair because Just Cars should have told me im NOT allowed to have the Power FC and so on if the items illegal.

I shall be upgrading my rims soon also (x10" and x11"), will let u know with what Just Cars says :D

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yeh but kelly they only cover "legal modifications", same with Shannons.

It says it in their product disclosure (shannons) and I'm probably the only person who's ever read it :D Anyway I think its left to the consumer to find out what legal and whats not on their own car. I guess it would be pretty hard as a call centre pleb to know whats legal and whats not anyway.

Most people just take their chances I guess (or find out too late).. or if you're smart you hide the mods as best u can. Biggest problem would be if you ran down a pedestrian fatally (or similiar) and the cops turned up to the scene and went over your unRW car.

Anyhoo thats a whole other thread.

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Adding to what SWC945 said, with insurance issues. U also have to be careful with insurance companies, they take your money no matter what!

Im with Just Cars, and i know that theres a few things that VIc Roads and EPA wont allow on the car, yet Just Cars still insures me and knows about them (EG: Power FC).

So what happens to me if something happens? I probably wont get payed out, but to me thats not fair because Just Cars should have told me im NOT allowed to have the Power FC and so on if the items illegal.

I shall be upgrading my rims soon also (x10" and x11"), will let u know with what Just Cars says :P

i'm also with just cars so i'm looking forward to hearing your report :(

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R32 are 16's

R33 are 17x9 +30

R34 are 18x9 +32 i think

I thought that R32 GTR had 17' wheels.... but some poking around has proven me wrong (just wider).

As part of compliance, I had to have some 'tyre placard' on my car (under the bonnet, or passenger side door or something).

It *does* list 17' wheels on it. I guess more of you would have access, but I can post a copy of it up if you want.

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