Do 17" alloy wheels fit on 405's without clearance issues?

The shop I was in recently said that 17's don't fit on 405 because there are clearance problems. Is this true?

I like the multi spoke touring car style of wheel. I found a couple of pics.

One is a T16
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and the other a Mi16.
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Does anyone have wheels like this on their 405? I like the style of the gold ones (although in silver)

Anyone know what these are? What you think cool or tack?

I have these OZ on 16 at the moment. Not that keen on them
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load of cack...i had 3 sets of 17's on my old mi and know plenty of others that have 17's so you'll be fine.

If u want a nice set of multi spokes u cant go wrong with team dynamics pro sport 1.2's...they a classic wheel that never seem to go out of fashion like most wheels in my opinion.
http://www.teamdynamicsracing.com/pro-race/Pro-race12.htm

OMG.......you have a supersport,tis my dream to get a supersport again...piccys?????

When I had 17's on mine I had to trim part of the rear bumper mounting point as it cut into the tyre, They where 215's thou

isn't Matt Selby's TC replica on 18"s?

as long as the offset is correct and you don't go overboard on the width and lowering they'll be fine.

I have 206 RC/GTi180 wheels on my Mi at the moment. 205/40/r17 have no clearence issues, Apart from rubbing on full lock, and inducing a shite load of bump steer.

I had 17's on my old Mi with no clearance issues whatsoever. There was also an Mi16 in Fast Car about 15 years ago that was running 18's with 225-40's. I shall be trying this soon so will be able to say about clearance then. Although, I shall just modify the inner arches / cack guards / whatever else gets in the way to get them to fit.

whats the lowest people have gone on 17s? i fancy some but i want like an 8" wide rim, my cars lowered about 45mm on the rear and about 50 on the front.

This low, with 206RC wheels, 205/40 tires and 15mm spacers. ~78mm to the ground under front subframe. Front fender arches little turned and no rubbing problems.

Mmmm I like!

My 4bie was lowered 40mm on the front and had the back hydraulics set lower than that on my old 17's

Rear of that car was lower, but it raised up when I changed new rear armbearings. Hammering of sensor linkage is on todo-list, adjustment locking bolt is seized.

damn, stop posting pictures of nice 405's, makes me feel so sad about selling mine .

i'd recommend 205/45/17 tyres for use with 17's on 405 btw .

thankyou all very much for your answers!

cybrnck- is that for handling reasons?

i just think they're too shallow - they're something you'd use on a smaller and lighter car, such as a 205 or 309.

very true!
also what offset should i be looking for?

standard is 6x15" ET28 on Mi16 and 6.5x16" ET18 on T16 (much better!).

i'd recommend 6.5x17" ET31 (that's 307 challengers) with 20 mm spacers
or 7x17" ET28 (that's 206 Atlantis) with 15 mm spacers. other wheels just
work out based on that - even better if offset is just right (like 15-18) and
you don't have to use spacers .

hope this helps.

29 and 19 you mean

Easy fix: don't sell it! enjoy it!

i have already sold it quite a while ago though!

I had mine this low, with no rubbing issues at all.

any more pics of that?

Have a look on PeugeotPerformance.net website. Go to Gallery, User Gallery, 405, James McLear Mi16x4.

The car changed a lot while I had it (worked at Ripspeed at the time), and I'm just annoyed that I don't have any pics of my old Black Mi16.

[showoff]I've build that gallery/usersystem for the owner 8) [/showoff]

just taken delivery of some 17x7 et18 wheels!

can i fit a 215 tyre? and what profile is best? its going to be very very low and also is a base model 405 glx so no arches? does this make a difference?

205/40/17 would be ideal for you then .

cheers cybernck, is that as big as i can go?

no, 205/45/17 shouldn't be too big either.

or 215/40/17 if you'd really like a slightly wider tyre .

thanks cybernck your a legend mate! i think im going to try the 215/40/17