Do you recommend 20" or 21" wheels for the V8 Vantage? Also, do you recommend H&R Sport Springs (.75" drop) or the RSC lowering springs (1.25" drop)?

Pictures or links to posts please...thanks in advance

 

IMHO, 21 wheels would look absolutely ridiculous.

 

Personally, I prefer 19".

 

BTW, larger rear wheels will mean slower acceleration (unless they are so light as to offset the diameter increase). Might not be a problem on some cars, but if we're talking about a 4.3, the car already takes while to really get moving. I wouldn't want to do anything to my 4.3 to make it take even longer.

 

Noted Racer_X. I'm going with 20" setup to minimize the damage =)

Vorsteiner will be using my vehicle as their prototype/company vehicle for a complete aero/wheel package so i might as well upgrade =)

 

Obviously a lot of it is personal taste, but I have the H&R springs and 19" wheels and think it looks perfect. The 20s are probably doable but would be pushing it and 21s would look silly, IMO.

 

21's are awful. Even 20's are 50-50. In fact, the best 20's I've seen are the DBS wheels that Scott has. I am in the process of getting 19's for the V12. Tahoe has great wheels. Think hard about 19's if you are going with aftermarkets. You can go to 255 in front and 295 in rear.

 

Aesthetically, I think 20” would be the max on the Vantage because it has such a short wheel base.

 

21"s would be sustainable to damage so much quicker...aggressive driving would be limited unless you had previously driven that route and the ride would be bone jarring not to mention the cost of tires as I was told 20 and 22 are more popular so they are both cheaper than 21s...and as it was noted earlier the car's wheel base is too short for such a large wheel and then there is the unsprung weight increase...but to each is own, if you like it that is all that matters.

 

I just ordered some custom 20's
Thx for your input

 

What did you get?

 

20x9, 20x11 Vorsteiner V310 in textured matte finish. These are 3-piece concave wheels they have not released yet. Vorsteiner will be doing a full carbon aero package.

 

Pics? I think that Vorsteiner is doing some great work. Are you getting the carbon package and do you have any pics of that? I looked at Vorsteiner also but I as told that they were not producing drums with any concavity. There isn't much room to do this on an Aston but I wanted a bit of a step in from the lip to the lugs.

 

I think 20"s look cartoonish, 21's are even worse...19" looks good.

 

Jaymoney: Both wheels and aero package are in prototype stages. Prototype wheels should be complete in about 4 weeks. Aero package in 8 weeks. I'm not sure when they will release the products to the public. As far the wheels are concerned, like you said, the Vantage doesn't have much room to do any deep concave wheels or big lip. You're gonna have to use spacers to get more room. I'm leaving mine stock and going as concave as possible (which isn't much).