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I just bought my 7 not to long ago, and I wanted to know what are my limits for rims...........width, height...etc...heres a pic https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683473.gif
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215/45 on a 17x7 inch rim all around is a nice combo...i bought aftermarket wheels a few years ago and liked the handling/price this size offered. this was on a 40mm offset on the rim.
I "believe" the widest you can go up front with a stock 40mm offset is 225 tires. You can go much wider in the back...but its up to you if you want an even number on all 4 wheels so you can rotate them... Honestly if I had to go back I would probably choose 16x7's over the 17's. The look of the 17's are awesome...but the larger rotational interia weight slowed the car down a tad. Nice ride...good luck https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png |
thanks, i should have some more pics up soon. I want to put wider tires in the rear along with some slimmer ones in the front. like 17x7's in the front and 17x7.5-8's in the back............ or wider https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/BURNOUT.gif
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w/o rolling or wider fenders you can stuff 265s in the rear. I plan on running that this summer on 17s
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anyone else with suggestions or comments? it would be welcome
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I put (5 days ago) 17X7 with 40 offset all around. Tires are 225/45 ZR17. I like the looks and handles well. I am not good enough to tell a slowing down of the car due to larger inertial weight like Erik is. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png In fact I think it gave my car at least 20 horsepower. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683785.gif Here is an image of one of the wheels and tires.
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I run 245/35/17s on all four corners of my car w/Proxie T1S tires, Im not sure what the offset is, they are close but never rub. should it say the off set some where on the wheel? or do the have to be measured or something?
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well I forgot to tell everyone that it has eibach lowering springs on it. the fronts with the 15's on it look as if they could almost rub...but thats not with lo-pros https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif
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Originally Posted by jcyrx7' date='May 1 2003, 12:26 AM
well I forgot to tell everyone that it has eibach lowering springs on it. the fronts with the 15's on it look as if they could almost rub...but thats not with lo-pros https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif
the 15" stock 91 rim with the stock 205/60R15 tire is almost identical in diameter/height to a 17" rim with 215/45R17 tire... so if you're concerned with rubbing, the aftermarket tire combo i mentioned above would be the same ride height as your stock wheels...thus not messing up your speedo. i'll have to look for it, but the Bay-Area RX-7 site used to have a wheel/tire size calculator on it...dunno if its still there...it helped me out a lot... |
awesome, I really needed that info.............. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683621.gif (my amp finally came from etronics.com and i got it installed. It really thumps, 2 12" kicker comp vr's in a custom built box w/ a 1000watt legacy amp) I'll have to get some pics
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well I want to get either the same size rim's all the way around w/ a larger tire in the back or 17x7's in the front like you mentioned before Erik and like 18x8-9's or is that just to wide?
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I've had...
16x7.5 all around 17x8 front 17x9 rear 18x8.5 front 18x9.5 rear |
Originally Posted by 1BADRX7' date='May 6 2003, 08:24 AM
I've had...
16x7.5 all around 17x8 front 17x9 rear 18x8.5 front 18x9.5 rear |
1BADRX7 is your car lowered or stock?
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Wow?!? 8.5" in the front? That's cutting it close. It's all in the proper offset and tire selection I guess. I've seen plenty of 17x8(234/45) and 17x9(265/40) on FC's.
17's are the way to go. It's too hard to find 16's that are that wide with the proper offset and 18's are too bling bling. I like to have plenty of sidewall for daily driving. 17x9.5 in the back will fit fine with 255/40. An itty bit of tire stretch never hurt anybody. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...DIR#>/wink.png One thing you want to make sure of is that you keep the tire diameter as close to stock as possible. There are more tires to select from in the 17" range. The money you save by getting 17's instead of 18's and the expensive 18" tires you can turn around and spend it on some good quality tires. It bugs me when people spend tons of money of other stuff but cheap out with tires. Tires are the most important part of the car. Everything you do with the car should be focused on making them do their job as well as they can. The section width is not an absolute number. Check the specs for the particular tire you want. Two tires both at 225/50R16 can be up to 3/4 of an inch different. I know. That's how my Yokohama AVS Int. and Advan A-032R's were. The A-032R's were very narrow compared to the "same" sized AVS Int. As a matter of fact, treadware ratings are not consistant between manufacturers. They only seem to be consistant between model lines from the same manufacturer. So a Pirelli with a rating of 300 will be different from a Falken that's rated at 300 for treadwear. The only treadware rating that is standardized is the "A" or "AA" or whatever rating system. It's not a very accurate way to measure treadwear between tires but it is a standard. So I guess the real limits for wheels and tires on your car might wind up being your wallet. It is for me. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/angry.png |
My car had Eibachs, but I lowered it a little more than that.
The 18's look, feel, ride, and handle great. 3-pc. Volk wheels are light https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png |
i have 18's on mine
i have 215/35/18 in the front and 265/40/18 in the back (with spacers to top it off) no rolled fenders and yes i have it dropped to top it off with intrax springs the only thing about em are that i know that they weigh a ton!!!! |
i want 5zigen MK5 or racing harts C2's 17''
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