uhsentc

Why is no one going for 17 inch rims?

According to TireRack.com, the lightest wheel/tire combination is:
17" Kosei K4R @ 14.1 lbs
continental extremecontact dws @ 22lbs

total at 36.1 pounds.
4 total: 144.4 lbs

vs original:
stock OEM rim: 27lbs
tires: 23lbs
Total: 50lbs
4 tota: 200 lbs

shaves 55.6 lbs

CONCRETETC

Ive been trying to unload my 2014 stock setup and want to go to 17s. More tire...

CONCRETETC

Any pics out there?

CONCRETETC

C'mon anyone?

azztinthebox

Not many are going 17" because for a few more pounds with the right wheels you can get an 18" wheel and quite frankly 17s are just to small for the body of this car. I'm sure someone somewhere has done it but finding pictures I could imagine might be a little harder.

Try comparing an aftermarket 17 to an aftermarket 18. Oem wheels are always for the most part going to be way heavier.

FlintMica17

I don't think 17" looks good on the 2nd gen. They look great on 1G, but the wheels wells and overall size of the car was much smaller than the current tC

Pedro13

I agreed with Azztin & Flint. I have 17" for my snow tires (live in Canada) and even are steel rims that already looks ugly, the gap from the body to the wheels looks huge... I don't have any pictures of my car with the "snows" to show you right now, but in a couple of months I have to back to my "snow kit" and I'll post some...I think is not worth it change to a lower size on aluminum rims...Few more pounds makes look your car waaaay better...at least on 2nd Gen tC.

kgb4187

My car came with 17"s because the previous owner had awful rims on, and I've been looking to replace them.

stenger

I'm dropping down to 17"s when tax time comes.

Just trying to find the right combo of 17x8 or 17x9's with mid 20's offset.
And probably 225/45's on the rubber side of things.

I think 17"s are probably the smallest you can do on a tc2 IF you are slammed. Can't pull them off at stock height, as they look dainty in the wheel wells.

Doing in for weight, acceleration, and lowering reasons.

HOODedDutchman

225/45 is way too small for 17" rim...

stenger

Really, because I think it looks good. And is only a 3.14" difference in circumference, and that equals about a 3mph difference at 70mph. It's essentially the stock tire size -1" in wheel height.

Initially I thought a 225/40 would work well, but wanted to maintain some comfort from the tires. That's a 1/2" difference in sidewall, nearly 2"s in overall height, and 5 1/2" in circumference. May still consider it, once I find the right wheels, with decent specs (17x8/9 +15/+30 somewhere around there). But having a hard time finding the right style of wheels that I think would work well with my 2.5 and not be extremely heavy.

HOODedDutchman

3 1/4" is a massive difference. Stock tire size is 225/45R18. It'll look terrible. Need at least 225/55 or somewhere around there.

stenger

I'm sorry, but I disagree.

HOODedDutchman

You'd be adding like 1 inch of wheel gap. Even with lowest coils overs you can find you'd still have too much wheel gap and ur car would be dragging on ground. Even 18s look small on tc2. Bunch if wheel poke and width makes up for it tho.

stenger

I'm tucking tires on 18s right now. If I drop -1" total wheel height I'll be right about perfect. As for dragging the ground, no. I wish it would though.

KKWL

I'm currently using 17" for my Winter wheels but the brand I have are Voxx Racing rims does the job for winter with my Ice X3's slapped on.