17" rims?
#1
17" rims?
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
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
#5
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.
Try comparing an aftermarket 17 to an aftermarket 18. Oem wheels are always for the most part going to be way heavier.
#7
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.
#9
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.
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.
#11
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.
#14
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.
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