I was doing a search, at the moment I was looking to actually see how a 215 45 tire on a 17inch wheel would look like.

So if you have pics!! Show em off!



I want to see how porportionate the tire is to the rim.

So please post your pics and hopefully answer these 3 questions.

1. Width of the actual rim. (7.0",7.5",8.0",...) ?

2. Offset of the rim. (et40,et38,et35,...) ?

3. If your car is lowered..or stock... if lowered,how much? (1",1.5",1.7",2",or2"+)



I have been seeing a lot of threads about this one tire size. Yet a lot of them do not have pics. So this one thread will hopefully eliminate a lot of people's questions.

Thanks in Advance

Also I you can post threads of this topic to have a sort of data base of this topic.

Here are some topics I did a quick search.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...&highlight=215

Here are some links of members w/pic with this tire size.

https://www.scionlife.com/profile/jethro_b 17 x 7 - et40 - 1.5" Lowered


https://www.scionlife.com/profile/Stealpulse 17 X 7.5 -et35 - 1.6"F 1.5"R Lowered


https://www.scionlife.com/profile/stick_1NZ 17 x 7 - et42 - 2" Lowered


https://www.scionlife.com/profile/Lonely_Raven


http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/2052640 Added 2/9/06 17x7 - et42 - 1 3/8"F 1 5/8"R Lowered - No Rub.


https://www.scionlife.com/profile/Denstyr 17 x 7 - et40 - 1.06"F .91"R Lowered


https://www.scionlife.com/profile/Dwestxb Added 2/8/06 17x7.5 - et40 - 2" Lowered - No Rub.


https://www.scionlife.com/profile/CBSIMONSEZ 17 x 7.5 - et35 or et40 - 2" Lowered


https://www.scionlife.com/profile/Sid_xBicious Added 2/11/06 17x7 - et40 - 1.7"F, 1.5"R Lowered. 5mmF 10mm"R spacers.

 

Wheels 7.5 wide, lowered 2"

 

Nice wheels.

 

Motegi Racing RT5 17x7 +42 offset. Falken ZE512 tires in a 215/45-17. I'll see if I can get some better pics posted.







And here is where my wheel got messed up from the stupid salt here!

 

Thanks for all info guys! Keep em coming

PS: Salt can really damage wheels, ouch.

 

Here's a pic of the wheels that I just got today with the same tire as above on them.

 

 

Nice! Keep em coming!

 

man, my wheels has ET40, but i did put 5mm spacer(front), and 10mm shim(back) both were OneTonGarage(van) items.
Also, springs were tien S-tech(1.7, 1.5).

 

great thread!
i cant wait to get my 17's (winter is taking forever )

 

OK, so their are many pics of the exact same setup I want to run,
only problem is that I have an XA not an XB.
I want to run 5Zigen FNO1R-C 17x7 +42 with 215/45/17
Stock, not lowered.
Is that setup possible with No spacers, No rubbing, and full front radius?
PLus, since this is what this thread is about, post pics of your XA if you have them.

 

I believe the xA and xB drive train and suspension are the same .
The green xB above is running that setup. He hasn't mentioned any thing about rubbing. I believe you will loose some turning radius considering its 2.3% bigger than stock.

 

http://www.sounddomain.com/ride/2052640

 

Question for everyone running 45's.

Do you feel much of a power loss with the slightly larger dia tire?

 

I haven't seen a difference....

 

just put mine on today. i had to trim a little plastic out of the wheel well. now weverything's fine. no rubbing. i have konig unknown's with BFG KDW2 215/45/17.

 

17x7 sportmax -42 offset 10mm OTG rear Shims 5MM spacers all around.

 

same tires on 17x8 et35 (& spacers on the back)

 

17x7.5, et45 w/spacers&shims. Tein S-tech drop.

 

finally got pics up.

in the first pic you can see where i had to trim away some plastic. you can also see where the tire rubbed and took the paint off. it's the same spot on both sides