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Old 01-29-2012, 09:24 PM   #77
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Just a tid bit regarding the tyre width and size.

- Some countries require cars to pass some driving vibration requirements, tyre is critical in this requirement.

- The stock wheel size is chosen the way it is, because of 2 purposes (1) Performance and (2) Cost. Sometimes Cost and Performance are actually evenly looked at...

- With that said, 17 x 7.5 is not big at all. For people looking for new bigger wheels.... I dont see any issues with 18 x 8, or even 18 x 8.5. 9+ wide tyres may be overkill and for this type of car, no performance benefits can be attained from having such wide tyres... (the car is not a torque monster etc).

With that said... 18 x 7.5 (225s) Fronts, 18 x 8.5 (245s) is my ideal selections :-)
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