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Originally Posted by wparsons
It'll help a lot if you list what you plan to do with the car, and also what you feel the pros and cons are for you.
If you want pure performance for a time attack type situation, you're better off with 8" wide rims with 225's.
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I'm not a fan of buying twice. An 8" width rim with 225's?! Might as well just keep the stockers lol. Sorry but that's not what I'm looking for. Even if I was time attacking with the stock car, I would just stick with the stock wheels and wrap them with sticky 225's
The car will be a DD with little track time. Eventually, it will be turned turboed so may as well go for the wheel size that'll accomidate that. Plus, 9" width on all four corners looks business. I'd rather have too much grip than not enough.
I guess I can say that the cost of tires is pretty important to me when talking long term. A 17x9 with a 245 would probably be most economical in terms of performance per dollar. But 18"s look more satisfying. That's the delimma I'm having. Aesthetics versus running costs. I may not be satisfied with the look of a 17x9; whereas, 255/35r18's can rack up a tire tab quite quickly.
I may have to flip a coin with this one. The votes so far are pretty even too lol.