What do you recommend with these tires

[Mr.ac]

Originally Posted by joey999

Would you recommend getting an aftermarket wheels similar to the stock wheel size --- like 17*7+47

Heard its best for performance aspects

No, unless it weights less than the OEM wheels then you'll be saving weight gaining performance.

[EAGLE5]

Originally Posted by joey999

Would you recommend getting an aftermarket wheels similar to the stock wheel size --- like 17*7+47

Heard its best for performance aspects

Early on, Ropispec claimed that 17x9 with a 225 wheel was fastest around a track. It probably party depends on the tire. I believe he was using RPF1 wheels. His car was also far from stock. There's a thread around here somewhere.

If I were to upgrade from stock wheels, I'd get 17x9 +35 to clear the stock shocks.

[EAGLE5]

And for the record, I own 3 sets of OEM wheels but nothing aftermarket.

[joey999]

If I were to upgrade from stock wheels, I'd get 17x9 +35 to clear the stock shocks.[/QUOTE]

My only concern about that option is will they defintely fit easily

[joey999]

Originally Posted by jsimon7777

Early on, Ropispec claimed that 17x9 with a 225 wheel was fastest around a track. It probably party depends on the tire. I believe he was using RPF1 wheels. His car was also far from stock. There's a thread around here somewhere.

If I were to upgrade from stock wheels, I'd get 17x9 +35 to clear the stock shocks.

My only concern with that option is will they fit easily

[churchx]

joey999: btw, you should first state, how you intend to use your car. Only daily driving or track days only, or some mix of them? And what power you'll have, stock NA or forced induction? Any plans on using wider tires in future? Do you want to keep stock-like easy to poweroversteer or ok with tramlining? Be more descriptive as to where your preferences lie. Otherwise seeing advises like "some guy racing on track got best results on X size of tires" is hardly usable if eg. you won't ever race at all.
Only facts i've seen from you were: having stock 215/45/17 tires you need wheels to fit on, and that you want a bit of wider/"agressive" looks and value looks a bit above weight increase.

[joey999]

Originally Posted by churchx

joey999: btw, you should first state, how you intend to use your car. Only daily driving or track days only, or some mix of them? And what power you'll have, stock NA or forced induction? Any plans on using wider tires in future? Do you want to keep stock-like easy to poweroversteer or ok with tramlining? Be more descriptive as to where your preferences lie. Otherwise seeing advises like "some guy racing on track got best results on X size of tires" is hardly usable if eg. you won't ever race at all.
Only facts i've seen from you were: having stock 215/45/17 tires you need wheels to fit on, and that you want a bit of wider/"agressive" looks and value looks a bit above weight increase.

Yo church
car is a daily driver, no plans of forced induction any time soon. Just wanna know a good wheel fitment that looks good with those tires

[churchx]

If no forced induction, and no auto-x/trackday plans, then i'd stay with narrow tires & wheels for sake of keeping car character. Will be cheaper aswell. At most a bit different offset to get tires more flush and that's it, no need for senslessly uber wide ones. Somehow hadn't noticed people actively looking below car to check width and booing everybody below their .. 'standards'. Seeing that you intend to use tires of stock size, just get fitting 17x7/7.5/8 wheels of whichever model you like looks of and call it done. Sidegain of not oversized wheels - they weight less, hence (especially if lighter then stock) you may get better acceleration/braking/better suspension.

[continuecrushing]

Originally Posted by churchx

If no forced induction, and no auto-x/trackday plans, then i'd stay with narrow tires & wheels for sake of keeping car character. Will be cheaper aswell. At most a bit different offset to get tires more flush and that's it, no need for senslessly uber wide ones. Somehow hadn't noticed people actively looking below car to check width and booing everybody below their .. 'standards'. Seeing that you intend to use tires of stock size, just get fitting 17x7/7.5/8 wheels of whichever model you like looks of and call it done. Sidegain of not oversized wheels - they weight less, hence (especially if lighter then stock) you may get better acceleration/braking/better suspension.

this. x a billion

[joey999]

Originally Posted by churchx

If no forced induction, and no auto-x/trackday plans, then i'd stay with narrow tires & wheels for sake of keeping car character. Will be cheaper aswell. At most a bit different offset to get tires more flush and that's it, no need for senslessly uber wide ones. Somehow hadn't noticed people actively looking below car to check width and booing everybody below their .. 'standards'. Seeing that you intend to use tires of stock size, just get fitting 17x7/7.5/8 wheels of whichever model you like looks of and call it done. Sidegain of not oversized wheels - they weight less, hence (especially if lighter then stock) you may get better acceleration/braking/better suspension.

Thanks for the info, im new to this tire sizing stuff haha

Why do people choose bigger wheels but if performance is decreased? Does it really look better :/

[jvincent]

Originally Posted by joey999

Why do people choose bigger wheels but if performance is decreased? Does it really look better :/

Yes, it really looks better IMHO. Also, you can get light 18" wheels that are actually lighter than the stock wheels.

[churchx]

joey999: beauty is in the eye of beholder. To me overly wide wheels/tires without actual need for them looks like wannabe posing. I guess thinking may go along the lines "if i have wheels like those ferrari-s/porsches/lamborghini/koenigsegg/maclaren" "my cheap coupe will become as cool as those", or "if it works for much more expensive exotic sportscars it surely must be better on mine too", ignoring actual impact on car at hands resulting performance / specifics / optimisations. Very similar situation is with going for staggered setup, despite how many advise against. "I must install these" "no matter what".
Yes, there are some scenarios where wide & grippier tires are of benefit, such as mentioned auto-x racing in hands of experienced driver that can use fully all grip available at going >9/10, or if you noticeably rise engine performance with forced induction and so on .. but imho it's just for 1:10 from all of those that install those wider ones, with most doing just and only for looks in way what looks cooler in their eyes, not of practical sense. For your described usage scenarios imho no sense in doing such things.