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I got a deal I couldn't refuse. I bought 17in rims with tires 235/55/17. I have rubbing in the front. On struts. I have a 2015 civic. Guys please don't laugh. This is my first set of rims ever. Will spacers correct the issue? My original size is 195/65/15
Thanks

 
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I mean, technically it would, but it would throw your car off completely.

Your speedo will be reading way off with the larger wheels. You’re supposed to buy wheels within 3% diameter of the original wheels, and your 17’s are over 8% off. Not only that, your wheels are probably going to stick out past your fenders to the point where it looks silly (with spacers, provided they aren’t sticking out already).

In all honesty, I’d either get a different set of tires or new wheels altogether.

 
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first thing to find out is where it is rubbing and when.
depending where, it changes what to do.
obviously, you need different tire size, though

 
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edit: changing my post because I cant read. Hol up

Specs on your OEM rim setup is 195/65-15 15x6et45

I've seen posts of people squeezing 235/45s with no issue, and seems like that's the largest you'd be able to fit on the 9thgens. Also take into account the offset. You're gonna wanna stick to a range within et38 to et48

​​​​​@sdaidoji said, check out where it's rubbing. Spacer might help if you're rubbing the inner shoulder on the wheel well, but you may end up poking outside of the fender and create rubbing issues there if you hit a pothole or bump hard enough

There's another wheel size calculator that gives you a visual representation of where any possible rub points would be. You would have to adjust the original fender clearance, wheelwell clearance, suspension clearance, scrub radius parameters to see what you'd be looking at, however. Eyeballing some other pics online of people rocking 234-45's, this is what you're looking at with no spacers. The "Specify your parameters" section is all approximate, just fyi. Also kinda guessed on the new rim width and put the max offset bc those specs weren't specified.