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Hey guys. First time being on a forum so sorry if I’m posting a question that’s already been answered.

I have an ‘01 Civic LX sedan and i was wondering without rolling the fenders, what do you guys recommend for a flush, no rubbing or scraping fitment?

I was thinking of putting lowering springs on later (dropping an inch or 2) and I only want to spend money on one set of rims and tires. Possibly going with 16s or 17s on rims

 
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Check out the "Azumi" link in my sig (posts #1 and #35 in that thread). There are some decent pics (unfortunately the only pics I have that can kinda illustrate fitment) of my old car. 17x7et42 rims wrapped in 215/45-17s. Zero rubbing issues, non-rolled fenders, lowered 2.5-ish inches (tein ss-p coilovers adjusted to 1" from lowest adjustment setting). SPC camber arms on rear and Tein camber plates up front for alignment

 
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That’s a good flush fitment. I didn’t think I was gonna fit 17s without it lookin like a monster truck. You even have a good amount of tire wall. Was the 42 the positive offset?

 
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yea, IIRC, those Buddy Club rims only came in positive offsets.

As for the the sidewall, that tire profile was specifically chosen to match the OEM tire profile as closely as possible. I think it was only like a 0.2% variance. Comfy ride, didn't mess with speedometer/odometers, still had performance tires on there

 
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was the width any different from stock?

 
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It was. My 2002 ex coupe came stock with 15x6 ET45 wrapped in 185/65-15s

My aftermarket rims were 1" wider, 3mm shallower offset, and the tires had 3cm wider treadwidth. With the tire profile I chose, overall diameter of the tire was only a 3mm difference (12mm larger circumference with teh 17s)