18's, 40's, and potholes
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18's, 40's, and potholes
I noticed that most of our 7th gen Civics have 17's on them, i want to put 18's on mine but i live in an area where there are lots of potholes and uneven pavement. Would it be smart to go wit 17's and 45's or it really doesn't matter if i put 18's and 40's.....thanks guys...
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Rep Power: 0 hey man wassup.....i live in the south...we mostly have good roads here...but ive hit some nasty potholes myself.....everythings held up fine so far......so go with the 18's........
check out my ride with 18's
my pimp ride that still needs a few grand in it
check out my ride with 18's
my pimp ride that still needs a few grand in it
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Rep Power: 0 Man, I just bought myself a set of 215/35/18, and I live in QUEBEC!!! I don't know if you've ever been up here, but we're known to have the worst roads in all NA!!! It's all about the look man!
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Rep Power: 0 i live in new orlenas, pot hole capital. i got 215/40- 18 and no problems here. steering wheel shakes , noisy drive, and feel a lot of bumps, but with 40's your chances of beded a rim drastically decrease. i say 40 series.
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Rep Power: 0 It's all about the look and what you wanna go for. I think either way will be fine, but there is extra protection with 40s. I have 215/35/18 and have some pretty crappy road conditions where I live. Alot of people that drop their rides seem to think that 40s are too big, so if you are gonna drop it you might wanna run 35s. Bottom line is go with what you like. I haven't had any problems yet......and I've had couple of nasty run ins
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Rep Power: 417 yup.. 40s with a drop and no kit is a no no.. looks ugly..
40s with a 1.75" drop and kit looks nice
35s with a 1.75" drop and kit leaves big fender gap, 2.25" is kinda too low with kit. 35s with 2.25" and no kit is nice
40s with a 1.75" drop and kit looks nice
35s with a 1.75" drop and kit leaves big fender gap, 2.25" is kinda too low with kit. 35s with 2.25" and no kit is nice
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[hr]Originally posted by: brokenarrow883
here is a side view of 215/25/18.. this is before my coilovers.. now its droped another 1"
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[hr]Originally posted by: brokenarrow883
here is a side view of 215/25/18.. this is before my coilovers.. now its droped another 1"
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Look good though
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