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I have a friend that got some 17 inch wheels on his Teg and he said that it screwed up his suspension i never saw the car with the 17s but he replaced them with 16s from what i understand the 17s fit fine on our cars with no problems with rubbing or anything correct? I just bought Velox VX8 and i got 17s because i like the look but i wanted to make sure that my friend was just dreaming about the problems rather than paying this much for wheels then having to return them i plan on racing but mainly got them for the look the wheels are lightweight so i didnt worry about that but 17s are safe correct? [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
someone with prolonged use of 17s on their 2k1 please respond

 
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They won't rub. I've only had mine for a month, but I've been beating the crap out of them and I have had no problems.

 
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I've had mine for almost a year now, and I've had no problems with them. No rubbing or nothing and my car is lowered to where there is no wheel gap.

 
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Had mine for almost a year with 1.5" drop and no camber kit. No problems at all. No rubbing and inside of rear wheels still look perfect.

 
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What about any suspension problems he said he experienced suspension probs...i told him that it wasnt the wheels but something else but i wanted to make sure by the way what do you thing about Velox VX8 in gunmetal with gunmetal altezzas on a ralley red coupe with 6% tint all the way around

 
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17's with 2" drop , no problems..

 
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don't trip out man, no problems....

 
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You picked out some bad a$$ rims.

 
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I've had my 17s on for a year. Don't worry about suspension problems. Your friend is just tripping. To think about it logically, think how dealers have their show room cars with 17s, when they come stock with 15s. I don't think dealers would do something that will cause them warranty problems. Plus you almost keep the same diameter in wheel size because you increase rim size but decrease tire width. The only other factor might be less cushion and more weight, but I don't think that will affect your suspension. Oh, and your ride sounds tight, I'm into dark rims now too with my gunmetal Shu 4s. Enjoy the attention.

 
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You shouldn't have any problems with the 17s rubbing or hurting your suspension. The most important thing I would check, however, is the offset of the rim. That is the only thing I can think of off hand that may cause problems down the line.

 
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I have 17's w/ a 2 in drop and no problem !

 
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i got 17's with -1finger gap in the front and no finger gap at the back.. no problemos i denno how many inches that is =/ the size of my tire is 205/40/17

 
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i've had 17" SSR Integrals now for about 7 months........had no problems at all-nothing to worry about

 
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I have 17's and no problems too! [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

WTF does that have to do with anything? It's the offset and the overall rim and tire diameter that matters. Use the Tire Calc located in the top menu to see what size tires you can use with your 17's. If you have an LX, then you can get as much tire as an EX has without any problems whatsoever. Tire height and tire width and camber cause rubbing problems. There are all sorts of combinations of these parameters that could 'cause problems.

The lower you go the more you have to worry about the tops of the tires rubbing. This also makes your camber negative, so you'll have to worry about the sides of the tires running as well. Then there's tire width. Obviously, wider tires and rims will cause bigger problems than thinner ones. You can go slightly over the stock size. For example, many people have 215/45/17's which are wider and taller than stock. Some of them have this combination lowered with Eibach sportlines and no camber correction and have had no problems. Others have audio with that combination and do have problems. It depends on so many variables that it really is hard to calculate.

Offset is the last one that you'll have to worry about. The wider the rim, the bigger the offset should be to keep the rim centered on the hub. You don't want to rub either the inside fender well or the outside of it.

 
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<< I have 17's and no problems too! [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

WTF does that have to do with anything? It's the offset and the overall rim and tire diameter that matters. Use the Tire Calc located in the top menu to see what size tires you can use with your 17's. If you have an LX, then you can get as much tire as an EX has without any problems whatsoever. Tire height and tire width and camber cause rubbing problems. There are all sorts of combinations of these parameters that could 'cause problems.

The lower you go the more you have to worry about the tops of the tires rubbing. This also makes your camber negative, so you'll have to worry about the sides of the tires running as well. Then there's tire width. Obviously, wider tires and rims will cause bigger problems than thinner ones. You can go slightly over the stock size. For example, many people have 215/45/17's which are wider and taller than stock. Some of them have this combination lowered with Eibach sportlines and no camber correction and have had no problems. Others have audio with that combination and do have problems. It depends on so many variables that it really is hard to calculate.

Offset is the last one that you'll have to worry about. The wider the rim, the bigger the offset should be to keep the rim centered on the hub. You don't want to rub either the inside fender well or the outside of it. >>



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If you can call an americas tire and ask, the managers that I've spoken to all know their stuff

 
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Do people on this site realize that one of the best tire size calculators around is at the top of the page?

 
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17inch wrapped with 205/40/17 , 2 inch drop, one year, no problems

 
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I have 17x7.5 no drop and 42offset, they are about 4cm from rubbing inside the wheel well, yet they have never rubbed. Too bad they weigh 22lbs, i've noticed serious diff in acceleration.