TypeR 01 886

Well just as the tops says.

I have H&R sport springs on my car now and was thinking of getting new wheels. Well I wanted to know if I put larger wheels will the wheel gap be reduced? I know the whole thing about the diameter of wheel+tire.

But I have seen cars when ppl put on bigger wheels there wheel gap looks much worse.

Thanks in advance.

Cosworth

Wheel gap is dependent on tire size.

Most 17" wheels use 215/40/17, 205/45/17, or 215/45/17 tires. And, they tend to be smaller than overall stock wheel + tire diameter.

SamC

I believe it all depends on the tire size as well.

At the same time, I always thought that you want to keep the over size close to the stock size. Thus, if the 2 sizes are the same, the wheel gap shouldn't change much.

Some one correct me if I'm wrong.

TsunamiZC

the wheel gap will look smaller ..after its dropped ...but its going to be relatively the same

jdmspoonitr

iTrader: (1)

The reason that it looks worse is because the car is higher off the ground. This is a general statement that assumes that the tire/wheel combo has a larger radius then stock combo.

Bigger radius, means that the car is higher off the ground, giving it the off road look. But the actual gap should get smaller.