sloz64now

i have 14" steelies right now and i like the drop that i have, its like perfect for me. if i put on some ls rims will it affect the look of the drop?

klungemonger

Larger rims will fill up the wheel well more and make it look lower. Also the lower profile tires improve handling.

95excoupe

not really cause you compensate for the rim difference with less tire. I think a non-lowered car with rims looks like **** personally. What kind of rims are you looking at..size oem etc.

jayare05

umm.. do u have a suspension or is it stock? if stock the bigger wheel u go the more its gonna raise ur car.. i had 17's on a paseo with a 40 series rubberband tire and it looked like a monster truck..

sloz64now

i have ground control w/ tokico blues, its lowered so i can easily fit my finger between the tire and fender. i have steelies now and want to put on some 15" ls mesh rims

klungemonger

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It does not raise your car if you use the proper tire so the overall diameter remains the same as stock.

On a 92-95 Civic with 14" wheels,the stock tire size is 185/60. Upsizing to a 15" wheel you would use 195/50, a 16" would be 205/40. Those are very close to exact stock diameter so your speedo will be relatively accurate. 96-00 Civics had larger tires stock so this doesn't apply to those. Using a 17" with 205/40 is too large for a 92-95.

Anyhow, 15" will be nice on a 5g Civic, and there are tons of tire options for cheap in 195/50 size.

sloz64now

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Anyhow, 15" will be nice on a 5g Civic, and there are tons of tire options for cheap in 195/50 size.</TD></TR></TABLE>
i want 205/50 for my 15's. need tires bad too, look at sig

DJ_SaNdOz

I had 17's on my old 91 Si several years ago, and it looked like it raised it even though the height didn't actually change. IMO it looked really odd until it was lowered, granted 17's on that chassis look kind of out of place anyhow....

klungemonger

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Yeah, just because you technically CAN fit a wheel in, doesn't mean you SHOULD put in on. There's a limit to how big of a wheel looks decent, the limit is different for every car but every car does have a limit.

Ghetto Civic HX

getting larger wheels won't make your car higher, but it will look that way. just lower your car a little more when you put the new wheels on.

JDM96SpecCTR

THE 15S SHOULD LOOK JUST ABOUT TEH SAME ON THE DROP U HAVE WITH THE STEELIES..IF U WERE PUTTING 17S IT WOULD MAKE IT LOOKS HIGHER

sorry bout the caps but im too lazy to fix it now

sloz64now

so im still not sure on the answer. would 205/50/15's on ls mesh rims lowered w/ a finger gap change the look of the drop from 14" steelies?

ok thanks^^

Marauder

nope, just an optical illusion.

Changing from 14 to 15 isn't that big anyways.

klungemonger

Maybe on a car not lowered, with lots of gap, the short sidewall tires make it seem like you are lifted because the gap is larger than the tire.
But since you have very small gap, a larger wheel with shorter tire fills in the blackness occupied by fender gap and tires. It will look fine, like Marauder said only 1" isn't that big of a deal.

sloz64now

koo thanks for the reponses, now all i need are the 2 tires