my 88 lx needs rims, i hear 205/40's on 16's tuck nice at stock height and dont rub....then! some say 205/40's on 17's will tuck nice.......THEN some say its not rime height so much as offset to not rub..so...45mm offset 17's? or....what

question: has someone fit 17's like that... with out trimming fender well's or any thing else?
... cheers

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by PePiTo88lx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> my 88 lx needs rims, i hear 205/40's on 16's tuck nice at stock height and dont rub....then! some say 205/40's on 17's will tuck nice.......THEN some say its not rime height so much as offset to not rub..so...45mm offset 17's? or....what </TD></TR></TABLE>
Umm . . . nothing is going to "tuck" at stock ride height. On the contrary - gigantinormous wheels at stock height will jack your car up and leave it looking like an overgrown roller skate with 4x4 ground clearance.

17" wheels appear far too big on 4th-gen Civics; they just look distasteful. 16" have a much cleaner look and are more proportional to the rest of the car.

15" wheels of course are the best of all - clean, proportional to the car, wheels are cheap and plentiful, wheel selection is great, tires are cheap and plentiful, and tire selection is great. 90% of Honda-Tech agrees, too.

 

Lol...Ok so... if i were to get 15's to maintain proportion should get some coilovers to drop from stock height?
The problem is like you said, "over grown rollerskate" but i suppose i havent seen enough pics of 15's on 4g4d's to really get a good idea of said proportions.
do you know where i can find some?

 

do your car a favor and dont rice it out like every other 17 year old kid. 17 inch wheels look gay as hell on hondas. get some 15 which are lighter weight and look better. but seriously sooo many people who have rice boy wheels get their **** keyed around here. and some times i cant blame the keyers lol.

 

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thats some foul **** right there.

 

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Agreed, Even if it is riced out they dont deserve to have someone destroy it

 

Def stick with 15s or 16s most! 17s are way to big.

Check out this 4d Thread for some pics of sedans on various rim/suspension combos.

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1018815