hey everyone i want to say thaks for the help and this cool place on the net.i have a 2005 accord coupe and i want to put 17x7 wheels on it.what back spacing should i go with +40mm or+45 mm or something else.i don't want the tires under too far just inside the lips a little.i think the stock ones are in too far for my car...thanks again

 

the "back spacing" you are refering to is called offset.

What are the dimensions (diameter, width, offset) of your stock rims?

 

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I'm not sure what specific help you're going to get, but if it helps any please know that the Honda HFP factory wheels in 17x7 are +55.

If your car is at stock height, you could go out quite a bit. If you've lowered it you will have to be more careful.

 

 

I have an 05 6 speed and they come w/ 17"x7" and a +45 offset.

If you plan to lower it, go w/ a +50

 

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Wow. You're lucky. All the standard (non HFP) 2006 6-6 wheels are 17x6.5 +55.

 

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Wow. You're lucky. All the standard (non HFP) 2006 6-6 wheels are 17x6.5 +55.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Whoops! My mistake, they do have a +55 offset. But the 05 6 speeds come w/ a 17"x7" +55. I can take a pic of my wheel if you like.

 

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Whoops! My mistake, they do have a +55 offset. But the 05 6 speeds come w/ a 17"x7" +55. I can take a pic of my wheel if you like. </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you have time to do that, it would be great.

Although it's neat that the 2006 6-6 come with these unique 17x6.5" wheels, I am sure that there are many of us who'd want the extra 1/2" in order to fit 235-45-17 tyres at some point.

As it is, the only clear path for us is to move to the 18x8 A-Spec wheels, which is a bit of over kill, I think.


These are the unique 17x6.5 +55 wheels that are supplied on the 6-6 cars, both sedan and coupe.

 

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If you have time to do that, it would be great.

These are the unique 17x6.5 +55 wheels that are supplied on the 6-6 cars, both sedan and coupe.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sure thing, I'll get a pic on my camera phone @ break. Here's a decent quality pic of the wheels themselves.


EDIT: Ooops! I forgot I resized the pic for a sig. Sorry about that.