thinking of buying a set of these for my R but im curious as to what they would look like in 17"

 

17 is too big for a itr ...

 

^ I agree to an extent...

Some 17" wheels really look good on a Type-R. Others don't. Take JUN. R's for example:



I think his car works perfectly aesthetically. It's so damn mean looking.

 

JUN. R's car is sitting on it's nuts -- baller.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GO-FIGHT-KILL &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">^ I agree to an extent...

Some 17" wheels really look good on a Type-R. Others don't. Take JUN. R's for example:



I think his car works perfectly aesthetically. It's so damn mean looking.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wow that makes me want to rock 17s so bad.

 

man that is huge! LOL but yeah 17's are toooo big

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by actionanh &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">man that is huge! LOL but yeah 17's are toooo big </TD></TR></TABLE>

funny how 17's look sooo huge on an R but just right on my EVO, and R owners just gotta have 'em and EVO owners just gotta have anything larger like 18's or 20's...

to each his own.

I love picking up stock wheels for both at cut-rate deals

 

^ It's weird, isn't it? 16"s look a bit pushy on my Type-R, but they look tiny on my Prelude... Different stances I suppose.

 

If it wasn't for everyone wanting "tuner rImZ" I couldn't easily afford multiple sets of OEM wheels for both cars.

oh well.

 

Austrian-r is rocking 17" for this race season. someone should have the pict.

 

16's are perfect!

 

17's Mikehonda

 

Depending on the wheel, I think 17" wheels on an R look great. Though you should take the road condition into account as it's not a very comfortable ride if the roads are in bad shape.

#122 on 15" USDM ITR wheels and lowered


#122 on 16" JDM ITR wheels and lowered


#122 on 17" Volk Gram Lights 57S and lowered same height.

 

^ That last picture caused a disruption in my pants.

 

to me even on jun's r they still look too big and dont fit on a R ... but thats just my opinion

 

Do any of you guys get rubbing issues with 17" rims ?

What offset needs to be run for 17" rims. I'm looking into a spare set of 17" OZ wheels

 

^ Funny you should say that... I have a set of 17" authentic OZ wheels 5x114.3 with tires. Willing to let them go for $350.

EDIT: Annnnnnd I just noticed your location.

Well, just for the hell of it, here's some pictures of them... All four wheels have rash on the outer lip, but no deep scoring.





Or, 16" Bronze Rota GT3s 5x114.3 for the same price.



I need to make some money.


Modified by GO-FIGHT-KILL at 10:32 PM 2/18/2007

 

Funny how this thread turned into a "17's are teh suxorz" .

I'm rockin' 17's and I think when I lower my car a tiny bit more in the front it'll look perfect. Ah-la JUN.R steez . In retrospect, had the rims I just bought been available in a 16x7/8 I would've preferred it since 16's are the happy medium but, alas, 17x7.5 was the only ITR fitiment and I just had to splurge .

 

just get what you like

 

For those of you running 17's for the track and or being dumped:

Are you guys running a higher offset to accommodate fender rubbing when using 215/225 tire widths? I ran a +38 offset 17x7.5 rim but was using 205 tires that looked a little stretched and wasn't my taste at all, and that still had rubbing in the rear which was quickly fixed with a little roll of the wheel well. I quickly got tired of the stretched tire which barely cleared my finger between the gap so i ended up selling them.

Just wondering because I would really like to get 2 sets of rims, 16's for the go and 17's for the show

 

You will have to roll the fenders.

 

there is lots of room for my 17" OZ wheels now


but i would trade them in for a nice set of nice 15" rims

 

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My guess would be because the stock wheels are the most common wheel for an ITR. I'm not certain on the validity of that statement however.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HotboxedTypeR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why does everyone love Volk TE37's so much. They are so overated and played out. The Stock gunmetals look way better.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Maybe because of that little thing called "quality"?

 

^ I agree. However, they're cast wheels... And VOLK TE-37s, are forged. In case you did not know, forged wheels are stronger than cast wheels, no matter how overrated, or played out they are. Believe it or not, some people buy wheels for the function, not form.

EDIT: He deleted his post in between these two.


Modified by GO-FIGHT-KILL at 10:42 AM 2/21/2007