whats up. Jus a quick question i have a 98 sedan lowered 2 inches on stock steelies and stock tire size. I am satisfied with the drop but would like to know if i was going with 16inch rims and a low pro tire would my car go lower to the ground? Would it create a gap cause now i have none?

 

If the rims are going to be smaller than what your steelies are then yes, the car chassis will be lower to the ground.
It's common sense.

 

Type in your wheels and tires sizes and this calculator will tell you if you go lower, higher, or stay the same:

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalcold.html

Not necessarily, it all depends on tire size.

 

I dont think it will go lower but I think that it will look or appear lower. I had 16 inch rims on my dropped civic with some thin tires and it looked dropped..

 

if you have smaller rims you should have bigger tires to match stock wheel size. so no it shouldn't.

 

It probably looked dropped because you dropped it...

 

well duh that too lol but what I meant to say was that it looked more dropped then my 15" rims with bigger tires 205/50/15

 

16's with like 40 series tires might drop it a bit, not 100% sure. Either way as someone mentioned above...the 16's with low profile tires will make it appear lower than it is anyways.

 

I lowerd my ek 3inches and I just picked up some 13"bbs mesh for them. Do you guys think thats a bad idea? Im affraid that it will become to low and beat the **** out of my fenders.

 

that depends on the tire size, your suspension ect...

 

Try to always keep the wheel size.. For example I have 14s on my car and the aspect ratio of the tires I have are 65. With 16s I would go with a lowest of 50, because any lower than that then you'll have speedo issues.

 

If you buy the appropriate tire for your 13-14-15-16" wheel you can keep the original ride height.

For 16's you want a 205/45/16 to be closest to OEM spec. 205/40 and 205/50 also work, 205/50 is the stock ITR tire size for the 16" wheel.

There is a tire for all the wheel sizes mentioned in here to keep the original total wheel/tire diameter about the same. Going far outside of this diameter really messes with your fuel economy, speedometer accuracy, etc.

 

Exactly what I was going for. Well put

 

Will the brakes fit in a 13?

People had issues with the 13 version of the HX wheels...dunno what they're from but I know it was a brake clearance thing.

 

Yep, I was thinking that too. I seriously doubt 13" wheels would clear EX brakes; not sure about other trim levels.

 

I think it might look a little odd IMHO as well.

That'd be like 65 series tires to make it even level out slightly. I think BBS mesh in a 13 would be better fitting for an ef?

To each their own.