Just wondering if there are any down sides to lowering I have some 16 inch rims I'm gonna put on my accord which stocks are 13's and the tire size on the rims is 215/40 and they look a little well not bigger when i tried them on and everyone's telling me to lower the car but I'm reluctant to do so.

 

the**** are you saying? Can you even understand that?

Down sides to lowering, depend on how low your going. But, you ride quality is going to take a hit with the tires as well.

 

lol wtf.

 

Comfort---------------------------O--------------------------Performance

Pick one. Slide the O, you'll give up one for the other. It's an inverse relationship.

Comfort is subjective, so some people (like me) don't mind a bit of a rough ride. Even still I can't objectively say my car rides comfortably, I can put up with it but it's certainly not "comfortable." If I've been fighting for a few days and I'm really sore then I am not a fan of riding in my civic.

Wheel size/tire size will also play a big role in comfort. 16's have shorter sidewalls than 15's do, so automatically you've got ~1" less wheel/tire diameter now taken my a solid metal compared to soft rubber.


The down sides to lowering are this:
1) Potentialy increased tire wear
2) Faster wear on suspension components, ball joints, bushings, shocks, wheel bearings
3) Not able to pull into some drives, having to drive carefully, scrapiing your car bottom on speed bumps, etc.
4) It costs $$$

 

5) Screws up you suspension geometry. (Bump/roll steer)

 

Stop typing on your phone. If you weren't on your phone...OMG.
So you're asking us, basically, if you should bow to peer pressure and lower your Accord, even though you don't want to? On top of that you don't even mention HOW low or with what.

 

Well I did word my post in an immature way I agree it's because I'm a bit ignorant regarding the topic but Libertariat gave me an answer I was looking for as well as the post after him.

 

Most of the points he made are directly tied to how low you, go particularly #3. Pretty much the lower the worse it gets. If you're only going with a mild drop to get rid of some fender gap, you'll be okay.