i just put 17's on my del sol and there's like a 2.5 inch gap betweent he wheel and the fender, looks pretty weird. i was looking at lowerin springs, either eibach or tein, if i get them is that all i need to lower my car like 1 inch. just the springs... ???

 

to lower YES....

but i highly recommend u get shocks too especially with 17's

 

yea get eibach. i think they have like a 1 inch drop. they have like 3 versons....just get the 1inch ones. i just got the sportlines and it was 1.8 on my del and its soooooo damn perfect. but im also on 15's not monster 17's. but eibach's are the **** for the money.

 

Eibach isn't enough if you want to eliminate the wheel gap. You need atleast a 2-2.25 inch drop to do that. I'd suggest coilovers. I went with Ground-Controls and I love them. Don't cheap out on shocks either.
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ditch the 17's. Just my opinion

But to contribute to the thread, you will prolly be happy with eibach sportlines, but do yourself a favor and get shocks at the same time, you will thank me later

 

i just put the 17s on becaues they were on my brother's old car and the stock wheels i have look gay. i'm thinking about 15 inch spoon sw388, 16 inch volk te37, 16 in konig traffiks, but if i get 15 or 16 inchers, id ont'k now how much to lower. would the wheel gap be bigger?

 

Usually when you install bigger rims the cars height is increased, so a good set of lowering springs or coilovers would lower it back down, though you may end up with the tire bottoming out on the top of the fenderwell. I once saw a guy with 18inchers on an EK civic who couldn't do a full circular turn on a wide open road due to the bigger rims rubbing against the fender and bottoming out.