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Old 01-03-2013, 01:46 PM
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What is the most agressive wheel i can run on an ep3? with out doing to much to make them fit. was looking at some 18x8.5 +30 wheels with a 1 inch drop. dont mind rolling my fenders a tad bit but dont really want to have to change a bunch of stuff. would a wheel that wide hit the lower control arms?? reason i am looking at that size is because the wheels i like are the privat akzent wheels. which dont really come in that many sizes. wish i could find a wheel that looked like that just in a 17" diameter. hopefully you guys can help me out! thanks!!

PS. forgot to ask how low do you have to go to make 16x8 wheels look ice on the ep3?
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I'm gonna move this to wheel and tire.. you'll probably get better results
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Thanks spaz! Saw the article on your tegg....its an awesome looking car!! How is the k24 compared to the stock k20?
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That size wheel is going to come close to your rear trailing arm, but you may clear it.

As for fitting proper sized tires, you're a bit out of luck. There really isn't much in the way of safe tire sizing for that size wheel. You'll end up in the realm of stretched tires.
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Dam well im guessing that its mainly due to the width? How is it possible for rsxs to fit some pretty agressive wheels but ep3s cant? I assumed they were the same lol. I mean i wanted a bbs lm replica so i havnt been able to find anything in like a 17x8 size though. Maybe you or some one else might be able to point me in a good direction on where i can find some bbs lm reps? Thanks!!
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try here

http://varrstoen.com/products/
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Dam well im guessing that its mainly due to the width? How is it possible for rsxs to fit some pretty agressive wheels but ep3s cant? I assumed they were the same lol. I mean i wanted a bbs lm replica so i havnt been able to find anything in like a 17x8 size though. Maybe you or some one else might be able to point me in a good direction on where i can find some bbs lm reps? Thanks!!
That's simple. RSX Type-S's have more clearance in their fender wells. Roughly an inch more clearance in the rear, as well.
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Originally Posted by EsotericImage
Those ES 2's are dope..
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