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Old 12-21-2011, 03:00 PM
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gettin 15" SI wheels for my 98 ek dx hatch, goin to be lowered to get rid of wheel gap with raceland coilovers. about a finger gap in the front and 2 finger gap in the rear. dont want to roll fenders, or pull them just looking to mount the tires on the rims put on car and get rid of the wheel gap and not rub or have any issues. what sizes would you guys get?
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195/55/15 tires will be the best fit for the car and the wheels.
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195/50/15..55's are a bit on the chunky side
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Originally Posted by civic_driver09a
195/50/15..55's are a bit on the chunky side
195/50/15's are 3.7% undersized for the car (which is outside the safe range of tire sizes). 195/55/15's are less than .1% off of the factory sizing.
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You can tuck 205/50/15's and have no issues at all, this coming from a person who's cars are all slammed out.
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205's work best if wheel is ET40 or higher, but 195/55R15 is still safest fit
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Default Re: What size tires

Originally Posted by lilnicksta21
gettin 15" SI wheels for my 98 ek dx hatch,goin to be lowered to get rid of wheel gap with raceland coilovers. about a finger gap in the front and 2 finger gap in the rear. dont want to roll fenders, or pull them just looking to mount the tires on the rims put on car and get rid of the wheel gap and not rub or have any issues. what sizes would you guys get?

All I can say is please don't buy Raceland Coilovers, they're total crap. I bought a set for my other car 2 years ago, but had them tested first on a shock & spring dyno. They failed in so many ways it's not funny, the company that tested them showed me all the results on their computer. After a 20 minute sit down / evaluation, they showed me that a car equipped with this coilover would handle very very poorly. Not to mention if "you" the buyer installs them, you'd have NO warranty. I promptly sold them.


Good luck.
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