well 17s were bigger than i wanted to go in the first place, it just seems that all the best styles and all the best deals are on 17s

 

Okay I have a few questions on this too. I have 17's on my car right now, and it is lowered with coilovers, I'm not sure how much the drop is, it was just dropped enough to eliminate the wheel gap, there's no tucking or anything like that. I have 205/40/17 on my car, when I make a U turn (steering turned all the way) the right front tire rubs the wheel well. I reached my hand up under there with a lot of struggle and found that the rubbery plastic shield in the wheel well is kinda hanging down, I could actually push the thing up a few inches before it hit the wheel well. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this?

Also, I like the 17's I have, they don't look terribly big, and they seem to ride alright, though they do jolt around more when you hit even the slightest bump. Now that I look at it, I kinda want 16's, though the 17's do look really really nice. Of course, I'm only talking about if you're driving on a road that has major problems and countersunk street drains all over the place. Other than that, the car glides and corners like a beast! I don't have money to change the wheels again, but my friend who has the same coilovers is changing from 17's down to either 16 inch Rota's or putting on some LS webs. I'll see how it goes.

 

^^^^^^^on the wheel well my 93 was the same way i pushed it back up and screwed it back in place but be carefull where you put the screws

 

yoo whered u get ur rims fromm ?

 

it seems like i am the only one running 14's and 15's anymore. it feels good to be original.

and 17's look good on newer civics, but not the classy efs IMO

 

this is the way i think of it as... the bigger the rim the more you decrese your torque value... now depending on what your building your car for(racing,autocross,show) if i were racing i would go with 16's cause there jus perfect and the handling is good also, autocross i would stay with 16's again, and show i would go with 17's.. welp thats jus my input

 

i had 215s on 17" wheels and it rubbed a little before i lowered it, bent the rear fenders out. and then i lowered it w s-techs. corrected the rear camber, put my 17s on it, and i couldnt take off without the rear rubbing. now i have SI 15" wheels with 195s.

 

Why would the torque change when your rim gets bigger? The total size of the wheel/tire wouldnt change, and i would think the overall weight would go down? and how low can you drop a car before you have to adjust the cambers? How much are a camber kit?

 

17's fit nice, once you drop your car to get rid of the gap, i have 205/40/17's also



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I have 17's on my Hatch. I have zero problems w/ rubbing. You'll need 205/40/17 for tires.