I have a 97 civic dx hatchback. It has a mere 58K miles and has been babied. About 6 months ago a friend gave me a set of 15inch TSW wheels off of his VW GTI. I took them to the tire shop and they tried them out and said they were fine. Over the course of the next few months I stripped the bearings in the transmission. I had a su****ion it was the wheels but couldn't find anyone to confirm or deny so I left em on cus they sure look pretty. The transmission is starting to make the same noises it was making before. Any ideas? Is it the wheels? I checked compatibility at TSW and it looked like both cars could carry the same tire models. Anyone got some wisdom?

Thanks. Much appreciated.

 

well, my bearings went out at that mileage.... but i couldnt tell you anything else

 

hard to say man... it could be alot of probems .... but i have never heard of rims messin up ur tranny, i would think it could be bad synchros or just a bad tranny...

 

The closest thing I ever heard are problems with 2004 range rover diesels. Apparently when you add bigger wheels to them they have idle problems.

 

i run 15's on my civic no problim and i also have 17's on my lazer.