Ballinfrogs Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Help me out here please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SexyH22 Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 im pretty sure its the width Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Half an inch of difference. Most 17"s are 7" wide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cranny Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 +1. if you got a civic or integra , stay away from anything more than 7 inch wide wheels. unless your gonna wide body your ride and offset your wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballinfrogs Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 +1. if you got a civic or integra , stay away from anything more than 7 inch wide wheels. unless your gonna wide body your ride and offset your wheels. but it will be fine on a prelude right? and what is it that makes some cars look like they have huge tires even though they are only like 17's? It makes the car look taller as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 wide wheels. widest wheels ive seen are on a viper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrorocketeer Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 14.4" on the bugatti veyron....widest on a production passenger vechicle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM_Hamster Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 17x7.5's fit on honda's perfectly... and the 7.5 is the width on the wheel/tire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Wrong, I disagree. 17x7 is a much better fitment. Trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM_Hamster Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Wrong, I disagree. 17x7 is a much better fitment. Trust me. Yes everyone lets trust SolLes, I mean he does know everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Haha, ok. You're right, I don't know anything. If anyone has any questions, please PM JDMHamster because he a very and I mean very vast amount of knowledge. Also, for all of the latest cool JDM styles and trends, PM JDMHamster. When you want a right answer, ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM_Hamster Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 WOW i never knew how much of an asswad you were...Here we go again in a different post, like i said before SolLes find in a post where i said that i knew everything and I'll leave willingly, you wont because your a tool who trys to bring people down... I'm not trying to get warned again because of you so I'll be the bigger man and leave it at that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 You didn't have to flat out say "I know everything" ... it's jsut how you argue with people. You post responses as if you actually knew what you were talking about. Haha, poor baby, doesn't want to get warned. Quit crying and grow up. You make yourself look like such a douche here. I like everyone on here, but you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 17x7.5's fit on honda's perfectly... and the 7.5 is the width on the wheel/tire... To clarify. 7.5 is the width of the wheel, not the tire. The tire's width is measured in mm and can be changed on the same width of wheel. Also not all 205's have the same tread width. Each model of tire will be a little different. My Yokahama's have a wider tread area than the Sumitomo's I used to run but both are 205/40/17's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 my wheels say they are 17x7's but when i balanced them i measured and they are 17x7.5's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Were you measuring from inside the "lip" or mounting surface or from the outside? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 From the lip on the outside, i didnt measure it, the guys who owns the tire shop and someone who worked there did, they said 7.5, so i was like, ok, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolLesHonda Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Not saying I don't believe you, but it is very doubtful the company misprinted the size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 I dont know man, but it doesn't bother me so Im not worried about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 Dude, did you have to use those shady-ass plastic things to measure the width of the rim? I had to use those at my old job whenever I was balancing wheels and I never thought they seemed that accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted April 17, 2006 Share Posted April 17, 2006 The thing that looks like a big claw? Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TS John Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 That's the one. Edit: Although I always thought it looked more like the pinchers of a centipede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM_Hamster Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Wrong, I disagree. 17x7 is a much better fitment. Trust me. Lets see here where to start...17x7's are a good fit but its mainly in opinion...I have seen plenty of 17x7.5's and there is no rubbing or problems with the wheel width...I have read in the Civic Duty book that 17x7.5's are the best wheel to put on your car...Please tell me how a 17x7 is better than a 17x7.5... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EH6TunerDaniel Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Lighter, and not as wide so they dont rub inside of the tire. They can also fit the same size tires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleanGSR Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 Unless you are running a tire that's too wide to run on a 17x7, then a 17x7.5 is rather pointless. You're only going to be wide as the contact patch on the tire, so if you run a 215/40 on a 17x7 then your tire won't be wider by using a 215/40 on a 7.5" wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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