Drew Posted September 21, 2002 Share Posted September 21, 2002 What size tires for 17" Rims on a 4th Gen Accord of course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EGRacer Posted September 22, 2002 Share Posted September 22, 2002 205/35/17 or 205/40/17 215/35/17 anything that is between 205/35/17-225/45/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0verb00st Posted September 23, 2002 Share Posted September 23, 2002 i would go with either 225/40/17 or 205/55/17 stock diameter is 24.2" 225/40/17 is 24.1" 205/55/17 is 24.3" these are the closest to your stock tire diameter, so they wont affect your speedometer and odometer. 205/40 is 23.5" which is kinda small and will make a noticable difference. 215/35 is 22.9" and that is a lot smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 drew, it all depends on your area. does santa barbara have nice streets??? if not, dont go for 35's...go a bit thicker with like 40 or 45. how about 215/45/17? those wont bend your wheels that easily...its pretty thick. oh and kumho tires are cheap. i think 17" tires run about 115 or so.. not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted September 25, 2002 Author Share Posted September 25, 2002 Anybody have pics of the different sizes on cars? I guess I could look around a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted September 29, 2002 Share Posted September 29, 2002 drew, are the roads in your area good? are there lots of potholes?? if so, get a tire with the middle number as 40 or 45. ie 235/40/17 or 145/45/17. i have 45's and i go over potholes, accidently, and they dont bend my rim. its good to have thick tires if your streets are bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted September 29, 2002 Author Share Posted September 29, 2002 drew, it all depends on your area. does santa barbara have nice streets??? if not, dont go for 35's...go a bit thicker with like 40 or 45. how about 215/45/17? those wont bend your wheels that easily...its pretty thick. oh and kumho tires are cheap. i think 17" tires run about 115 or so.. not bad I think our streets are pretty good, except for a few spots in town. We don't have to deal with harsh winters or super hot summers. It's mild weather year around. And it barely ever rains, except it rained yesterday for the first time in many months. We can go six months without rain sometimes. So the streets aren't that bad. i would go with either 225/40/17 or 205/55/17stock diameter is 24.2" 225/40/17 is 24.1" 205/55/17 is 24.3" these are the closest to your stock tire diameter, so they wont affect your speedometer and odometer. 205/40 is 23.5" which is kinda small and will make a noticable difference. 215/35 is 22.9" and that is a lot smaller I'd like to go with a wider tire rather than norrower, and I think 215 is about as wide as I can go without worrying about rubbing too much. So a 215/?/17 would be closest to stock diameter? So I just found this awesome tire size tool. Yeah, I know it say's for Miata's, but it works for all cars. It compares your stock to your new ones and tells you the percentage of speedometer differences as well as the speed difference on the speedo. Check It and Bookmark It Looks like 215/45/17 is the closest to stock diameter and only affects the speedo by 1.7%. Although a 225/40/17 is even closer to stock diameter. Wonder if my car can handle a 225. Wow, I could even put 185/30/20's on my car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0verb00st Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 drew, are the roads in your area good? are there lots of potholes?? if so, get a tire with the middle number as 40 or 45. ie 235/40/17 or 145/45/17. i have 45's and i go over potholes, accidently, and they dont bend my rim. its good to have thick tires if your streets are bad the middle number (eg. 45) is the sidewall height, but it is not the same on all sizes. the number is the percentage of the width of the tire. 215/45/17 equals 215 mm wide 45% of 215 mm sidewall 17" rim diameter. this comes out to a total diameter of 24.6". that will be too tall. i would go with 205/55/17 if you think that 225/40/17 will rub. they are still noticeably wider then stock. and the tire diameter is as close as you can get. i think they will look great your car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 thanks for the review but i already know that. thats why i told him to get the one with the "big" middle number so he doesn't bend his wheel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0verb00st Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 ok, i was just making sure. because the sidewall number is only relative when talking about the width number too. you mentioned 235/40/17 and 145/45/17 as examples. in that example the tire with the 45 woul have a much smalller sidewall. the 235/40 would have a sidwall that's over an inch taller all around, which would make the total tire diameter 2.2" taller then the 145/45. for example 205/40/17 and 235/35/17 are the same diameter. the sidewall is the exact same height. the only difference is that the second one is 3 centimeters wider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 seems most people go for 215/45/17's which is what I'll probably go for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted October 1, 2002 Share Posted October 1, 2002 ok, i was just making sure. because the sidewall number is only relative when talking about the width number too. you mentioned 235/40/17 and 145/45/17 as examples. in that example the tire with the 45 woul have a much smalller sidewall. the 235/40 would have a sidwall that's over an inch taller all around, which would make the total tire diameter 2.2" taller then the 145/45. for example 205/40/17 and 235/35/17 are the same diameter. the sidewall is the exact same height. the only difference is that the second one is 3 centimeters wider oh yeah, your right! i see what your saying now... i forgot about it being relative when comparing with the width... yeah drew, go for 215/45/17s.. kumho tires are cheap... try looking into that but if you have money to play with... go for other brands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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