17x8.5 rims on civic? possible?

[outlawstar96]

im about to buy a set of rims that is 17x8.5 i believe i need to know if they will work withut problems or will i have to buy a spacer or camber kit or something

[Beastiek2]

no no mods needs if the car has no mods done---is the car on stock springs and shocks? if so you will be fine//we have 18's on one of ours here

[mycivic]

Those are too big. Acceleration is going to be quite slower because those will weigh a lot more than stock rims. Why not go with 16X7? Those are probably the biggest I'd go on a civic.

[GScivic7]

With the right offset you might get it to work, but I still think those rims are too wide. You'll probably have to roll the fender to keep from hitting and may have to take out some of the splash guard inside the fender to keep them from rubbing that.

[Beastiek2]

no they dont hit the inner fender or the splash guards--if its for style and not race then 17's are fine if he is going for race well then of course you want smaller rimz like nice 16'' racing harts!!!

[mycivic]

My suggestion is...Get something like Rota Slipstreams or any lightweight rims. 15"s or 16"s are just right for Civics. They are cheaper and lightweight. Ride quality will be a lot better than 17"s.

For 17"s and up, "most" tires are even more than $100-150 a piece. With the money you save, you can buy better performance parts for the engine than just the *BLING BLING* factor the 18"s will give (Assuming you do get it to fit there). Well, thats what I would do. Its all up to you if you still want to go with the 17X8.5.

[GScivic7]

Originally Posted by Beastiek2

no they dont hit the inner fender or the splash guards--if its for style and not race then 17's are fine if he is going for race well then of course you want smaller rimz like nice 16'' racing harts!!!

how wide are your rims? I've always thought that 8.5" is pretty fucking wide for a Civic.

[mycivic]

Originally Posted by GScivic7

how wide are your rims? I've always thought that 8.5" is pretty fucking wide for a Civic.

They are too wide...If you wont rub the fenders, its the strut your gonna rub. You are bound to rub either one of them.

[Beastiek2]

looked it up my 17's were 7.5
8.5 is large are they deep dishes?

wouldnt it be wise to get 205 40's or 35's for the tires? to also prevent the threat of rubbing the inner fender if the car is lowered

[GScivic7]

40 series is the lowest I would go, 35 doesn't have enough sidewall IMO. But he'll still rub I think, unless they are in some crazy offset.

[mycivic]

40 is too low for me. I dont know about 6th gens but for the 7th gen Civics, with 16"s, would go 205/50/R16 perfectly.205/55/R16 or 215/50/R16 could fit according to some tire companies that i asked.

[defmusik]

8.5 = way too wide
7.5 = still rubs inside of fender wall :X

[xproductionz]

on the 7th gen they recommend 7 wide... and you can either go 17 or 18... u had some 18x7 on mines for a while but took em off and sold em... but nowadays they make some pretty light 18's and 17's that are comparable to some light 16's

[defmusik]

when are you gunna paint that kit man, im sick of looking at the primer!

[xproductionz]

haha... supposed to get it done next week when i get my tax return in.. getting 2000 back so that should cover it... maybe i should do a little photoshop work on it to make it look like body color? lol