springs vs coilcovers

[neunan]

i guess its being redundant since i said it before, but yea i think 18s are overkill. 17s are nice... i'd go 18s on a skyline or something bigger like that. im going to go with 17s on my car, and i was even considering 16s for performance reasons. as for the drop, if you get springs with a 1.5" to 2" drop and then some somewhat adjustable shocks or coilovers you can mess with it all you want (i think koni yellows give you almost 4" leeway). but i'd say dont get springs alonethat drop much more than 2"

[sp3cial_bl3nd]

First thing i want to clear up is that, you will have the same amount of gap whether you get 18s or 17s. the circumfrence of your tire doesn't get bigger because you get bigger rims, it just reduces the proportion of your wheel that is tire. That's where all the pinner wheels come from. 18's are a bad idea, in my experiences, because you end up having to replace tires a lot, because there is less cushion than on 17s. So bottom line i think 17s are the way to go.