my meshies got fat
 

They fattened up both in size and weight. You can feel the weight/width difference just driving down the street. I got a good deal on these but I doubt they will end up staying on the car. It's just too much for a NA vert.

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...0/100_1451.jpg

BTW, the wheels are chrome Voxx Misanos. 17x8 front and 17x9 in the rear with 245-45-17 front and 275-40-17 rear.

so add more power and bigger brakes. those wheels are sick, clean car.

I think they are good looking wheels!

looks too meaty on the car imo, thats a big stagger too

Lower + slightly skinnier tires would look good I think.

what size are those tires?

17x8 are 245-45-17
17x9 are 275-40-17

he posted the size up right under the pics.

I think it would look nicers with skinnier tires. Maybe some slightly stretched ones would work.

If you ever want to get rid of them ill take em haha..

They look great tho.

Tire size is probably why it feels slower. The wheels are taller, so it's like you geared up the rear end.

They dont go well with the car at all.

wow 275 in the rear??? how did that fit????

they look alright...

Screw looks, how does the car feel? They are probably too wide in the back and I bet the car pushes. What is the offset on those things?

Yeah, I can't do looks over functionality for too long myself. The wheels have already been pulled and the stock BBS are back on. It felt like a slug on the road in all aspects.

BTW, the offset is 20 at all four corners.

Along with the poor handling I bet those things are far heavier than the stock BBS too which is never a good thing. So what rims do you have in mind next?

I'm confused? It's too much tire? I thought a large contact patch is good for handling?
Why would the car push any more than with other tires? It doesn't have a spool or welded diff.
It should grip fine with those tires you just need more power. I bet it would pull higher g forces with those tires than the stock skinnies...

Try a 235/40/17 rear and 225/40/17 in the front...nice flush look and plenty of grip for a NA... even turbo if the tires are good

Offset is probably a little low in the front. A great tire set up would really be 235's up front and 255's in the back for 8" and 9" wheels but with an NA(vert at that), anything over stock sizes should feel pretty planted.

I don't know, it just depends upon what I find, what day of the week it is, etc...

does it make the vert feel slower?

Why in the hell do people keep wanting to put tiny tires on the back? At the very least, you could go big enough to match all you can fit out front (with appears to be a 245 in this case, though it's hard to see your fender clearance under compression in the pictures.)

I would agree that a slightly shorter (sidewall aspect) front tire would look better however, that setup looks a little "off" up front for some reason.

I'd think a 245/35/17 would clean up the look up front quite a bit.

I run a 275/40/17 out back (17x9 +35ET) and a 235/40/17 up front (17x7 +35ET), both fit fine and the stagger doesn't bother me a bit on the street. I do need the traction out back though.

Apparently everyone running the OMGWTFBBQ9000 stretch and poke setups aren't making any power or don't much care for traction...

From my experience if traction is too great in the back it tends to make the car push/understeer.

Yes, that tall of a tire on an NA will really cut into the accelleration because it is lowering (numerically) the effective final drive ratio. Also, tire stagger that big will make a NA car push at the limit.

I had 245/45/17s in the rear and 235/40/17s in front all on 17X9 +24 wheels. The car pushed noticeably on corner exit, and it was hard to get the car to steer off power. It also felt a bit sluggish.

I switched to 235/40/17s in the rear and the car got thought the gears much better due to shorter effective final drive, and the push I had went away.

Aside from looks, staggered tires on an NA car is probably not needed. On a turbo car, or V8 swap, it is probably a good idea.

265/35/18 +35 9.5
225/35/18 +35 8.5
handles great bit understeer but stays planted in turns(needed when boost is coming online)

way to much meat on a vert even a built one at that... sell em and get a set of BBS RMs 17" 225/235 combo

The car won't handle correctly with meaty tires out back. Try to go fast through a turn and tell me what your car does.