Wow, talk about bringing a thread back from the dead.

Performance would start to degrade if you put a heavier rim on. If you increased the wheel/tire height, then you will get a larger contact patch, but it will throw off your handling and gearing.

I would personally say to stay at 17" or smaller. I have 17"s on my AE, and they are kinda large, but I can live with them.

 

i've got 18x7.5s with 225s all around and man do they make the car handle soo much better, my 18s wiegh about 3 pounds each more than the stock but the traction and handling are worth it

 

edit: double post

 

Why would 18's give you any more traction than 16's or 17's?

-Joe

 

http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/for...aq.circle.html
That's what you need to find the arc of a circle which is a portion of the perimeter (what part of the tire hits the gound).

 

whoa wait a minute 16x8's dont fit on these cars and i think the 16's looks nicer. Course i never have seen the 17's on before!!

 

Why do you think that 16x8 wouldnt fit exactly??
Im running 17x8s all the way around, 255/40r17 rears and 235/40r17 front. 17x9s or even 9.5s will fit out back no problem with the right offsets.

 

Well they give me more traction than my stock tires just because they are wider but i know the rim size has nothing to do with that but they did help with handling since thre is less sidewall to roll

 

I've been running 17x8 all around on my car. I'm going to be moving up to a 17x9 all around. I was going to go with a 17x10 in the rear, but I'm not making enough power to justify that wide of a wheel.

 

I had 18x7.5 KMC suidice rims on my car for awhile (came on it when i bought the car) they looked nice, but were too big, and rubbed alot. I wouldnt really go bigger than 17x7.

 

17x7

 

18's mang...

 

18" Oxigin rims...look good and ride is still as good as with 17"

 

15's or 16's for racing development, but 17's for looks. I'd stay at 15 fo sho tho, and maybe 16 if i gots tha dough.

 

I think that the 17x8 and whatever is not the problem, the problem is the offset of the ris, if you catch rims with the right offset I think you can go 17x9 in the back and 17x8 in thee front, check the wheel/tire section for this.