has anyone had these wheels on their 7? im thinking about running 215/45/17 on the front and 245/50/17 on the back.
thanks

 

What car are you putting these on?

 

1990 gxl

edit: sorry i forgot i wasnt in the 2nd gen forum anymore.

 

Those are good wheels. ..why not go 225 in front?

 

Found a few pics I found with a quick search:

 

yea i was thinking of doing that but im running 215 all around right now (prev owner) and it looks good the way it is but i might go larger. i just want to get the rear bigger. i saw a pic of 285 on a 7 and it seriously looked like a monster truck

 

Mmmmm....Sexxxcellent!!

 

If its the 285's im thinking of they were 45 or a 50 profile I believe. My limit was 265/40/17 in the rear and still looks good, looks wide but not monster truckish.

You definitely wont get that monster truck look with 225's in the front. Typically people want to stay as close in widths front and rear. Although I have seen some setups on best motoring where its 205 fronts and 255 rears, but it mostly seems to be on tail happy cars like MR vehicles.

Just a rule of thumbs the bigger the difference between width of tires front and rear, with a rear bias the more understeer or push you will experience.

 

nice lookin rim, very light in weight. as for strength, i havent heard of anyone breakin them. its a nice lookin cruise and track rim. i'd step it up to a 225 in the front.

 

The wheels look nice in my opinion.

 

clean and simple!

 

5zigen fn01r-c

very very very very popular wheels. especially in cali. to the point that people disdain them simply because everyone else has them. not so much of a problem on our side of the nation.

they weight about 20 lbs a piece in 17x9.

 

I noticed you said you wanted 245/50/17's on the back. Those are WAY too tall. The correct size in a 245 is a 245/40/17. That'll keep the diameter as close to stock as possible. If you go with taller tires your speedometer will be off, your acceleration will be slower, the car will be higher off the ground, and it's likely not to handle quite as well.

I'm a big believer in keeping the tire sizes equal front to rear, especially on NA cars (like yours). It'll give you much more balanced handling, as with a stagger, you'll get nothing but understeer, unless you do some pretty agressive suspension tuning, which will effectively force the rear tires to break loose prematurely. Running equal tire sizes also allows you to rotate your tires for even wear.

Wider rear tires are useful on mid and rear engine cars because of the extra weight in the back. Front drive cars handle the best with wider front tires. Cars like the FC handle the best with equal sized tires front to back. It was designed that way from the factory and most, if not all suspensions available are based off of equal tire sizes for the best handling balance. Why would you want to ruin the handling balance of the FC to make it handle like a front wheel drive car with neverending understeer by running a stagger?

I've always used equal sized tires, and it handles brilliantly like that. I'd suggest that you get some good 225/45/17's all around and try it like that. You may even be able to fit 235/40/17's up front (if the offset is perfect, depending on the tire and your suspension), and that'll get you to within 10mm of what you wanted for the back, but with better handling. You'll probably be happier with it like that, unless you don't care about the handling and only care about the looks.