Is the tire guy bullshitting me?

deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:02 pm

So I just got the tires put on (didn't need spacers) and Im pretty unhappy with the look. I actually hate it, will never buy 45 sidewall tires again, i'll stick with 215/40/17 or 205/40/17.

I just hope time passes quick and snow comes soon, in spring a new set of 205/40/17 or 215/40/17

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:07 pm

why dont you like the 45?

daaboots · Post by **daaboots** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:09 pm

deep1ca wrote:So I just got the tires put on (didn't need spacers) and Im pretty unhappy with the look. I actually hate it, will never buy 45 sidewall tires again, i'll stick with 215/40/17 or 205/40/17.

I just hope time passes quick and snow comes soon, in spring a new set of 205/40/17 or 215/40/17

lol

post some pics!

deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:12 pm

kc2002acr wrote:why dont you like the 45?

Sidewall is too fat for my taste, I don't like they way it looks on my car. Liked the car sooo much more when it had the 205/40/17.

deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:29 pm

daaboots wrote:
deep1ca wrote:So I just got the tires put on (didn't need spacers) and Im pretty unhappy with the look. I actually hate it, will never buy 45 sidewall tires again, i'll stick with 215/40/17 or 205/40/17.

I just hope time passes quick and snow comes soon, in spring a new set of 205/40/17 or 215/40/17
lol

post some pics!

I don't have a camera at the moment, my sony just recently died.... conveniently 1 month after the warranty ended.

half_twisted · Post by **half_twisted** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:59 pm

dude i hated the look when i switched from 40 to 45. the tires looked to fat and like donuts. just give it about 2 weeks for the tires to break in and they start to get a nice shape.. mine look sharp and thine 2 weeks after. right now theyre to round and bulky since you just put them on.. trust me, your going to like them so much that your getting the same size next time.

deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:02 pm

half_twisted wrote:dude i hated the look when i switched from 40 to 45. the tires looked to fat and like donuts. just give it about 2 weeks for the tires to break in and they start to get a nice shape.. mine look sharp and thine 2 weeks after. right now theyre to round and bulky since you just put them on.. trust me, your going to like them so much that your getting the same size next time.

They were used tires that I got crazy cheap so I believe they are already broken in.... and at the moment I hate them, yeah I think I will stop noticing them in a few weeks and it wont be a big as deal, but in my opinion the 40s look sooooo much better .... on my car atleast.

deep1ca · Post by **deep1ca** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 1:20 am

.... but I must say, the ride is alot smoother then 205/40/17

Post by **Canada** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 11:46 pm

I think the 45's look better visually, as it fills teh wheel wells a little more. I always found that the 40 series looked so tiny.

Currently with my 16's with 205/50's, the wheel well looks perfect, the car looks lower, and the wheel wells look full.

kc2005ptgt · Post by **kc2005ptgt** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:38 am

yeah, on my 205/55/15's on my car, they tires look meaty and nice, lots of rubber, but not a whole bunch, fills it really nice!

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 6:33 pm

a drop isn't going to affect the distance between the ground and your spring perch unless you somehow drop the strut in the housing. and spacers would negatively affect any clearance problems with the fender since it will place the tire farther out, not closer in.