From 215/35/18 to 225/40/18 worth it?

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 10:41 pm

Been looking into finding some bigger tires since after the 15 hour drive home from Carlisle, i felt like i went 12 rounds with Mike tyson in the ring. I was wondering is 225/40/18s ride quality would be significantly better than my rubberbands now.

Im not taking wheel gap into consideration since ill be on IPP coilovers pretty soon.

Current ideas:
-Dump 400 bucks into tires and bump the sidewall up an inch.
-Sell my current rims and go with smaller rims and bigger tires?

So any opinions/Advice?

Thanks in advanced.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Sun Jul 18, 2010 11:00 pm

I vote smaller wheels. 16s are baller, but 17s w/ 225/45 or 50 is legit, especially when you get rid of that gap completely. Plus it'll feel waaaay nicer.

darthroush · Post by **darthroush** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:49 am

18" anything in my experience isn't really made for ride quality vs. performance. Go with smaller wheels.

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:37 pm

235/45ZR17

was this an option? I wasn't paying attention.

synviper · Post by **synviper** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:39 pm

Thanks everyone for you input, ive been looking for a style of 17s that i want. I want something similair to what i have now, just a simply five spoke.

Mox: Where 235/45/17s on your blue car when you had the silver wheels on it?

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:02 pm

Yes I had 235/45's on my SRT. I also went down to that size on the MS3 after messing around and hating the 18's that I was running. The 235/45 size is very comfortable for daily driving, gives you enough contact patch to allow for very good traction, and has enough sidewall to reduce wheel spin in the corners.

blackneon89 · Post by **blackneon89** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 6:08 am

Just throwing this out there I've got 205/40/R17's on my '05 and they don't ride that rough, so maybe drop down to 17's with a similar sized tire?

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:51 am

He's got an SRT, and it would be pointless for him to go from 215/30/18 to 205/40/17 when his stock tire size is a 205/50/17 anyhow. He wants MORE tire and less rim.

Tam · Post by **Tam** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 4:30 pm

I also vote get some smaller wheels. I recently just downgraded (upgraded in a way) to 15" snowflakes and I'm loving the comfort while driving.

For you, maybe something like 2xx / 50 / 17, since that will be pretty much neck and neck with stock. Wanna buy my 17 gold rims? lol

MoxHair · Post by **MoxHair** » Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:53 pm

Tam wrote:I also vote get some smaller wheels. I recently just downgraded (upgraded in a way) to 15" snowflakes and I'm loving the comfort while driving.

For you, maybe something like 2xx / 50 / 17, since that will be pretty much neck and neck with stock. Wanna buy my 17 gold rims? lol

235/45 > All other sizes.