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- Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:31 pm #49148 so i found a killer deal one some enkei rs6 17s... i bought a sparco seat for 40 and an ebay strut bar that i didnt even pay for.. i didnt have the money to get sliders and rails and all that good stuff to get it mounted so i put it up for trade.. and a guy pm'ed me about the enkei's. they came with 2 brand new tires not mounted and already had 2 brand new tires on them.. so i did it and now that i have them at home i dont know if i am going to be able to fit them on my car once i get it lowered 1.5"... does anyone have 17" rims on there car and has it lowered. thanks guys. Josh

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- Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:05 pm #49152 There's some members on here w/ 17's on their coupe, First one that comes to mind is Bouli

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- Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:25 pm #49210

I had 17" rims (Enkei RS7), but i'm rocking 16" now (Kosei Racing Seneka)

Some pics of my "old" rims:

- Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:25 pm #49225 I had 17's... now I have better torque with my 15's (Spoon)...

17's=better look and ride.
15's=more torque and better circuit results.

- Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:14 pm #49238 17's too big.

- Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:18 am #49261 would they fit with no modifications?


if they did would they rub?

- Sat Apr 05, 2008 7:12 am #49272 lol yes i need to know that for sure... bouli i just thought i would tell you again how sexy your car is... but back on topic, did you have to do any modifications to stop them from rubbing and how far did you drop it?

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7-9-91 to 8-16-09
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- Mon Apr 07, 2008 9:43 am #49501 i had 205/40/R17 tires.

Dunno how much i dropped in the end, but it think about 2.4 inch.

The back doens't had any rubbin' problems at all, the front.. only with sharp cornering, but you can use 195/20/R16 tires and that problem should be a lot less.

- Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:31 pm #49541 sexy. Thanks for the Info!


Your help is much appreciated!

- Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:24 am #49707 I just put on my lowering springs and they are way more of a drop than what they were labeled as.. it said they were like a 1.5 and they ended up being close to like 2 3/4".. which is fine with me.. i guess i will just trade the rims for some needed parts.. maybe some suspension parts or something.

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7-9-91 to 8-16-09
Free Gabe Lorenz!

- Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:31 pm #51538

17's too big.

+1 , civic's are not SUV's....hell they come stock with 14'' rims !

- Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:12 pm #51548

17's= look funny, ride rough due to less rubber
15's=more torque and better circuit results smoother ride and look perfect!

fixed

- Sat Apr 19, 2008 6:01 pm #51559

17's= look funny, ride rough due to less rubber
15's=more torque and better circuit results smoother ride and look perfect!

fixed

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- Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:00 am #51758 What about 16s? Are there any qualms with 16s?

- Mon Apr 21, 2008 12:02 am #51759

What about 16s? Are there any qualms with 16s?

sits too high