Hello guys

I need you guys expertize regarding getting some chrome rims for my 1997 Honda Accord sedan. First I noticed alot of new cars on the road dont have the large gap between the wheel well and the tire, but on my car, there seems to be one (especially the front ones) My Question is there a way of getting bigger rims as well as bigger tires to fill the gap ? My mechanic stated that if i lowered my car, that Id be back for repairs cause lowering it destroys the vehicle. Any advice on getting some good chrome rims that woud not destry my vehicle

Thanks

 

Hi Member..do you have 4 lug wheels or 5 lug wheels?

WheelBrokerAng

 

its a 4 lug bolt pattern.
It seems like the cars that are manufactured nowadays have larger tires and the gap between the wheel well and tire is not that wide. Maybe its just me

 

If done correctly,lowering a car will not destroy it.

I dont know much about chrome rims,but i believe you can run 245/45/18,that will eliminate most wheel gap.

 

245? i doubt it.

 

Some dude is running 255s on a 6th gen... with the right offset, any width is possible.

 

If you put significantly bigger wheels and tyres on it (i.e. where the tyres have a larger outside diameter and circumference) then your speedometer will read slower than the car will actually be travelling, and, it will be illegal. The only way you can reduce the 'gap' is to lower the car, and this can only reduce the gap at the top of the wheelarch.

Lowering is a can of worms, but quite practical as long as you don't get carried away with just how far you lower the car, and use good quality purpose designed suspension components to achieve the lowering.

 

I am running 245/40/18, and it throws the speedo by three miles per hour according to the miata specs. The only problem that I had is that I had to put 1/4 inch spacer and use ET lug nuts on the rear to keep the tire from rubbing the control arm. The rub was so small but the spacer cleared it right up. No problems whatsoever now.

 

ok, so after searching the internet and asking around, I found a pic of a fellow member on here that has the look that Im tring to achieve. the link to his photo is here

https://www.hondaaccordforum.com/for...&pictureid=121

Maybe you guys could answer this question for me. Is there a was of getting bigger rims and tires for my vehicle ? cause in that particular pic, their rims and tires look a helluva lot bigger than my stock wheels/tires. Also, of there is a way of obtaining these 2, what would I look for that would be a direct fit so that I would need anytype of adapters/spacers..etc..etc

As always, thanks for the feedback

 

He's lowered, but those tires are the same rolling diameter of the stock ones.. I'd say he's running 18's with a +45mm offset or so. The trick is to keep the rolling diameter the same as you increase wheel size. That's why as wheels get bigger the tires get thinner.

EDIT: Any 4x114.3mm lug pattern wheel with a +40-50mm offset will be a direct fit. +45mm is right about flush with the top of the wheel wells.