v_5

will 17 in wheels be okay for my 2.5 96 tl.
tires will be 215 17 40
any comments?

longeye23s

i likr 18's but 17 is ok, any pics?

982.5TL

i have 215/50 R17 on my 98 2.5TL. I know that 7.5 wide wheels with an offset of +42 or higher will fit fine. you may want 215/45 for weight reasons. tirerack.com suggests 215/45 for a 17 inch wheel.

thA hiPnoTiC

i have 215/17/40 on my 96 2.5TL. You should go with 18's if you're staying with the stock height or dropping it 1.5" or less.

v_5

so what should i get
should it be bigger? with low profile tires
How do i drop the height? what are the bad points about dropping?

spooky3ce

Get what you want, to be frank with you... But really i got 18's on my 2.5... 18's with 225/40/18... i wouldn't get any bigger then that... i know someone here somewhere has 19's??? i've seen 20's on our cars but they look like moster trucks



I now have a camber problem that i can't fix... why??? because i dropped my car 2.25" and my car is not rubbing but the fender overlaps my tire...

The bigger the rims the smaller the tire you should go...

Drawbacks... you feel more of the road and sometimes bad for the suspension... since the tires can't take any of the shock from bumps etc... the suspension gets the full load... dropping the car has no affect on the car... the only thing is that the suspension will be siffer and you'll feel every single pebble on the road...

Good side of it... It will look gooooooood