mogar

What is the stock ride height of a 2007 Acura TL?

Where is it measured from?

I need winter rims and tires. Tires with a lot of side wall and preferably steel rims.

What size steel rims do i need?

What size tires do i need?

Maybe there has been someone out here who has already gone thru this. Any help will be appreciated, thank you.

horseshoez

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If you have a stock TL (as in not Type-S) which is not lowered, you can go with 16" alloys, however, I do not believe there is an aftermarket steel wheel which will fit your car.

Jackass

5.8" Max is what is listed on cars.com. Not sure where that is measured from.

Why a lot of side wall and why steel rims? Taller sidewall requires either going to a smaller diameter rim (16") or getting taller tires which will impact handling and speedometer accuracy. I am pretty sure I have seen someone on here over the years that found 16" steel rims that fit on a non-TypeS....but can't remember...and if it is a TypeS...then forget it.

Good question...in 17", they will be very difficult to find.

Same size as your OEM tires...235/45/17...there are a few sizes narrower that may work as well.

thoiboi

6MT would be equipped with Brembo brakes as well and as such, will 16" rims fit?

horseshoez

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I did a fair amount of research on this very question a few months back. While I cannot definitively say there is no way a 16" wheel can be made to clear the Brembos, I was unable to come up with a single 16" wheel on the various sites which sell numerous brands. In fact, if memory serves, I only found two 16" wheels which would clear the brakes on the base 3G TL.

thoiboi

I was just wondering since you suggested 16" alloys for the base

horseshoez

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Well whaddya know, I just went over to TireRack and found a 16" setup with steel wheels for a base TL. The wheels are $62 per and the base package comes with Michelin X-Ice XI3 tires in the 215/55 R16 size for $128.74.

I'm guessing when I looked last May they were out of stock on the steelies.

Jackass

In theory, wouldn't 16" Accord rims fit the base model? Or are the base brakes that different from the Accord? That is where I swore someone had 16" steelies from an Accord on their base TL.

horseshoez

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Hmmm, good question.

Jackass

Found a few references...but not real details...

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-t...004-tl-630140/

https://acurazine.com/forums/3g-tl-t...n-pics-587103/

horseshoez

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Yeah, the details on those threads are pretty sketchy. My gut tells me a 16" setup from a Gen 7 V6 Accord (and probably later) will fit.

Edit: I just went over to TireRack.com and configured up a Winter set for both a 2005 V6 Accord EX as well as a 2005 TL (automatic); I selected the Enkei RSF5 wheels for both sets and the specs for the wheels are identical:

• Size: 16x7
• Offset: 38mm
• Backspacing: 5.47"
• Bolt Pattern: 5-114
• Part Number: 479-670-6538HS

Too bad I can't fit these suckers on my TL.