Rafael Pires

DOES ANYBODY HAD A PROBLEM WITH SPEC A WHEELS? The tires are low profile and I had 2 damaged wheels after hitting a pot hole? Does anybody know if I can change the tire and put a non low profile on it? Thank u

wackjum

Low profile means the sidewall of the tire is low in proportion to the tread size. The sidewall is expressed as a percentage (like 35% of the 225 mm tread)

You can change the aspect ratio by going with a narrower tire, but this won't actually change anything because the overall size of the tire and wheel has to be the same to keep your speedometer and ABS/traction control sensors happy.

Your only real option is to go with a smaller wheel size. This will get you a thicker sidewall. You can probably trade wheels with a non A-Spec ILX. But then that would defeat one of the main reasons to get an A-Spec.

Rafael Pires

i was thinking instead to have a 225/40R18 put I tire with something like 225/50/R18! Would work?

DaIll1

You can but it changes gear ratio, speedometer accuracy, and will lessen braking leverage. If you don't mind speeding tickets, are ok with even slower acceleration, and want extended braking distance, go for it.

rondog

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You can't do that becasue the car is going to have all types of issues. First all the gauges are going to be off. Speedo, odometer, etc. Then the gear shift points will be off since they are linked to the speedometer, so with too big an overall diameter wheel/tire combo, the shift points wil move down and prematurely shift not giving you the right power band. The weight increase is going to affect all aspects opf performance, braking, accelleration, corneroing, etc. Also the car will look like one of those subaru baja car / off road buggy type cars since it will look misproportioned, literally raised off the ground.

If you want to get a thicker tire, you can at least change from 225/40/18 to 235/40/18 or even 245/40/18, which will increase the size of the sidewall in lower increments without such a dramatic change. It will also give you a more supportive sidewall shape, less of a stretched look, more of a vertical support. However, if you are on OEM wheels, you might be limited to 225 since the width of the wheel is less than 7.5" wide.

If you damaged 2 wheels, I could hook you up in exchange for pics with 18" RonJon Wheels which are lighter than OEM, stronger and come in 18" x 8.0" and can handle the increase to 245/40/18.