Upgrade to 17" wheels, lowered 1" Options

[fallout]

Hi,

I plan to upgrade my alloys and tires to 17". Right now Celi is lowered 1" on Tanabe NF210, and setup is stock 15" alloys with 195/60R15 tires.

I plan to upgrade this to 17x7.5J ET35. My concern is rubbing. I've used tire calculator and searched this forum and come to conclusion that 215/45R17 should be right option. I'm afraid that 225/45 might rub because NF210 springs are soft almost as stock, so there is much more bottoming than stiffer springs like eibach and tein.

Does someone has some word of experience because new tires and alloys cost lot of money, and I want to choose right option.

Tnx

[GriffGirl]

You'll be fine on 225/45/17s if you want to go that route. I (and many others on the site) are running that size on lowered cars w/absolutely no problem. I believe my drop is about 1.5" (TRD springs) If you're concerned about bottoming out, you can either take it easy on the big dips and bumps for a while, or maybe consider 16" rims, which will help to alleviate that concern as well as cost less. For whatever reason, there's a pretty big price jump once you get to 17"s

[reko]

My previous wheels were 17" mounted on Nankang N-1 225-40-R17 with TRD coils (1.1" drop front / 1.1" drop rear) and had no problem at all... as a matter of fact there was still lots of place

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[jason]

ive got 18's

once the celica is back up and running i plan to keep my 18's for "show" type events, but run 17's for the most part. tire wise, 225/40/17 seems to be the perfect size, and i forsee no problems what so ever.

i only ever had a few problems when my car was really dropped witht he 18's - on a 3" drop with 225/35/18 it rubbed just a tad on the back of the wheel well (-35 offset too)

17's look nice, hold a beefy tire that looks awesome and is still great for bumps & performance, and they are generally less expensive - not to mention lighter so offer light weight unsprung weight for better performance & economy

[Takbu]

I am now using F 18x7.5 ET 35, R 18x8.5 ET37, 225/40/18 tires with TRD suspension, no rubbibg problem.