well im getting ready to buy some new wheels for my S but ive been told that i shouldnt get 17" wheels in the front and 18" in the rear the person that told me that said that the handling of the car will be compromised is this true? i dont want to do anything that might compromise the handling of my car
please help
thanks

 

Uneducated guess here..but considering that the car is 50/50 a couple of things:

1) 1" smaller in the front will 'dip' the front slightly, causing an imbalance in handling

2) The suspention was build for equal heights on the wheels, refer to #1

3) Over/Understeer is already an asspain when auto-xing, I'm unsure as to what the difference will be with a mix-set like that.

4) Why bother? Just got 17's or 18's on all 4?

-- Aaron

 

contact Dave22 in the mid-atlantic forum. he's running oz superleggas in this set up.

 

so long as the over all diameter of the wheel and tire is the same there shouldn't be any reason why. There will be some minor issue with the difference in sidewall height front to rear but really nothing 99% of s2000 owners will be able to notice.

BTW the NSX comes from the factory w/ 17" fronts and 18" rears.

 

I ran 17's front, 18's rear for a year with no problems whatsoever and the diameter wasn't
matched to boot. You can't go with too much of a deviation but I ran 205/45/17
and 225/40/18 and the ABS light never came on or worked improperly (I put it
to use).
Now that the S2000 has been out longer, there are more wheels available than
during that period and I'd recommend going with 17's all around.