Haha, this coming from a member tha hasn't seen this happen. Wait and see. Will you be willing to bet on my insurance inflation?

 

Sorry man, but that kind of statement is the one that always comes back to bite you in the ass.

Reeks of ignorance.

 

When people fit their S with winter rims and tires, do they generally get staggered wheels and tires that are the same widths as stock?

 

Far from ignorance. If he drives like a granny, there isn't going to be a problem. Notice how I said this.

And highrpmpeak... my premium just went down 21 dollars a month, and that's WITH 2 tickets during the past 6 months. I doubt that ONE car is going to affect your premium. Again, fallacious reasoning.

 

The reason all the wheels you see on the forum are by SSR, Volk, BBS, Mugen, etc. is because these are the high quality manufacturers of lightweight, forged wheels. If we're comparing wheel brands to, say, chain restaurants, then these companies would be Cheescake Factory. All of those other brands out there using cheap casting methods are the BKs, McDonald's, Taco Bells.

Under 20 lbs for a 17x7 wheel isn't very light. You may not want to admit it to us, but you can probably tell that your acceleration and braking are worse than before. If I were you, I'd put my 16s back on in a heartbeat, but to each his own. Enjoy your Whopper

 

I wait tables for Cheesecake Factory

...and I have a set of SSR Comps coming to me within a week or two!

 

Just backing up a few replies. If 225 with a 40 offset is close to rubbing, then I'm confused on how to use the fitment guide. The guide says that 8" rears need an offset of 40 mm. Is that for a 245 tire? He's running 7" wide, if you extrapolate the guide you get less offset needed for the 7" wide.

I suppose this is getting close to thread hijacking, but anyway.

 

That's a good question actually and it is a bit of a confusing area. I am contemplating updating the Guide to try to remedy this but I haven't figured out exactly how to do it most eloquently and concisely.

The quick answer is, the Guide assumes you are running tires that are designed to go with that particular rim width. That is, for a 7" wide wheel you'd be running a 205 or so. For a 8" wheel you'd run a 225, etc. These lines are hard to clearly define of course because different tires of the same width can have different rim width requirements as well as different tread and carcass widths.

The other trick is, if you put a 225 on a 7" or 8" wheel, both having the same offset, the edge of the tire will be in about the same place in both cases, with the exception of the difference caused by mounting on a slightly wide or slightly narrow wheel...

Did I help at all or just make it worse?

 

FWIW, I run 16x7s +40mm on all four corners w/ Arctic Alpin 205/55s. Are the handling characteristics with this setup different than with the S-02s? Yup. Unsafe? Quite the opposite. Different types/sizes of tires will change the handling characteristics of any vehicle. A good driver will learn the differences and drive accordingly.

 

looks like these rims are BSAs, by the way:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-Rims-S20...028693101QQrdZ1