I have an AP2 my2006 with

17x7 (+55) front
17x8.5 (+65) rear

i am interested in fitting the Work Emotion XT7 with

17x7 (+47) front
17x8 (+47) rear

keeping the factory tire size:

215/45/17 front
245/40/17 rear

The front wheel will protrude 8mm further in regards to the stock setup and the rear 11.5mm. Do you think this will cause any issues or look bad?

 

Why are you going with a narrower wheel in the rear? I advise against that all together.

 

+1

 

It is what WORK recommended over the phone. They don't make it in 7x8.5 only in 7x8 and 7x9. And i haven't found another wheel that i like better than the stock. Why are you against the 7x8. In the Bridgestone RE050a specs (245/40/17), for example, it states than you can fit it on the 7x8 as well (best fits the 7x8.5.

Do you know of any other wheel that looks like this one?

 

I have exact same spec wheels on my car. you are totally fine. actually, they are for sale.

 

We were just wondering why would you go narrower instead of oem spec or wider

 

lol, if we can find a cheap way to send them to Greece and they are not beaten up, i'll take them now...

 

If you want to go with the wider version, you can fit the 17x9 +44 XT7's all the way around with a fender roll. He is a picture of my car with that set up. The car also has 10mm spacers on the back wheels. The tires are 245/40/17 all the way around

 

In this case it's probably the best choice if he wants to avoid fender work which could be the deciding factor. 8" is perfectly fine for a 245 rear tire since he is sticking with stock size. I believe the 9" starts to concave though which would be my choice.

You could also do 8" +47 front and 9" +44 rear with stock tires. Even though the wheels would stick out further than the 7/8 setup, the tires would be more stretched and have about the same fender clearance.

 

Work has cut back what sizes they offer this wheel in quite a bit. Looking at their web site they don't even offer the 17x9 +44 anymore. There are other sizes of this wheel available but you will be looking for a used set or an older set of them which can take some time. Personally I would not go narrower than stock even with the same size tire because not only will you loose some of the stiffness of the sidewall (probably not enough to notice but still) but mainly because it will look odd. Nothing looks more wrong to me than seeing the back of a sports car with narrow wheels and yes 8 inch wide is narrow.

Now the 17x9 +38 is doable with a 245 but you will have to roll your fenders and run 2.5-3 degrees of camber for the to fit but it is possible. You didn't say if you are against rolling the fenders or not.