215/40/17 LOWERED ?

[jjsm08]

HI , CAN THE AVEO WITH 215/40/17 TIRES COULD BE LOWERED WITH SPINGS , MORE SPECIFIC , INTRAX , WITH NO SCRATCHING OR SCRAPING ALL AROUND ?


THANKS

[petrified.rabbit]

i think it would depend on the offset. but looking at pictures of other cars of people running 17's i dont see why not.

[Nemasys]

205/40/17 I dont recommend bigger then that.

1. 215/40/17 is way bigger then the diameter of the stock tire, your your speed will be off, 205/40/17 is slightly bigger but very close

2. If you hit a big enuf bump with 215's its gonna rub in the inner fender, specially the rear, i got 205's, and i cant even pass my finger between the outside of the tire and the inside of the rear fender, so forget it the fit is too tight.

Do as you wish but i can tell you by experience since my car is so lowered, that i couldnt fit 215's under there, it would rub as soon as i would put the car back on its wheels.

[AveoSwagg09]

215 & 205 are width not thickness of the tire. so if 215 is way off in DIAMETER so is 205. but i does depend on offset

[petrified.rabbit]

Not only is it 10 mm wider, 215/40r17 is 8 mm larger in diameter than the 205/40r17.

but when you are talking about tire fitment, looking at pictures of most of the cars on this forum (even with lowering springs) they still have an 1-1.5 inch of wheel well, and the tires are not near poking. so the additional 1/4" in height and 3/8" in width is minimal.

[thejibbler]

yes, the "40" in 215/40r17 is the aspect ratio between the width and height. even though the number 40 doesn't change, the height changes when the width changes

[Nemasys]

Like i said the 215's are wider and bigger in diameter, with a normal 1.5" drop you can probly get away with it, but not with mine, i dont have any wheel well space lol

[petrified.rabbit]

Like i said the 215's are wider and bigger in diameter, with a normal 1.5" drop you can probly get away with it, but not with mine, i dont have any wheel well space lol

i dont have room for 17's at all... i think i a going with 15's, eventually. i just dropped another $4000 into the engine for my vw. And another $1300 for rims..

[Nemasys]

4k? holy! Did you get the entire thing rebuilt or what?

A friend of mine had his 2.0 rebuilt to factory specs, cost him $3200, exxxxxxxpensive

[petrified.rabbit]

i bought a stroker crank, then sent it out to get knife edged, and sent all the other internals with it do get lightened and balanced. Bought 11.3:1 over bore pistons (.060). ARP hardware. 48mm ITBs and had a custom manifold welded. A nos autotech street header that they haven't made since 1996. 276 schrick cams. light weight flywheel and Standalone.

Everything is still in pieces.

Still have to spend money on a head, port and polish. gaskets, bearings. And getting the block machined. not to mention clearing the block for the crank, and drilling it for full flow. New oil pump. Light weight pulleys (timing and accessory). Etc.

Then i can start on my tranny.