1stgenGSb

i just ordered some spankin new chrome 17" rims off of an IS300, they are 7.5 wide, what size tire should i get if i want baisically the same ride hieght as i had with my 16s, maybe a TAD LOWER

Abear

iTrader: (1)

The tires wont make your car lower. If you get a bigger rim, and then get small tire, its gonna make the illusion that your car is even higher than before, less tire in the wheel well. If you get a thicker tire, it will give the car more ground clearance, but again, make it look higher. With my GS430 rims I went with 245/45/17 all the way around. With those IS wheels I would go with 225/50/17, or whatever the stock IS tire size is.
But I have RS-R lowering springs on the car...thats why it looks like it does in the picture I posted in the last thread. Also, the rims you got arent gonna look the same, the IS and GS had different rims.

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225/50 would prolly do good..... iirc stock is somewhere around there