200 wheel fitment
George Selby
gselby4x4 at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 12 13:05:05 EDT 2005
At 10:10 AM 10/12/2005, you wrote:
>George,
>Probably. you might need spacers to put them out slightly with due to the
>width. But, the stock wheels on your 200 are 45mm ofset, so they should
>work. I'd double check, though. The concern is rubbing on the spring
>perches/tie rod ends.
Well, the wheels are really far away, so I can't test them directly. Using
some math, however, I figured out that a 17"x8" ET48 wheel sticks in 22 mm
farther than a 15"x6.5" ET45 wheel I have now. That is about 7/8" There
is at least an inch of room between the rim and the strut now, and a 17"
wheel will be an inch farther up the strut, and it has even more room
there. The only question now is will the tire hit the tie rod end. Has
anyone run 225/45R17 tires on a 5k/1c/2c (particularly on 17x8
wheels?) These should be very close in diameter to the stock diameter.
The reason for my tire dilemna: The present tires are 205/70R15's (not
speed rated at all) and the stock size is 205/60R15 (speed rating V.) I've
driven the car for about 1000 miles now, and think the tall tires are
hurting acceleration (they are nearly 1.5" taller than the stock size) as
well as handling. Since I'm buying new tires anyway, a wheel change now is
feasible. I can keep the present tall tires; which have excellent tread,
just wrong size and speed rating for car; for winter tires (in the unlikely
event it snows here.)
George Selby
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