Some 245s.

[loonibab325i]

looking beefy! welcome to the wide club. :P

[MikeK]

Wow I didn't think a 7.5 inch wheel could pull those off so well...hmmm I might have to try that on my wheels. :nice:

he said they're 17x7s.

[CorvallisBMW]

Holy crap! Those things fill out nicely, I will have to go wider than my lowley 215's next time :)

[driz]

Thanks for all the comments guys! :)

[vfstyles]

looking good

[So Live]

Wow I didn't think a 7 inch wheel could pull those off so well...hmmm I might have to try that on my wheels. :nice:

Same!

Wow thats great dude, thanks for trying it out and showing all us other newbs whats up.

[z31maniac]

Hmmmmm. I was planning of doing 235/40s on my 17 x 8s in the spring.

But now you have me thinking I might as well go whole hog and throw 245/40s on them. But since my wheels stick out an extra 12.5mm to the outside I think a heavy rear fender roll and raising my ride height back up will be needed.

[Raxe]

Those look nice but they look as wide as my 205's? This confuses me.

[driz]

Same!

Wow thats great dude, thanks for trying it out and showing all us other newbs whats up.

No problem! I'm glad I could be a pioneer of sorts and give you guys the inspiration to go wider :)

Those look nice but they look as wide as my 205's? This confuses me.

Wow, those do look pretty wide. Are you running the same wheel size and tire profile? Maybe that could be a factor in how they look...anyone else have an explanation?

[kowalski]

Raxe's tires look like 205's. your 245's look like 205's. especially for a 17x7 fitment. are you sure you read the side wall correctly...?

[silversleeper]

Maybe in a couple weeks when I get home, if I remember to, I'll post up pics of my 235s and we'll compare and take notes.

[driz]

Raxe's tires look like 205's. your 245's look like 205's. especially for a 17x7 fitment. are you sure you read the side wall correctly...?

Yes, they're definitely 245s:

Maybe in a couple weeks when I get home, if I remember to, I'll post up pics of my 235s and we'll compare and take notes.

Sounds good.

[CleanAzzE30z]

Nice tires!! I dont like the rims but thats not the subject of the thread so Ill shut up. How do the tires feel? Grippy? Can you feel the difference?


Mariano

[driz]

Nice tires!! I dont like the rims but thats not the subject of the thread so Ill shut up. How do the tires feel? Grippy? Can you feel the difference?


Mariano

Yessir! The tires are extremely grippy; they're a definite improvement over my previous 215s. The car feels solid going around corners. I may even go as far as to say that it's an excessive amount of grip for normal driving, but I enjoy it, so whatevs! :)

[z31maniac]

Raxe's tires look like 205's. your 245's look like 205's. especially for a 17x7 fitment. are you sure you read the side wall correctly...?

Just for reference, assuming the two tires are actually close in size to their listed width that you are trying to pick up a 15mm difference (30 mm wider with half on each side of the wheel) through a couple of pics on the internets.

Aside from these could run narrow, Raxe's could run wide and so on and so on..........