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Hey everyone! I'm looking to get a thicker tire on my stock wheels. It's a 215/40 right now I think. I have a 2012 civic si sedan. I shouldn't have a problem with 225s right? I'm going to be lowered on eibach pro kit in the future with the possibility of some wheel spacers.
 
CBP_knight21 said:
Hey everyone! I'm looking to get a thicker tire on my stock wheels. It's a 215/40 right now I think. I have a 2012 civic si sedan. I shouldn't have a problem with 225s right? I'm going to be lowered on eibach pro kit in the future with the possibility of some wheel spacers.
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That shouldn't be an issue at all. When you do the spacers (depending on size) you might have to run some camber or minor fender roll
 
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HR springs , fenders rolled and pulled, no spacers, -0.5* camber front -4* rear, ill try to make it -2* at one point to avoid excessive camber wesr and more function.

17x9 +35 xxr wheels Bridgestone Potenza RE71R 235/45/17

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@Alberto521 - How do you like those RE-71Rs? I have last years RE-11A, frickin love em. They are getting a little scary in heavy rain since they're pretty worn. I've been considering a set go the 71-R but I don't know if the new compound will get overheated too quickly. I know they are supposed to heat up faster than the old 11-A but on extended runs, e.g.: dragon, I worry that the new compound will get too hot.
 
Nix said:
@Alberto521 - How do you like those RE-71Rs? I have last years RE-11A, frickin love em. They are getting a little scary in heavy rain since they're pretty worn. I've been considering a set go the 71-R but I don't know if the new compound will get overheated too quickly. I know they are supposed to heat up faster than the old 11-A but on extended runs, e.g.: dragon, I worry that the new compound will get too hot.
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The grip is amazing, it's so sticky that i feel one of my rear wheels almost.going airborne. I drove them through a tornado storm, extremely heavy rain and lakes of water at 80 mph no problem, i can take clover loop exits off the highway at 55 mph tores dont even squeal. They're beautiful, i don't know how to give you a good answer regarding overheating as i only auto cross and my runs are just a minute or ao, but they do not loose grip.

I rolled and pulled my fenders more....but i found out where im rubbing, that screw that connects your resr bumper to the fender, im thinking of using a dremel and cutting that off.

 
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Alberto521 said:
Lowered on hr springs, 17x9 +35, 235/45/17 , fenders rolled and pulled, i still get lots of rubbing, any help?

Current set up on camber is -0.3* front, -4* rear, front barely clears struts, i will try to gt as close to -1* front, and -2* rear on froday.
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The problem is as follows:

Stock tire diameter: 24.7"
Your tire diameter: 25.4"

235/45/17 is a bad size for these cars. If you don't know about aspect ratios being a percentage of the tire width then I would suggest reading up about it.

245/40/17 has a diameter of 24.7" - you may find these will actually fit your car better, albeit technically "wider"
235/40 is more conservative and has better gearing anyway.
 
I made a thread about these, they are 17X8.5 offset 30. I can't find a but one person on the web that has these and the guy is not on any forum from what I can tell. I like the meaty look but I do not want to do a ton of modding to get these to work and def do not want to run a super skinny tire.

I think these would be hot with a set of pro-kit springs on my modern steel metallic Si.

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