Rim and Tire question (searched)

[Meccathor]

I want to buy new rims in about a month and the only decent 4 lug rims that I can afford are the 5Zigen Fn01R-Cs. Before I buy them, there a few things that I want to figure out that I'm confused about though.

First of all, right now I have a 91 S13 Coupe which currently has the stock 15" hubcaps on.

When I first buy the wheels, i'll have stock suspension, but I'm going to buy Eibach Sportlines and KYB AGX's very soon after I buy the rims. (Coilovers are too expensive and out of the question and I'll be sticking with stock brakes, so I'm not worried about coilover or 300zx brake clearence at all with these rims)

It looks from 5Zigens website that they recomend 17x7 in the front and 17x8 in the back. I'm not sure what I want to do here though....

It seems to me that with both the 7 and the 8 inch wide rim with the same +35 offset, that the rims will be sticking out one more than the other. Is this true and how could I correct this?

Also, if I decided to go with 17x8 in the front so that they match the rear rims, will there be any fitment or rubbing issues, and if so, how could I get around it?

Finally, what is the ideal tire width for a 7" and a 8" rim? I've seen everything from 205 to 225 for the 7" and everything from 215 to 245 for the 8" in my searches? which would give the best fit?

I know its a lot of questions and searching just seemed to confuse me more, so if anyone could give me some straight answers for my situation, I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

[TheTimanator]

First off, search harder. This has been covered before. Also, what are you planning on doing with this car? drag? autoX? drift? Are you willing to roll fenders? (might not need to)

7" +35 sucks IMO. I have 15x7 +17 all around and am relatively happy with that until I can afford a new set and then I'll go wider. 205's for a 7 inch rim is nice IMO

In your search did you see this thread? What Spec Wheels Does Everyone Have? (http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=44300&highlight=buddy+club)
Siizzzoooo is runing 17x8 +35 all around with 225's. But he's gone wide body so I'm not sure what it looked like before that
Sykikchimp is running 17x8 +35 up front with 215's. Look at the pic to see how flush it is.
If you new set up rubs you can roll fenders, pull the fender liner out. I can't imagine you would need to doanything more than that unless you put really fat tires on there....

Good luck

[msaskin]

I can say from experience that 17x8 +35 fn01r-c's up front will not clear coilovers. i have 17x7 front and 17x8 rear on my car, and when i put the rears up front to try, they wouldn't clear without a 5mm spacer.

Check this thread later on:
http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=53822

It's one I made about my new wheel/tire combo. I'll be posting detailed pictures later on.

~matt

[wanganwonder]

do 17x8 +35 215's and use spacers if you have issues. no big deal. equal size all around allows rotation, which is good.