Getting new tires and need some help....

[xsubxwooferx]

I have a 95 civic with 2000 civic si wheels (as I was told) and the tires on it are 195/60/15. Its also on stock suspension. I was wanting to know the best looking tire size for this setup? I was thinking 195/50/15?. I would go 205 but I think that would look like s**t with stock suspension.


Here is pic of car..

 

[98civb18c]

Going from 195/60/15 to 195/50/15 will make the sidewall height smaller (lower profile) I'm doing the same thing with mine. 205's are waaay too wide for the oem si wheels. Only problem with going to a smaller sidewall height is that your speedo will be off. With a smaller tire you'll be reading faster on the speedo then your actually going.


get some oem tails, and lower it. Look alottt better.

 

[xsubxwooferx]

If sidewall height is smaller is that a bad thing?

 

[lethal6]

If you are on stock suspension it will make the gap between the tire and the wheel well larger. Depends on your definition of "a bad thing". To me, I want the gap smaller, not larger. Only way to achieve that, and not have it looking like the tires should be on a truck, is to lower the car.

If I were in your case and didn't have the money to lower the car, I would stay with the size you have instead of widening the gap. Then again, 60 to 50 series more than likely isn't going to yield that much of a difference. Most people probably wouldn't even notice.