what size tire have you found to fit the best on a set of 17 in rims getting a set of rims from a buddy and was wondering what size tire i should run i was looking at either 205 40 or 215 35 what would you suggest

 

Not putting 17 inch rims on a car not designed to have them......

 

205/40/17 got them on mine and love them, yes oversize tires make parts wear faster, but the car handles better and looks better, you play you pay.

 

i dont get why you gotta be rude about it...yeah obviously its gonna hurt performance...he wasnt asking what size rim but a simple question of tire size....and to the OP i had 205/40s

 

im asking because i had those on my last neon and they rubbed on the rear struts does anyone else have this problem

 

its not rude to try and save someones life, as these cars with improper size wheels drive right next to us on the same highways. Someones need to look cool threatens all of our safety .

and I'm not going to start to list the reasons why those aftermarket wheels are unsafe . its common sense

 

so your gonna tell me no one should ever buy aftermarket rims? be realistic come on...hes not trying to put 20s on his neon...and yeah there is alot of jap/chinese knock off wheels that are crap... and hes not the first person to put 17's on a neon..i had mine for 3 years with no problems..and it was rude pretty much saying your an idiot why would you put 17s on your car

 

thank you was going to say the same im not some oakland boy that wants 26s on my ride just simply something that is the same size as the stock tires without so much tire and more rim i had 17s on my last neon and it was great untill i got new tires and struts and they started to rub on the underside of the struts

 

thats exactly what im saying, those rims were never intended by the engineers that designed the cars.

so you think tires that rub are safe to yourself as well as all the motorists around you?, heaven forbid you have a blow out at freeway speeds.
Heck while your at it advocate use of spacers too.

I personally cant in good conscience recommend people to do something that is so unsafe to themselves as well as the rest of the motoring public.

99% of aftermarket rims are junk anyways, regardless weither they are forged in China or Germany.

Thanks for taking yours and my familys safety into consideration.

 

so with that said...no one should ever mod there cars in the slightest? anything to "mod" a car is altering it which it wasnt intended for? dont tint your windows cause you cant see at night? does that really make sense? come on be realistic...so because i have 17's vs someone who has 15's keep in mind my tires never rubbed was the correct offset and such im a bad person cause my tire could blow out just like any other tire? makes perfect sense