Has anyone put 18's on the GE8?
 

Ok so I got lucky I guess when I took the new wheels I'd just bought for my 97 Civic and put them on the Fit the day I bought it. They are DR-33's from discount tire. The tires are 205/40-17 ZR. No rubbing! Once I got around to doing some work ;) I noticed even after lowering on Drop Zone springs I still have a larger gap in the fender opening than I want. I'm not ready to do coilovers just yet. Two of my wheels need "Refinishing" which typically runs $150 EA which is MORE than I paid for the rims. So, since I'm trying to decide what to do, I figured new wheels when the tires are due. Replacement would work better than trying to work coilovers into the budget on top of refinishing or repainting the wheels. Below are a few pics of my current setup. Even after the spring install NO RUBBING...

-Ray

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Note his looks better than most peoples.

He is low and has very nice wheels.

Thanks for the response. He has a nice setup but it looks like he has coilovers and is sitting lower than me. I have no idea what offset my rims are. They are DR-33's from discount that were ordered for a 97 Civic DX. They just happened to work. I plan to order the 18's for the 97 Civic DX to get the same offset to mount on my Fit but, the problem I have is that the tires I want, the smallest 18's are 225/40 ZR 18. I currently have 205/40 ZR 17 and I think the difference in tire track (width) may cause rubbing on the inner fender. I have plenty of clearance with the fender opening.

Anyone with 225/40-18's on their Fit lowered with springs only without rubbing on the inner fender?

I know I can mod the inner fender but I just bought them for my base to sport front conversion. If it requires modification I'll just have the wheels refinished and get 205/45's next time I get tires to close the gap.

-Ray

I think your tire/wheel set up looks awesome! 18's are a bit heavy, would kill the ride due to aspect ratio needed, affect the power (don't have alot to begin with:rotfl:) and hurt mileage. Just giving you some food for thought and again, those wheels look killer on the Fit!!!

Thanks! I'm trying to close the gap until coil overs sometime next year. The wheels are scuffed a little and cost more per wheel to fix than replace. I was just trying to get the best bang for my $. I guess 205/45ZR17 would do the trick. If I could get the right color match I'd fix it myself.

As far as perf goes... I'm all slow till warranty is over. Hopefully by then there will a kit for a t3/t4 turbo setup complete with hondata tuning. Well one can dream... Thanks for the comment.

-Ray

Looked it up for ya, dr-33s in 17in come in either +42 or +45.

BOOM:cool:

Thanks! I still don't know which ones I actually have. Most likely +45 with the way they fit, but that's still a guess.

-Ray

Is there any way to find out which ones I have? I assume it's not marked right one the wheel. (haven't seen any markings).

-Ray

I have a question? I have one ge8 and want to put wheels 18, I want to know if you hit the turn