it will only look dumb if you dont have a low enough drop to compensate for the extra little gap you will have.

like if your running eibach sportlines you should be alright


heres a picture of 205/50/r15 on some ls meshies, with tein s.techs.


i thought it looks sorta funny because it added an extra finger gap all around. people said it looked fine, but to me it made the wheels look smaller.

 

its all not that bad running 50 series though. everything about is so much better i think, stiffer sidewalls.


my next set is going to be 205 or 225/50/r15

 

WELL the wheel is a 40 offset and i dont wanna rub. esp if i get the prokit. but ya i dont want it to look dumb if i do the prokit and have the tires look to small. but i think it will rub with 195-55's

 

no way.


because i didnt rubb with a 38 offset.

and 55 series will not rubb either.

 

i dont want to waste space and make a new thread on this..
but frenchi.. how much do your wheels weight?
and how much would the megaraces and 205/50/15 falken rt-615 tires weigh together?

 

What is the offset of your ordered 15's ? If its less than 45 mm don't count on lowering without rubbing with 205/50x15. You might get by with 195/55x15's but it will be close.

 

I'm running 195/50/15 with 15x6.5 rims with +40 offset and I think it looks good. I was going to go with the 50 but I was looking more at tire performance and the TireRack did and still does have a good deal on my tires, they're amazing by the way if you plan on doing anything performance related with your car, I highly recommend the 195s if you're lowering though. You wouldn't want to end up f-ing yourself with rubbing and everything.

 

my bad I'm running 195/55/15 I had a typo in the message

 

With the 40 offset and lowering; if you lower more than 1.5" go with the shorter tire (22.67" diameter) but if you lower less than 1.5" you can go with the regular diameter 195/55x15's (23.44") with good assurance. The 195/50x15 will only have 3% speedo and od error.